Can your site be used to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in North Finchley even if I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for example where I intend to buy an office in North Finchley with a mortgage from Chelsea Building Society?

The service is mainly there to get a quote from domestic conveyancing solicitors in North Finchley but we have set out towards the end of this page a few North Finchley commercial conveyancing firms. You should make contact with the firm directly to check if they can also act for Chelsea Building Society

I own a terraced Georgian house in North Finchley. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and Birmingham Midshires. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are a couple of entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold with the matching property. I thought I was buying a freehold how can I check?

You need to review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in North Finchley and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also question the position with your conveyancing practitioner who completed the work.

Hoping to buy a property located in North Finchley and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about North Finchley. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the North Finchley area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at North Finchley. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor for purchase conveyancing in North Finchley. I happened to chance upon a site which looks to be the perfect solution If there is a chance to get all this stuff completed via email that would be preferable. Do I need to be wary? What are the potential pitfalls?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?

I today plan to offer on a house that seems to meet my requirements, at a reasonable figure which is making it more attractive. I have subsequently discovered that the title is leasehold as opposed to freehold. I would have thought that there are issues buying a leasehold house in North Finchley. Conveyancing lawyers have are about to be appointed. Will they explain the issues?

Most houses in North Finchley are freehold rather than leasehold. This is one of the situations where having a local solicitor used to dealing with such properties who can help the conveyancing process. We note that you are buying in North Finchley so you should seriously consider looking for a North Finchley conveyancing solicitor and be sure that they have experience in advising on leasehold houses. First you will need to check the unexpired lease term. Being a tenant you will not be at liberty to do whatever you want with the house. The lease comes with conditions such as obtaining the freeholder’sconsent to carry out changes to the property. It may be necessary to pay a maintenance charge towards the upkeep of the estate where the house is located on an estate. Your conveyancer will advise you fully on all the issues.

I am the leaseholder of a first floor flat in North Finchley. Given that I can not reach agreement with the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the amount due for the purchase of the freehold?

in cases where there is a missing landlord or where there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant statutes you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to make a decision on the price payable.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a North Finchley premises is Flat 2 2 Netherfield Road in April 2010. The Tribunale held that premium payable for a 90 year extension to the existing Lease should be £7,705. This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired term was 76 years.