There are plenty of conveyancing solicitors in Primrose Hill but how do I know who I should use?

Do not opt for the cheapest Primrose Hill conveyancing fees. You really do get what you’re paying for when it comes to property lawyers. A cheap quote may mean that the conveyancing solicitor is handling a lot of jobs at one time and you won’t get the quality of service and the attention that you need. It is, however, wise to use a conveyancer who has a fixed fee on a no sale, no fee basis. This way, you go into the conveyancing with your eyes wide open.

I happen to be the only recipient of my late mum's will with all property in now in my sole name, including the my former home in Primrose Hill. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in November. I plan to dispose of the house. I do know about the Mortgage Lenders 6 month 'rule', meaning my property ownership could be regarded the same way as though I had purchased the property in November. Will no one buy the property for half a year?

The CML handbook mandates conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you could be impacted by that. many banks would take a sensible view as this requirement is chiefly there to capture subsales or the flipping of property.

We are getting a further advance on our home loan from Co-operative as we wish to carry out a loft conversion to our house in Primrose Hill. Are we obliged to choose a bricks and mortar Primrose Hill solicitor on the Co-operative conveyancing panel to handle the legals?

Co-operative do not ordinarily instruct firms on their approved list of lawyers to deal with the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Co-operative conveyancing panel.

I have been told that property searches are the main cause of obstruction in Primrose Hill house deals. Is that correct?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the findings of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure amongst the common causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are unlikely to be the root cause of slowing down conveyancing in Primrose Hill.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Primrose Hill?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Primrose Hill. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

Over the last few months I have been searching for a flat up to £305k and identified one round the corner in Primrose Hill I like with a park and station in the vicinity, however it only has 52 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Primrose Hill suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?

If you need a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term may be a potential deal breaker. Reduce the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing owner has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you can request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer about this matter.

To what extent are Primrose Hill conveyancing solicitors duty bound by the Law Society to issue clear conveyancing figures?

Contained within the Solicitors Code of Conduct are prescriptive rules and regulations as to how the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) allow solicitors to publicise their charges to clients.The Law Society have practice note giving advice on how to publicise transparent charges to avoid breaching any such rule. Practice notes are not legal advice issued by the Law Society and is not intended as the only standard of good practice a conveyancing solicitor should adhere to. The Practice Note does, nevertheless, constitute the Law Society’s perspective of acceptable practice for publicising conveyancing charges, and accordingly it’s a recommended read for any solicitor or conveyancer in Primrose Hill or further afield.