Having sold my house in Bedfont last June yet the purchaser is Skype messaging daily to say their solicitor is waiting to hear from mysolicitor. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?

After completion of your disposal your conveyancer should forward the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. If applicable, your lawyer should also send confirmation that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been paid off to the purchasers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements specific conveyancing in Bedfont.

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

This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your Bedfont conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant information about Bedfont around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Bedfont.

About to purchase a new build flat in Bedfont. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Bedfont

The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier?

Frank (my husband) and I may need to let out our Bedfont 1st floor flat temporarily due to a new job. We used a Bedfont conveyancing practice in 2003 but they have closed and we did not think at the time get any guidance as to whether the lease prohibits the subletting of the flat. How do we find out?

Notwithstanding that your last Bedfont conveyancing lawyer is not around you can check your lease to check if it allows you to sublet the premises. The rule is that if the lease is silent, subletting is permitted. Quite often there is a prerequisite that you need to obtain permission from your landlord or other appropriate person in advance of subletting. This means that you cannot sublet without first obtaining permission. The consent should not be unreasonably withheld. If your lease prohibits you from letting out the property you should ask your landlord if they are willing to waive this restriction.

Following months of negotiations we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Bedfont. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

Most definitely. We are happy to put you in touch with a Bedfont conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Bedfont premises is 147 Redford Close in June 2012. The Tribunal determined the lease extension premium to be at £4,200 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 82.93 years.

Myself and my husband have just had an offer accepted on a property and had an appointment on Friday with the Post Office for the mortgage. They warned me that when it comes to selecting a conveyancing practitioner that if they are not on their approved list of conveyancing practitioners then we will be subject to an a further charge of £250+. This is is due to the fact that they would then have to instruct a conveyancer to act for them as well as the one we select on our behalf and we assume responsibility for their fees. I have asked the Post Office to provide me with a list so I can request quotes only from their approved lawyers but was told they dont have such a list to hand over. Is there a list online?

You should ask the Post Office what their panel criteria is for a conveyancer.Thereafter ask the solicitor of your choice whether they fit that criteria and have they acted on mortgages for the Post Office previously. Where the answer to those is yes, then just clarify this with the Post Office. Another option is to utilise our search tool and we should be able to identify a lawyer in Bedfont on the panel for the Post Office.