Can I use your services to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Brockley even where I’m not purchasing or selling a house, for example if I intend to buy an office in Brockley with a mortgage from Bank of Scotland?

Our search tool is predominantly used to find residential conveyancing solicitors in Brockley but we have listed at the end of this page a selection of Brockley commercial conveyancing firms. You should make contact with the company directly to see if they are also authorised to represent Bank of Scotland

My wife and I own a terraced Edwardian house in Brockley. Conveyancing solicitor acted for me and Barnsley Building Society. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw a couple of entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold with the exact same address. I thought I was buying a freehold how can I check?

You should review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Brockley and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they remortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also question the position with your conveyancing lawyer who carried out the work.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I have offered on two weeks back in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Brockley is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Brockley are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Brockley you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Brockley may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.

My cousin has recommend that I instruct his lawyers for conveyancing in Brockley. Should I choose my own conveyancer?

There are no two ways about it it’s preferable to choose a conveyancing solicitor is to get referrals from friends or family who have used the conveyancer that you are considering.

Do you have any advice for leasehold conveyancing in Brockley from the point of view of speeding up the sale process?

• A significant proportion of the frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Brockley can be bypassed where you get in touch lawyers as soon as you market your property and ask them to put together the leasehold documentation which will be required by the buyers’ conveyancers.
You believe that you know the number of years left on your lease but you should verify this via your conveyancers. A purchaser's lawyer will be unlikely to recommend their client to where the remaining number of years is under 75 years. In the circumstances it is essential at an early stage that you identify whether the lease for your property needs extending. If it does, contact your solicitors before you put your home on the market for sale. If you have carried out any alterations to the premises would they have required Landlord’s consent? Have you, for example laid down wooden flooring? Brockley leases often stipulate that internal structural changes or laying down wooden flooring necessitate a licence issued by the Landlord consenting to such alterations. Where you dont have the consents in place you should not communicate with the landlord without checking with your conveyancer first. The majority of freeholders or Management Companies in Brockley charge for providing management packs for a leasehold premises. You or your lawyers should discover the fee that they propose to charge. The management information sought on or before finding a buyer, thus accelerating the process. The typical amount of time it takes to obtain the necessary information is three weeks. It is the most usual reason for delay in leasehold conveyancing in Brockley.

I have given up seeking a lease extension in Brockley. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?

in cases where there is a missing landlord or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to assess the price payable.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Brockley residence is Flat b 14 Kemble Road in May 2014. The Tribunal assessed the value of the premium payable for the lease extension to be £9,761 This case affected 1 flat.