What advice do you have for searching for reasonably priced conveyancing in Fulham?

Option 1 is to ask relatives who they would recommend.

Second, look on the internet for conveyancing in Fulham. Ring two or three listed and request that they send you their conveyancing fees and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will handle the legal process beforemaking your choice.

Third is to use this site to help you find the right solicitors for you based on your individual requirements including the type of property,speed, complications and who your intended lender is. Avoid the trap of appointing £99 conveyancing in Fulham

My stepmother pointed out to me me that in buying a property in Fulham there may be a number of restrictions prohibiting external changes to a property. Is this right?

There are a number of properties in Fulham which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to carry out external changes. Part of the conveyancing in Fulham should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

I am expecting a OIP from Nottingham this week so we know how much we could potentially offer as otherwise we only have online calculators to go by (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc). Do Nottingham recommend any Fulham solicitors on the Nottingham conveyancing panel, or is it better to go independently?

You will need to appoint Fulham solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the Nottingham conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and Nottingham through the process.

After weeks of negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in Fulham. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an advanced payment of £225. A couple of days later, the solicitor called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Kent Reliance panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

Is it possible to change conveyancer as I have to appoint one who is on the Accord Mortgages Ltd conveyancing list. I hired a local conveyancing solicitor in Fulham five minutes from me but she is not approved by Accord Mortgages Ltd

It would be our pleasure to help you select a conveyancing solicitor in Fulham on the Accord Mortgages Ltd panel. Please note that the property lawyers that we work with do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are registered with the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Fulham. In making use of the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this website, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Fulham.

My wife and I have hit a brick wall in trying to reach an agreement for a lease extension in Fulham. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?

Where there is a missing landlord or where there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant statutes you can apply to the LVT to judgment on the price payable.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Fulham residence is 66 and 66a Wardo Avenue in November 2012. The Tribunal determined that the sum of £8,048 is payable by the Applicants in respect of the price for the freehold of the property This case related to 2 flats. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 93 years and 162 years.

When it comes to leasehold conveyancing in Fulham what are the most frequent lease defects?

Leasehold conveyancing in Fulham is not unique. All leases are unique and legal mistakes in the legal wording can result in certain clauses are erroneous. For example, if your lease is missing any of the following, it could be defective:

Insurance obligations

A defective lease will likely cause issues when trying to sell a property primarily because it impacts on the ability to obtain a mortgage on the property. Accord Mortgages Ltd, Norwich and Peterborough Building Society, and Barclays Direct all have very detailed requirements when it comes to what is expected in a lease. If a mortgage lender believes that the lease is defective they may refuse to provide security, obliging the purchaser to pull out.

Much to my surprise my conveyancing solicitor in Fulham is asking me for identification documents stating that this is part of his obligations as a solicitor on the mortgage company Solicitor panel. Can this be correct?

Due to Money Laundering Regulations your conveyancing lawyer is duty bound to confirm positively your identification when entering into a business relationship with you. It is a criminal offence if your lawyer not do this. If you do not provide ID early in the transaction the solicitor must refuse to act for you. It’s unlikely a lawyer will turn you away if you come to the first meeting without relevant ID but you will have to produce it at some point so you might as well bring it with you to the initial meeting so the lawyer can tick the ID verification box and start sorting out the conveyancing straight away. If you are getting a mortgage, your lawyer also has to check ID documents to satisfy the lender. This is not unique to conveyancing in Fulham