Having sold my house in Brentford last July but our buyer keeps e-mailing daily to moan that her lawyer is waiting to hear from mylawyer. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?

Following your disposal your solicitor is obliged to deliver the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your conveyancer should also evidence that the mortgage has been discharged to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion procedures specific conveyancing in Brentford.

I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Brentford. My lender is Platform

Platform have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 21/2/2025, the requirements read as follows :

A relative pointed out to me me that in buying a property in Brentford there may be a number of restrictions prohibiting external alterations to a property. Is this right?

There are a number of properties in Brentford which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to execute external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Brentford should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

We are due to move property in May. Should my conveyancing solicitor communicate with the removal company on the completion day. On a separate note, can you recommend a removal company in Brentford. Conveyancing solicitor was found before I stumbled across your website.

On the afternoon of completion you will need to pick up the keys from the selling agent but this should only be done when the vendors lawyers inform the agent that the monies to complete are in and the keys can be collected. Subsequently you can inform the removal men that they can start moving you in. As a matter of policy we do not recommend a specific removal company but can assist you in locating a residential property solicitor in Brentford or a solicitor that specialises in conveyancing in Brentford.

I currently have a mortgage with Santander for my property in Brentford. Conveyancing has been completed some time ago. If I am intending to rent out my property and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a buy-to-let mortgage or inform Santander?

Santander must be informed of your intention in advance of renting your property as this is likely to be a breach of Santander’s mortgage conditions. It may be that Santander will allow you to rent out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Santander directly. It should not be necessary to do this via a Santander conveyancing panel lawyer.

I have been told that property searches are a common cause of obstruction in Brentford conveyancing transactions. Is this right?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the most frequent causes of delays in the conveyancing process. Searches are unlikely to be the root cause of delay in conveyancing in Brentford.

At long last a mortgage agreement from a lender for the refinancing of my 2 bedroom garden flat is expected within the next few days. Are you able to suggest an efficient remortgage conveyancing lawyer in Brentford ?

You have come to the wrong place to search for the cheapest conveyancing solicitors in Brentford. We can offer you value for money conveyancing but our intention is not to advertise as being the cheapest. Avoid the trap of appointing brokers offering low cost conveyancing in Brentford.In your best case scenario, in going for cheap conveyancing, you will get what you pay for and at worst you will end up being stung for extras and still not receive the service required.