My wife and I have recently appointed a conveyancing solicitor in East Finchley. I I would like to check if they are on the Coventry Building Society conveyancing panel. Could you advise?

You should contact your conveyancer and ask them if they are on the lender panel. Alternatively please call Coventry Building Society who may be able to confirm.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in East Finchley?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in East Finchley. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in East Finchley for my purchase. Is it possible to review a solicitor's record with the legal regulator?

You can review published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations resulting from investigations from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For records Pre 2008, or to check a firm's history, telephone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA could monitor telephone calls for training reasons.

Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my 2 bed flat in East Finchley. Conveyancing has not commenced, however I have just received a quarterly maintenance charge demand – should I leave it to the buyer to sort out?

The sensible thing to do is pay the maintenance contribution as usual as all rents and service payments should be apportioned on completion, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.

After years of negotiations we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in East Finchley. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?

in cases where there is a missing landlord or where there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to arrive at the price.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a East Finchley premises is Ground Floor 110 Station Road in June 2013. The Tribunal found that the premium payable for a lease extension should be £31,665. This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 56.65 years.

How does one remove a deceased person's details from the title register for a property in East Finchley?

If a East Finchley property is co-owned and one of the proprietors dies, their name will not automatically be removed from the Land Registry title. You are not required to remove their name as when it comes to a disposal you would simply be asked to supply proof as to the reason the other proprietor is missing from the transfer, ordinarily this takes the form of the probate documents.

With the aim of making things simpler in the future you may arrange to have the deceased party removed from the title register by applying to HMLR with evidence of the death. There is no fee from the Registry for this service.