In the event thatI was to buy a straightforward housein East Croydon mortgage fee and dispense with a survey and no local authority searches how much would I expect to to save on my conveyancing in East Croydon?

The sole saving you would make on is the East Croydon conveyancing searches. The conveyancing practitioner still got to do everything else - money laundering, correspond with the sellers conveyancing practitioner, SDLT submission, register the ownership etc. A slight saving might be made by not having to register a charge but it won't be significant.

Various web forums that I have come across warn that are the primary cause of hinderance in East Croydon conveyancing transactions. Is this right?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the conclusions of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure amongst the top 10 causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Searches are not likely to be the root cause of delay in conveyancing in East Croydon.

Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in East Croydon in advance of retaining solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the property. My surveyor advised that some banks tend not grant a loan on a flying freehold property.

It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different requirements from Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can investigate further via the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in East Croydon. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in East Croydon to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

How do I locate a East Croydon law firm on the Godiva Mortgages Ltd conveyancing panel? I have wheels and am willing to travel upto 20kilometers to meet the lawyer.

Feel free to make use of the search on this website. Please select a lender and your location and you will see a number of East Croydon conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have detailed some East Croydon conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can telephone them to verify whether they are on the Godiva Mortgages Ltd member panel

Our conveyancer has advised that he intends to complete and exchange simultaneously on the sale of our £200,000 garden flat in East Croydon in just under a week. The freeholder has quoted £408 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and previous years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge such fees for a flat conveyance in East Croydon?

East Croydon conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes normally results in administration charges raised by landlords agents :

Completing pre-contract questions Where consent is required before sale in East Croydon Supplying insurance information Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your solicitor will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for East Croydon leasehold property is £350. For East Croydon conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to supply answers.

I inherited a a ground floor purpose built flat in East Croydon. Given that I can not reach agreement with the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the premium due for a lease extension?

if there is a absentee freeholder or if there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant statutes you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to determine the premium.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a East Croydon flat is 29 Woodstock Road in April 2014. the Tribunal determined that the premiums to be paid into court in respect of the purchase of the freehold registered at HMLR under Title N0.SY3997 should be £7,217. This case related to 4 flats. The unexpired lease term was 98 years.