I was referred a lawyer who has sent a quote for £1350 for leasehold conveyancing in King's Cross. I’m selling a Georgian house for £300,000. Are these estimated fees excessive? Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in King's Cross?

The estimate does seem marginally steep. If you are prepared to invest time comparing charges you might get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by perhaps £125. That being said, you couldcome to rue opting for an an untested lawyer. Remember to check the firm can also act for your lender. You can make use of our comparison tool to get a quote a King's Cross conveyancing firm on the lender’s member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in King's Cross.

What is the optimum way to check that the solicitor carrying out my conveyancing in King's Cross is on the bank’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Coventry Building Society thus paying £187.00 plus VAT in another set of conveyancing costs.

You should take advantage of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this site. Pick the mortgage company and type ‘King's Cross’ or your preferred area and you will be presented with numerous conveyancers based in King's Cross or by proximity to you.

I used Stirling Law a few years past for my conveyancing in King's Cross. Now, I need my documents but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 King's Cross of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I am buying a new build flat in King's Cross. 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.

Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in King's Cross

Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared.

I only have Seventy years left on my flat in King's Cross. I now want to extend my lease but my landlord is absent. What should I do?

On the basis that you qualify, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can submit an application to the County Court for an order to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will mean that your lease can be extended by the magistrate. However, you will be required to prove that you or your lawyers have made all reasonable attempts to find the freeholder. On the whole an enquiry agent should be helpful to carry out a search and to produce a report which can be accepted by the court as proof that the landlord can not be located. It is wise to seek advice from a property lawyer in relation to proving the landlord’s disappearance and the application to the County Court covering King's Cross.

After years of correspondence we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in King's Cross. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?

if there is a absentee freeholder or if there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to determine the price.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a King's Cross residence is Flat 89 Trinity Court Grays Inn Road in February 2013. the Tribunal found that the premium to be paid by the tenant on the grant of a new lease, in accordance with section 56 and Schedule 13 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 should be £36,229. This case affected 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 66.8 years.