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Questions and Answers: Padstow leasehold conveyancing

I want to rent out my leasehold apartment in Padstow. Conveyancing solicitor who did the purchase is retired - so can't ask her. Is permission from the freeholder required?

Even though your last Padstow conveyancing lawyer is not around you can review your lease to see if you are permitted to let out the premises. The rule is that if the deeds are silent, subletting is allowed. There may be a precondition that you are obliged to obtain permission from your landlord or some other party in advance of subletting. This means that you cannot sublet without prior consent. The consent must not not be unreasonably turned down. If the lease prohibits you from letting out the property you should ask your landlord for their consent.

Expecting to exchange soon on a ground floor flat in Padstow. Conveyancing lawyers assured me that they are sending me a report tomorrow. What should I be looking out for?

The report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Padstow should include some of the following:

  • You should be sent a copy of the lease
  • Setting out your rights in relation to the communal areas in the block.By way of example, does the lease permit a right of way over a path or staircase?
  • You must be told what constitutes a Nuisance in the lease
  • Ground rent - how much and when you need to pay, and also know whether this will change in the future
  • You should have a good understanding of the insurance provisions
  • I don't know whether the lease allows me to alter or improve anything in the flat - you should know whether it applies to all alterations or just structural alteration, and whether consent is required
  • What the implications are if you breach a clause of your lease? For a comprehensive list of information to be contained in your report on your leasehold property in Padstow please ask your solicitor in advance of your conveyancing in Padstow

    • I have just started marketing my basement apartment in Padstow.Conveyancing lawyers have not yet been instructed but I have just had a half-yearly service charge invoice – what should I do?

    It best that you discharge the invoice as normal because all ground rent and service charges will be apportioned on completion, so you will be reimbursed by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.

    We expect to complete the disposal of our £125000 garden flat in Padstow next week. The freeholder has quoted £396 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and previous years statements of service charge. Is the landlord entitled to charge exorbitant fees for a leasehold conveyance in Padstow?

    Padstow conveyancing on leasehold flats often necessitates the purchaser’s solicitor sending questions for the landlord to answer. Although the landlord is not legally bound to respond to these enquiries most will be content to do so. They are at liberty levy a reasonable charge for responding to questions or supplying documentation. There is no upper cap for such fees. The average fee for the information that you are referring to is over three hundred pounds, in some situations it exceeds £800. The management information fee required by the landlord must be sent together with a synopsis of rights and obligations in respect of administration charges, without which the invoice is not strictly payable. In reality you have no choice but to pay whatever is requested of you if you want to sell the property.

    What makes a Padstow lease unmortgageable?

    There is nothing unique about leasehold conveyancing in Padstow. All leases are individual and drafting errors can result in certain provisions are wrong. The following missing provisions could result in a defective lease:

    • Repairing obligations to or maintain elements of the building
    • A duty to insure the building
    • A provision for the recovery of money spent for the benefit of another party.
    • Maintenance charge proportions which don’t add up to the correct percentage

    A defective lease will likely cause problems when trying to sell a property as they can affect a potential buyer’s ability to obtain a mortgage. Lloyds TSB Bank, Coventry Building Society, and Nottingham Building Society all have express requirements when it comes to what is expected in a lease. If a mortgage lender believes that the lease is problematic they may refuse to grant the mortgage, forcing the buyer to withdraw.

    Padstow Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Questions you should consider before Purchasing

      Be sure to discover if there is anything that is prohibited in the lease. For example it is reasonably common in Padstow leases that pets are not allowed in in a block in Padstow. If you love the apartmentin Padstow but your dog is not allowed to make the move with you then you have a very difficult compromise. How many of the leaseholders are in arrears for their service charge payments? The answer will be helpful as a) areas can cause problems for the building as the communal areas may begin to deteriorate where services are not paid for b) if the leaseholders have a dispute with the managing agents you will need to have all the details

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