We are purchasing our first house. The lawyer has e-mailedto see if we wish to order supplemental conveyancing searches. We are really unsure what's recommended for conveyancing in Thames View

The number and type of Thames View conveyancing searches should be dictated entirely on the premises, the location, the likelihood of any of these risks, your familiarity of the region and risks, your general approach to risk. What is important is that you adequately comprehend what information the searches could supply. Then you can make a decision if you personally think you need that information. If in doubt, ask your conveyancer to explain.

As a first time buyer what is the most important advice you can give me concerning purchase conveyancing in Thames View?

Not many law firms or advisers will tell you this but conveyancing in Thames View and elsewhere in England and Wales is an adversarial process. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there is plenty of opportunity for conflict between you and others involved in the transaction. For instance, the vendor, selling agent and even potentially the bank. Selecting a solicitor for your conveyancing in Thames View is a critical decision as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the SOLE person in the legal process whose role it is to look after your legal interests and to keep you safe.

There is a worrying ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone must be blamed for the process being so protracted. We recommend that you should always trust your conveyancer above the other players when it comes to the legal transfer of property.

I used Action Conveyancing several years past for my conveyancing in Thames View. I now require my file 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 Thames View of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

In what way can the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my commercial offices in Thames View and how can your lawyers assist?

The particular law that you refer to affords protection to business leaseholders, giving them the legal entitlement to apply to court for a renewal tenancy and continue in occupation at the end of the lease term. There are certain specified grounds that a landlord can refrain from granting a lease renewal and the rules are involved. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. Thames View is one of our hundreds of areas of the UK in which the firms we work with have offices

Completion is due on the sale of our £425,000 garden flat in Thames View next week. The management company has quoted £312 for Certificate of Compliance, insurance certificate and previous years service charge statements. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge exorbitant fees for a flat conveyance in Thames View?

Thames View conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes usually results in administration charges raised by landlords agents :

Addressing pre-exchange enquiries Where consent is required before sale in Thames View Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Thames View leasehold property is £350. For Thames View conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are obliged to supply answers.

I inherited a ground-floor 1960’s flat in Thames View. In the absence of agreement between myself and the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the premium due for a lease extension?

Most definitely. We can put you in touch with a Thames View conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Thames View flat is 49 Aldborough Road South in July 2012. The Tribunal decided that the premium payable for the grant of the new lease was £13,925 This case affected 1 flat. The remaining number of years on the lease was 61.36 years.