We are buying our first home. The solicitor has messagedto check if we want to purchase extra conveyancing searches. We are really unsure what's relevant for conveyancing in Strawberry Hill

The number and type of Strawberry Hill conveyancing searches depends primarily on the premises, the location, the possibility of any of these risks, your familiarity of the area and risks, your overall attitude to risk. What matters is that you properly appreciate what information the searches could supply. You may then decide if you personally think you need that search. If in doubt, ask the solicitor to recommend.

Do lawyers ask for money up-front for my conveyancing in Strawberry Hill?

If you are buying a property in Strawberry Hill your solicitor will ask you to provide them with monies to cover the the cost of the conveyancing searches. This will be the total of the cost of the Local Authority Search. When the down payment is payable against the purchase price then this will be required shortly ahead of exchange of contracts. Any further balance that is needed should be sent to your lawyer shortly before completion.

I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in Strawberry Hill. I now require my papers however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing 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 Strawberry Hill of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Due to complete next month on a basement flat in Strawberry Hill. Conveyancing lawyers have said that they are sending me a report on Monday. What should I be looking out for?

The report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Strawberry Hill should include some of the following:

Repair and maintenance of the flat The landlord’s rights to access the property. You should be made aware that your landlord has rights of access as well as be informed how much notice must be provided. Advice concerning the obligations as set out in the lease to to contribute towards maintenance costs - in respect of the block, and the wider rights a tenant enjoys You should receive a copy of the lease Will you be prohibited or prevented from having pets in the property?

We have reached the end of our tether in trying to purchase the freehold in Strawberry Hill. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?

in cases where there is a missing freeholder or if there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the LVT to determine the price payable.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Strawberry Hill residence is Ground Floor Flat 91 Bath Road in May 2009. in a case where the freeholder could not be traced, the Brentford County Court ordered that the Lease be surrendered in return for the grant of a new lease of the Premises at a premium determined by the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal. The tribunal concluded that the price payable by the Applicant for the new lease of the premises be £15,900 This case affected 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 60.45 years.

Some months ago I was advised by my mortgage company that their approved solicitors operate no sale no fee basis for conveyancing in Strawberry Hill. Our purchase fell through and now the conveyancers have invoiced for search fees! They say the fees are seperate!

Strawberry Hill conveyancing search fees are separate expenses not solicitors fees as these are due to a third party.