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Property

Joint Tenants or Tenants in Common?!!

January 26, 2010

I am doing a talk at the Warwickshire Property Meet on Monday all about joint tenancy and tenancy in common. So as I am in the middle of preparing it I thought I would pop a few words onto the blog for you.
It is really important when buying a house jointly with someone else [...]

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The new Lease and not enough buckets

January 19, 2010

I have had a number of conversations recently about business leases with people looking to relocate their businesses into industrial units or offices. I know that there is a cost with Legal fees but getting it wrong can be catasptophic.
One of my clients recently wanted to take a 5 year lease on a industrial [...]

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What happens if… your residential tenant stays on after the end of their fixed term?

November 2, 2009

I am sometimes told by  Landlords  that their tenant has no right to stay on in the rented property after the end of the agreed fixed period, say 6 months. But this is wrong.
Tenants can leave without penalty at the end of a fixed term. They don’t even have to give the landlord any warning that [...]

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Sale and rent back – New regulation

October 20, 2009

I have read this Article in BBC news on Line about the regulation and FSA control of those Companies whose business is the purchase of residential property and then leasing those properties back to the original owners who stay in occupation as tenants.
Regulation for sale and rent-back
About 50,000 homes have already been sold in sale [...]

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Property Inheritance and France.

October 13, 2009

Don’t forget that the major trap for UK residents buying property in France is that they fall foul of the French rules on inheritance!
In essence an English Will is ineffective and French Law will apply.
This means that on death the order of priority when it comes to  dividing the dead person’s assets will be the [...]

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Stamp Duty

October 9, 2009

My colleague Lynette has just done a quote for someone planning to buy a house for £470,000. Would you believe the Stamp Duty those people have to pay is £14,250.
That’s £14,250 they have to pay to the Government and they have no choice about it. It’s £14,250 they have to account for in addition to the purchase price [...]

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Chancel searches

October 6, 2009

Over the past couple of years Conveyancing Solicitors have had to advise clients upon a new risk – that they might have to contribute to the repair of a local Church.
We have found it quite hard to explain this concept to clients without being too legal. So I was pleased to read in the Daily Mail [...]

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Stay Calm

September 30, 2009

We tell our clients who are buying or selling houses:
“Stay calm!!!!!”
We know that for most people buying or the selling a home can be one of the most stressful times of their life.
Usually, a house sale or purchase involves a chain of transactions which extends beyond your immediate control.
Timing, negotiation and often a sense of [...]

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