We see that you have a search directory identifying firms on the Aldermore conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I appoint them for our own conveyancing in Barnes?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Aldermore conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Barnes.

My relative recommended that if I am purchasing in Barnes I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

A search of this type is occasionally included in the estimate for your Barnes conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Barnes around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Barnes Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Barnes.

Given that I will soon part with 450k on a property in Barnes I wish to have a conversation with the lawyer regarding thehome move before appointing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?

We could not agree more - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the lawyer due to be carrying out your property ownership legalities in Barnes.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is an important person, not a file number. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are provided with for residential conveyancing in Barnes should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.

Planning to sign contracts shortly on a basement flat in Barnes. Conveyancing lawyers have said that they are sending me a report within the next couple of days. What should I be looking out for?

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

Repair and maintenance of the premises You should be sent a copy of the lease What you can do if an adjoining owner is in violation of a provision in their lease? The physical ownership of the property. This could be the apartment itself but may incorporate a loft or cellar if applicable. What remedies are open the freeholder should you are in breach of your lease terms?

After months of negotiations we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Barnes. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

Most definitely. We can put you in touch with a Barnes conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a Barnes property is 25 Petley Road in February 2010. The Tribunal determined that the price payable for the freehold of the subject premises should be £18,760. This case was in relation to 2 flats. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 156.6 years and 66.6 years.

I need to swap lawyers as my Barnes lawyer is not on the mortgage company's panel of conveyancing solicitors. How simple is it to change conveyancer?

In the event that you have not formally instructed a solicitor to start work and at this stage simply received an estimate as to costs, you're perfectly free to choose a different solicitor to carry out your work for you. The best way is to get recommendations from friends or family who have actually used the solicitor or conveyancer in Barnes that you're considering.