I am getting a mortgage offer from Nat West. I intend to retain the legal services of a Licensed Conveyancer in Lambeth. Does the Nat West Conveyancing panel include Licensed Conveyancers?

The Nat West approved solicitor list is, like many other lenders, associated to the Council or Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

Having sold my house in Lambeth last December but my buyer keeps e-mailing me complaining that their conveyancer needs to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?

After completion of your sale your solicitor should send the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor should also send confirmation that the home loan has been redeemed to the buyers lawyers. There are no post completion requirements unique to conveyancing in Lambeth.

I need some quick conveyancing in Lambeth as I have pressure to exchange contracts within one month. Luckily I do not need a mortgage. Can I avoid the conveyancing searches to save fees and time?

As you are are a cash buyer you are at liberty not to have searches conducted although no law firm would advise that you don't. With plenty of history conveyancing in Lambeth the following are examples of issues that can arise and adversely affect future saleability: Enforcement Notices, Overdue Fees, Outstanding Grants, Unadopted Roads,...

I used Arc property Solicitors a few years ago for my conveyancing in Lambeth. Now, I need the files but the law firm is no longer operating. 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 Lambeth of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Lambeth. Conveyancing is a frightening process 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 few leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Lambeth

Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents.