My best friend’s uncle is a property lawyer. I expect that I will be offered friends and family rates for conveyancing, but if not, what level of figure would I typically be looking at for conveyancing in St Mary Cray?

Do compare pricing. Do use our search tool on this page. The charges seem to be different but the service one can expect differ between solicitors as is the case with the vast majority of professional services.

Can you vouch for a Accord Mortgages Ltd approved St Mary Cray conveyancing practice finish our home move within 10 days? Would it be better to use a high street St Mary Cray solicitor or an internet firm?

We can recommend some very good St Mary Cray conveyancing firms. You can also walk up the main road in St Mary Cray. Visit two or three firms and request to see a conveyancing solicitor for a costs illustration. Explain your requirements together with your reasons and get an assurance on speed. Choose the one that appears most efficient.

I was recommended by a few property agents in St Mary Cray to select a conveyancer using your seach tool. What’s the financial upside for Estate Agents to market your site over and above a competitor’s?

We don’t offer any commission for sending work in our direction. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission because home movers will think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not receiving any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.

My cousin has recommend that I instruct his conveyancers in St Mary Cray. Should I use them?

Much as we are happy to recommend a St Mary Cray conveyancing lawyer the best way to find a conveyancing lawyer is to get recommendations from friends or family who have previously instructed the conveyancer that you are contemplating using.

I am looking at a couple of apartments in St Mary Cray which have in the region of fifty years left on the lease term. Will this present a problem?

A lease is a right to use the premises for a period of time. As the lease gets shorter the saleability of the lease reduces and it becomes more expensive to extend the lease. For this reason it is generally wise to increase the term of the lease. Sometimes it is difficulties arise selling premises with a short lease as mortgage lenders may be reluctant to lend money on such properties. Lease enfranchisement can be a difficult process. We advise that you get professional help from a conveyancer and surveyor with experience in this arena.

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

in cases where there is a missing landlord or where there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to calculate the premium.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a St Mary Cray property is 1 Southlands Court Southlands Road in September 2013. The Leasehold Valuation Tribunal determined that the premium to be paid by the tenant on the grant of a new lease, in accordance with section 56 and Schedule 13 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 was £30,541 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 50.57 years.