Possible to change leasehold wording before purchase?

ognum

warmer wrote: »

I agree, we are in a position though now that if we pull out we a) have no place to live and b) have to buy in a market that has gone up by £50K for a two bed flat which we can't afford to do

WE had requested the lease details for weeks and only just got them, after delays and the lost post.

It is not necessary for a lease to come in the post it can easily be sent as an email attachment.

What kind of lawyer do you have? A proper solicitor or a cheap conveyancing company?

hawk30

warmer wrote: »

It seems madness that these leases can't be altered yet the wording in any other legal contract would be laughed at not signed before changed.
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Not really true. It depends on the balance of power. For example, in an employment contract it is usually the employer with the power, so you don't get much negotiation of terms. Likewise, here the vendor probably thinks he got get other buyers, so sees no need to change th terms.

warmer_2

ognum wrote: »

It is not necessary for a lease to come in the post it can easily be sent as an email attachment.

What kind of lawyer do you have? A proper solicitor or a cheap conveyancing company?

I know we would have been happy to have it by email and that is how we got it in the end, the solicitor sent it out in post without informing us that they had sent it and then after about the 5 email asking why we still hadn't got information on the ground rent etc said oh I sent that out to you in the post a week ago. We haven't been impressed with the communication from our solicitor, they are not a cheap conveyancing only outfit but we are paying a set fee for it not paying p/h

warmer_2

hawk30 wrote: »

Not really true. It depends on the balance of power. For example, in an employment contract it is usually the employer with the power, so you don't get much negotiation of terms. Likewise, here the vendor probably thinks he got get other buyers, so sees no need to change th terms.

I'm not sure I agree, I mean in employment you are more covered because no matter what they put it they don't override your basic rights and they will usually change the wording for you as long as it is reasonable and is to clarify a point not put anyone in a stronger/weaker position, I'm just going on my past experience but I've never entered into a contract myself before knowing I was going to break the terms.

My point is: at some point I will play my acoustic guitar in this flat breaking the terms of the contract. The landlord will not do anything about this and I'm sure if he tried I could dispute this clause in court as being completely unfair, so why have it in there. It doesn't say 'clearly audible from outside the property' or 'past 9pm or before 8am' there is no room to interrupt the clause in the wording as is other than in the moment I touch the strings with my finger or sing to the radio I have breached my contract.

AdrianC

warmer wrote: »

We haven't been impressed with the communication from our solicitor, they are not a cheap conveyancing only outfit but we are paying a set fee for it not paying p/h

Did the developer "recommend" them?