Essential Legal Advice for Buying & Selling Flats
Buying
- Checking the title to the property;
- Reviewing the lease and advising you as to the terms of the lease, including any restrictions, regulations or covenants that may impact your intended use of the property
- Confirming to you the level of service charge and ground rent payable
- Raising any applicable legal enquiries with the seller’s solicitors
- Issuing to you a full property report with documentation for signature
- Serving the required notices on the Landlord and any Management Company following completion
Selling
- Preparing draft contracts and issuing these ( plus all supporting documentation), to your buyer’s solicitor;
- Responding to all enquiries raised by your buyer’s solicitors
- Liaising with you as to any apportionments of service charge and ground rentthat may be owed;
- Carrying out the exchange of contracts and obtaining mortgage redemption figures;
- Redeeming any mortgages in force, and sending you any balance monies as applicable
