We are acquiring our first home. The solicitor has e-mailedto check if we want to take out supplemental conveyancing searches. Frankly we have no idea as to what's necessary for conveyancing in Forest Gate

The range of Forest Gate conveyancing searches depends entirely on the property, the location, the possibility of any of these risks, your familiarity of the region and risks, your overall appetite to risk. What is important is that you adequately appreciate what information each search could provide. You may then decide if you consider that you need that information. Should you be uncertain, ask your conveyancing practitioner to advise.

Finally the sale completed on my house in Forest Gate last October yet the purchaser is Skype messaging daily complaining that his lawyer needs to hear from mysolicitor. What should have happened following completion?

Following your disposal your solicitor is obliged to deliver the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. If applicable, your lawyer should also confirm that the mortgage has been discharged to the purchasers solicitors. There are no post completion formalities peculiar conveyancing in Forest Gate.

Should my conveyancer be raising enquiries about flooding during the conveyancing in Forest Gate.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for conveyancers dealing with homes in Forest Gate. There are those who acquire a house in Forest Gate, fully aware that at some time, it may be flooded. However, aside from the physical damage, if a property is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, satisfactory building insurance, or dispose of the premises. There are steps that can be taken during the course of a property purchase to forewarn the purchaser.

Lawyers are not qualified to offer advice on flood risk, however there are a numerous searches that may be initiated by the purchaser or on a buyer’s behalf which can figure out the risks in Forest Gate. The conventional set of information sent to a buyer’s lawyer (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) incorporates a usual question of the seller to discover whether the premises has suffered from flooding. In the event that the residence has been flooded in past and is not notified by the vendor, then a purchaser may bring a legal claim for losses stemming from an incorrect response. A purchaser’s solicitors should also commission an enviro report. This should reveal if there is a recorded flood risk. If so, additional investigations should be conducted.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a simple, no chain conveyancing. Forest Gate is where the house is located. Is there any advice you can give?

Flying freeholds in Forest Gate are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Forest Gate you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Forest Gate 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.

In what way does the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my commercial premises in Forest Gate and how can your lawyers assist?

The particular law that you refer to affords protection to business lessees, granting the right to apply to court for a continuation of occupancy at the end of the lease term. There are certain specified grounds that a landlord can refrain from granting a lease renewal and the rules are complex. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. Forest Gate is one of our hundreds of areas of the UK in which our lawyers are located