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While any conveyancing solicitor can theoretically deal with your leasehold conveyancing in Tredegar, your mortgage provider may unwilling to work with them if the firm are not on their list of approved solicitors for conveyancing

Sample questions relating to Tredegar leasehold conveyancing

I wish to let out my leasehold flat in Tredegar. Conveyancing solicitor who did the purchase is retired - so can't ask her. Is permission from the freeholder required?

Notwithstanding that your previous Tredegar conveyancing lawyer is no longer available you can check your lease to check if you are permitted to let out the apartment. The accepted inference is that if the lease is non-specific, subletting is allowed. There may be a precondition that you are obliged to obtain consent via your landlord or some other party in advance of subletting. This means that you cannot sublet without prior consent. Such consent is not allowed to be unreasonably turned down. If the lease does not allow you to sublet you will need to ask your landlord for their consent.

Due to sign contracts shortly on a ground floor flat in Tredegar. Conveyancing lawyers assured me that they will have a report out to me tomorrow. What should I be looking out for?

Your report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Tredegar should include some of the following:

  • You should be sent a copy of the lease
  • Details of the parties to the lease, for example these could be the leaseholder (you), head lessor, freeholder
  • Do you need to have carpet in the flat or are you allowed wood flooring?
  • You need to be told what counts as a Nuisance in the lease
  • 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
  • The landlord’s rights to access the flat you be made aware that your landlord has rights of access and I know how much notice s/he must provide. For details of the information to be contained in your report on your leasehold property in Tredegar please enquire of your solicitor in ahead of your conveyancing in Tredegar

    • I have just started marketing my ground floor flat in Tredegar.Conveyancing is yet to be initiated but I have just had a half-yearly maintenance charge demand – Do I pay up?

    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 unless 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.

    I own a leasehold house in Tredegar. Conveyancing and Norwich and Peterborough Building Society mortgage organised. A letter has just been received from someone claiming to own the freehold. It included a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1997. The conveyancing practitioner in Tredegar who acted for me is not around.What should I do?

    First contact the Land Registry to be sure that this person is indeed the registered owner of the freehold reversion. It is not necessary to instruct a Tredegar conveyancing practitioner to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for less than a fiver. You should note that regardless, even if this is the legitimate landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.

    What advice can you give us when it comes to appointing a Tredegar conveyancing practice to deal with our lease extension?

    When appointing a conveyancer for your lease extension (regardless if they are a Tredegar conveyancing firm) it is most important that he or she should be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of work. We suggested that you make enquires with two or three firms including non Tredegar conveyancing practices before you instructing a firm. If the firm is ALEP accredited then that’s a bonus. Some following of questions might be of use:

    • How many lease extensions have they conducted in Tredegar in the last 12 months?
  • Can they put you in touch with client in Tredegar who can give a testimonial?

    • I purchased a 1st floor flat in Tredegar, conveyancing was carried out 2006. Can you let me have an estimated range of the fair premium for a lease extension? Equivalent properties in Tredegar with over 90 years remaining are worth £257,000. The ground rent is £60 invoiced annually. The lease ends on 21st October 2090

    With 67 years left to run the likely cost is going to range between £14,300 and £16,400 as well as costs.

    The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs without more detailed investigations. Do not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be other issues that need to be considered and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not take any other action based on this information without first getting professional advice.

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