The conveyancer who helped my former purchase has given a fee calculation of £995 for fixed fee conveyancing in West Ealing. I am selling a Georgian house for £300,000. This sounds over the top. Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in West Ealing?

The costs illustration is fractionally on the steep side. Where you are willing to invest time comparing prices you could reduce the fees marginally by perhaps a hundred pounds. On the other hand, you couldlive to rue choosing an an unknown lawyer. Remember to check the conveyancer can represent your bank. You can make use of our search tool to select a West Ealing conveyancing practice on the lender’s conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in West Ealing.

I am helping my mother sell her flat in West Ealing. Will the solicitor order an energy assessment or it is for the owner to see to?

Following the abolition of Home Packs, energy performance certificates was retained a mandatory element of moving house. An EPC must be commissioned prior to the property being marketed. It is not as aspect of the sale process that conveyancers normally organise. Where you are instructing a West Ealing conveyancing solicitor they might help arrange energy performance certificates due to their contacts with reputable West Ealing accredited person

Is it correct that all West Ealing CQS (Conveyancing Quality Scheme) solicitors are on the Nottingham conveyancing panel?

Some major banks and building societies now make use of CQS as the kick off point for Panel membership such as HSBC and Santander. The Law Society’s CQS membership however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. Nevertheless,the Council of Mortgage Lenders have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for firms wishing to remain on their approved list of firms.

Our sealed bid on a detached house in West Ealing has been accepted, the sellers do nevertheless have a tied purchase. The vendors have offered on a flat, but it’s not yet agreed to, and are looking at other apartments in the pipeline. I have chosen a bricks and mortar conveyancing solicitor in West Ealing. What should be my next step? At what point should I apply for the mortgage with Co-operative?

It is normal to have anxieties where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket prematurely (mortgage application is approx one thousand pounds, then valuation, West Ealing conveyancing search costs, etc). First, you should ensure that your lawyer is on the Co-operative approved list. Regarding the next phase this very much depends on the circumstances of your transaction, attraction to the property and on the state of the market. In a hot market some purchasers would apply for the mortgage with Co-operative and arrange for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they pay their conveyancer to move forward with searches.

I have justbeen informed that Stirling Law have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in West Ealing for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 12 months ago. How can I establish that my home is registered correctly in the name of the former proprietor?

The easiest method to see if the premises is in your name, you can make 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 West Ealing conveyancing specialists.

I am buying a new build apartment in West Ealing. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in West Ealing

There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided.

I am a negotiator for a reputable estate agency in West Ealing where we have witnessed a number of flat sales jeopardised as a result of short leases. I have been given inconsistent advice from local West Ealing conveyancing solicitors. Please can you shed some light as to whether the seller of a flat can start the lease extension process for the buyer?

Provided that the seller has been the owner for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to kick-start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the proposed purchaser need not have to wait 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done before, or at the same time as completion of the disposal of the property.

Alternatively, it may be possible to extend the lease informally by agreement with the landlord either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the buyer.

I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord to extend my lease without getting anywhere. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal decide on such matters? Can you recommend a West Ealing conveyancing firm to help?

Most certainly. We are happy to put you in touch with a West Ealing conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a West Ealing flat is 6 Jessamine Road in August 2013. The Tribunals valuation (as annexed to the decision) calculated the amount payable as £18,355 for the freehold reversion This case related to 2 flats. The unexpired term was 72.39 years.