I am looking to buy a flat and need a conveyancing solicitor in Bankside who is on the Barclays Direct conveyancing. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a solicitor?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Barclays Direct in certain locations such as Bankside. We dont recommend any particular firm.

I got the keys to my home on 11 August and the transaction details is yet to be on the land registry website. Need I be worried? My conveyancing solicitor in Bankside said it should be registered inside ten days. Are transfers in Bankside particularly slow to register?

As far as conveyancing in Bankside registration is no faster or slower than the rest of England and Wales. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timescales can vary depending on who lodges the application, whether it is in order and if the Land registry have to notify any other parties. At present in the region of 80% of submission are fully dealt with in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be longer hold-ups. Historically registration occurs after the buyer is living at the premises therefore post completion formalities is not usually an essential issue yet if it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your lawyers must communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for an expedited registration.

Am I right to be suspicious about estate agents that I am dealing with are encouraging me to use an internet conveyancing firm as opposed to a High Street Bankside conveyancing firm?

As is the case with many professional services, often suggestions from family and friends can be worth their weight in gold. Yet there are numerous people with a keen interest in a conveyancing matter; estate agents, mortgage brokers and lenders may suggest lawyers to select. On occasion these conveyancers might be known to one of the organisations as one of the best in their field, but sometimes there behind the scenes commercial relationship behind the recommendation. You are at liberty to appoint your own conveyancer. Don't forget that many lenders operate an approved list of conveyancers you have to use for the lender related work in your home move.

In my capacity as executor for the will of my uncle I am disposing of a house in Newport but live in Bankside. My conveyancer (approximately 300 kilometers awayneeds me to execute a stat dec ahead of the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Bankside to attest this legal document for me?

strictly speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Bankside based

My wife and I purchased a leasehold house in Bankside. Conveyancing and Barclays Direct mortgage went though with no issue. I have received a letter from someone saying they have taken over the freehold. It included a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1994. The conveyancing solicitor in Bankside who previously acted has now retired. Do I pay?

First contact HMLR to make sure that the individual claiming to own the freehold is in fact the registered owner of the freehold reversion. It is not necessary to instruct a Bankside conveyancing practitioner to do this as it can be done on-line for £3. Rest assured that in any event, even if this is the legitimate landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.

Following years of correspondence we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Bankside. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

Absolutely. We can put you in touch with a Bankside conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Bankside premises is 1-41 Royal Tower Lodge 40 Cartwright Street in April 2013. the tribunal adding the agreed value of capitalised ground rents and the reversion the price to be paid for the freehold was £1,187,000 This case was in relation to 41 flats. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 107 years.