I am expecting a mortgage with Nat West. I would like to instruct a Licensed Conveyancer in St John's Wood. Does the Nat West Conveyancing panel include conveyancers regulated by the CLC?

The Nat West conveyancing panel is, like many other lenders, associated to the Council or Mortgage Lenders or BSA, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

Can the conveyancing lawyers identified via your search tool carry out attended exchange conveyancing in St John's Wood?

There are a few conveyancing specialists who can conduct personalised exchanges. Please e-mail us to receive a costs illustration and details as to dates.

It is a dozen years since I acquired my home in St John's Wood. Conveyancing lawyers have recently been retained on the sale but I can't track down my title deeds. Will this cause complications?

Don’t worry too much. First the deeds may be kept by your mortgage company or they may still be with the lawyers who handled your purchase. Secondly in most cases the property will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you own the property by your conveyancing lawyers acquiring current official copies of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in St John's Wood relates to registered property but in the rare situation where your property is not registered it is more tricky but is resolvable.

Is there a search tool that I can use to investigate if the solicitor conducting my conveyancing in St John's Wood is on the mortgage lender’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Platform Home Loans Ltd thus paying £192.00 in further conveyancing bill.

Feel free to take advantage of the find a conveyancing panel solicitor tool on this page. Please choose the mortgage company and type ‘St John's Wood’ or your preferred area and you will discover numerous solicitors located in St John's Wood or near you.

Following years of dialogue we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in St John's Wood. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

Most definitely. We are happy to put you in touch with a St John's Wood conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a St John's Wood residence is Garden Flat 195 Goldhurst Terrace in May 2012. The Tribunal held in accordance with section 48 and Schedule 13 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 that the premium for the extended lease should be £60,855.00. This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 60.16 years.

When it comes to leasehold conveyancing in St John's Wood what are the most frequent lease problems?

Leasehold conveyancing in St John's Wood is not unique. All leases are unique and legal mistakes in the legal wording can sometimes mean that certain sections are wrong. The following missing provisions could result in a defective lease:

Repairing obligations to or maintain parts of the building

You could have a problem when selling your property if you have a defective lease as they can affect a potential buyer’s ability to obtain a mortgage. Accord Mortgages Ltd, Leeds Building Society, and Nottingham Building Society all have express requirements when it comes to what is expected in a lease. Where a lender has been advised by their lawyers that the lease does not cover certain provisions they may refuse to grant the mortgage, obliging the purchaser to withdraw.