Forgive me if this question is silly but I am new to the home buying as FTB of a two bedroom flat in Stroud Green. Do I receive the keys to the house on completion from my conveyancer? If so, I will find a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Stroud Green?

On the day of completion you do not need to go to the conveyancers office in Stroud Green. Your solicitors will arrange to send the purchase money to the vendor’s conveyancers, and once they have received this, you will be called to receive the keys from the property Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.

We had appointed conveyancers located in Stroud Green on the Skipton solicitor approved list. They have just billed me a separate sum for the legal aspects of the Skipton mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee specified by Skipton?

Provided it is contained in their Terms of Engagement or Quote then yes your lawyer may charge a fee for this. The charge is not set by Skipton but by your Stroud Green conveyancing practitioner. Plenty of firms on the Skipton panel will quote an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.

Intending to buy a apartment in Stroud Green. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Stroud Green property lawyer is on the Co-operative conveyancing panel.

I have recentlyfound out that Stirling Law have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in Stroud Green for a purchase of a leasehold flat 12 months ago. How can I establish that my home is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?

The easiest method to see if the premises is in your name, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Stroud Green conveyancing specialists.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Stroud Green is where the house is located. Can you offer any advice?

Flying freeholds in Stroud Green are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Stroud Green you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Stroud Green may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.

As co-executor for the estate of my father I am disposing of a property in Cardiff but live in Stroud Green. My solicitor (based 260 kilometers awayneeds me to sign a statutory declaration before completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Stroud Green who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?

strictly speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Stroud Green based

Do I stop the direct debit for my mortgage with Nationwide once a completion date for my home sale in Stroud Green has been set?

No, you must continue paying any mortgage payments to Nationwide pending the mortgage being redeemed out of the proceeds of sale as part of your Stroud Green conveyancing.