Can you explain why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Chipping Barnet costs more?

Chipping Barnet leasehold conveyancing transactions usually involve additional investigations than freeholds including investigating the Lease, liaising with the Landlord such as serving appropriate notices on the Landlord or managing agent, obtaining up-to-date service charge and management information, obtaining Landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts and formation documents.

A relative suggested that if I am buying in Chipping Barnet I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Chipping Barnet conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Chipping Barnet around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Chipping Barnet Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Chipping Barnet.

About to purchase a new build flat in Chipping Barnet. Conveyancing is daunting 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.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Chipping Barnet

Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision.

I was pointed in your direction by a number of selling agents in Chipping Barnet to choose a solicitor on your site. Is there a financial incentive for Estate Agents to offer your lawyers ahead of alternative conveyancing organisations?

We don’t offer any referral fee for directing people to this site. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission as a client could think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not receiving any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.

We are a fortnight into a freehold purchase having been directed to a firm by the estate agent to do our conveyancing in Chipping Barnet. We are not happy. Could you help me find new solicitors?

They would have to be very bad in order to consider replacing them. Has the mortgage been generated? In the event that it has you need to make them aware of the new conveyancer and ensure the loan are issued to the new lawyers. Your conveyancer needs to be on the lenders approved list to avoid added charges and complications. So that should be your first question of the new lawyers. Our find a solicitor tool should assist you in finding a lender approved solicitor for your conveyancing in Chipping Barnet