When can the exchange of contracts happen for residential conveyancing in Grays and am I required to attend the solicitors office?

Where you are round the corner to our conveyancing solicitors in Grays you are invited in to sign contracts. However, the law practices we recommend offer countrywide coverage for conveyancing and provide as equally comprehensive and professional a job for you when communicating with you electronically. The executing of the property agreement is not when everything is set in stone. Signing on the dotted line simply enables the firm to address the formalities when the time is right, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The procedure is nowadays normally dealt with by telephone and can be very rapid, although where a lengthy "chain" is in play, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Grays)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

Do commercial conveyancing searches disclose impending roadworks that could affect a commercial premises in Grays?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Grays will carry out a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers invest in investigating accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Grays. The report sets out definitive data on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Grays.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Grays it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately could result in delays to Grays commercial conveyancing deals as well as present a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not conducted for residential conveyancing in Grays.

I used Stirling Law a few years ago for my conveyancing in Grays. I now require my file but the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Grays of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I am employed by a reputable estate agent office in Grays where we have experienced a few leasehold sales derailed due to leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have received contradictory information from local Grays conveyancing solicitors. Can you confirm whether the vendor of a flat can commence the lease extension formalities for the purchaser on completion of the sale?

Provided that the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. This means that the buyer need not have to sit tight for 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed before, or simultaneously with completion of the sale.

Alternatively, it may be possible to agree the lease extension with the freeholder either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the purchaser.

I inherited a basement flat in Grays. Given that I can not reach agreement with the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the premium payable for a lease extension?

Most definitely. We are happy to put you in touch with a Grays conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Grays premises is Various @ Colombus Square in January 2012. the Tribunal calculated the premiums to be paid for new leases for each of the flats in Mariners Walk to be £3822 and the premium to be paid for the new lease of 2 Knights Court to be £4439. This case was in relation to 13 flats. The unexpired term was 76 years.

What are my options where I am dissatisfied with the lawyer who undertook my conveyancing in Grays?

Occasionally the level of service you receive is not as you expect, and unfortunately every so often matters do not go as planned. Nevertheless there is recourse if you were dissatisfied with your conveyancing in Grays. This varies from trying to resolve matters directly with them, through to reporting a lawyer to their regulator. If you remain dissatisfied you may consider getting in touch with the Legal Ombudsman.