Can I use your services to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Hampstead Garden Suburb even if I’m not buying or selling a house, for instance where I want to buy an office in Hampstead Garden Suburb with a mortgage from Skipton Building Society?

The service is primarily there to locate residential conveyancing solicitors in Hampstead Garden Suburb but we have recorded towards the bottom of this page a few Hampstead Garden Suburb commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to enquire with the solicitors directly to see if they are also authorised to represent Skipton Building Society

Various internet forums that I have visited warn that are the number one cause of delay in Hampstead Garden Suburb house deals. Is this right?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published findings of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure amongst the most frequent causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are not likely to be the root cause of delay in conveyancing in Hampstead Garden Suburb.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Hampstead Garden Suburb. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Hampstead Garden Suburb

Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company?

I have been advised by numerous selling agents in Hampstead Garden Suburb to choose a solicitor using your seach tool. Is there a financial incentive for Estate Agents to offer your services ahead of alternative conveyancing organisations?

We refuse to give any commission for pointing buyers and sellers in our direction. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission as a client could think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

Our solicitor in Hampstead Garden Suburb has uncovered a a legal deficiency with the lease for the property we are purchasing in Hampstead Garden Suburb. The seller’s lawyers have put forward title insurance as a workaround. We are content with insurance and will pay for it. Our solicitor has advised that as he is on the bank conveyancing panel he must ensure that the lender is happy with this solution. Are we the client or is the bank?

The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the potential for a conflict of interest, you and the bank are the client. A precondition to being on the lender approved panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects will the lease so that the mortgage company can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected . Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.