What is the difference between a licensed conveyancer and conveyancing solicitor in Wanstead

Two types of professional can perform conveyancing in Wanstead namely CLC regulated conveyancers or solicitors. Both professionals provide the legal services that you need to complete the sale or acquisition of property. Both are duty bound to conduct Wanstead conveyancing to the same quality and guidelines so you can be safe in the knowledge that your conveyancing will be properly administered and that the necessary steps should be appropriately attended to.

I am helping my step-mother sell her flat in Wanstead. Will the conveyancer commission the energy assessment or do I organise this?

Following the demise of Home Information Packs, energy performance certificates was left as a mandatory part of selling a property. An energy performance certificate must be to hand prior to the property being put on the market. It is not something that conveyancers ordinarily organise. If you are instructing a Wanstead conveyancing lawyer they might help arrange EPC’s due to their contacts with long established local providers

I recently had an offer agreed on a house in Wanstead. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their solicitor. I paid an on account payment of £175. A couple of days later, the solicitor called me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the TSB conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the TSB panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

I have been on the look out for a ground for flat up to £305k and identified one round the corner in Wanstead I like with open areas and railway links in the vicinity, however it only has 61 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Wanstead for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a lease with such few years left?

Should you need a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term may be an issue. Reduce the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the property for at least 2 years you can request that they start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor regarding this.

I am downsizing from my house. My past conveyancers have shut. I would be grateful for any recommendation of a conveyancing firm. Im based in Wanstead if that makes a difference.

You should use our search tool to help you find a solicitor for your conveyancing in Wanstead. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with regulated solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move runs smoothly.

Jane (my partner) and I may need to rent out our Wanstead 1st floor flat for a while due to a career opportunity. We instructed a Wanstead conveyancing practice in 2004 but they have since shut and we did not think at the time get any guidance as to whether the lease prohibits the subletting of the flat. How do we find out?

The lease dictates relations between the freeholder and you the leaseholder; in particular, it will set out if subletting is prohibited, or permitted but only subject to certain conditions. The rule is that if the lease contains no specific ban or restriction, subletting is allowed. Most leases in Wanstead do not prevent an absolute prevention of subletting – such a clause would undoubtedly devalue the flat. Instead, there is usually simply a requirement that the owner notifies the freeholder, possibly supplying a duplicate of the tenancy agreement.

I own a first floor flat in Wanstead. In the absence of agreement between myself and the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the sum payable for a lease extension?

Most certainly. We can put you in touch with a Wanstead conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a Wanstead property is 36 New Wanstead in August 2010. The Tribunal arrived at a valuation of the premium for the freehold of £22,359. This case was in relation to 2 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 73.92 years.

My in 2007. He has got married, widowed and in recent months got remarried. He will be selling the flat in a couple of months. I believe he will just be asked to provide a copy of the marriage certificates to the conveyancing practitioner however he is anxious it could hold up the sale of the flat. Is it worth updating the title information for the property?

You are not required to update the register on the basis that you have the evidence required to show how the change of name has come about.

Any buyer’s property lawyer will review the registered entries and need evidence to establish the change of name for example marriage documentation.