We are purchasing our first property. The lawyer has messagedto check if we wish to order supplemental conveyancing searches. Unfortunately we in the dark as to what's necessary for conveyancing in Grays

The number and type of Grays conveyancing searches should be triggered based primarily on the property, the location, the likelihood of any of these risks, your familiarity of the locality and risks, your overall attitude to risk. What matters is that you properly understand what information the searches could provide. Then you can make a decision if you consider that you need that information. Where you are in doubt, ask the lawyer to advise.

Will commercial conveyancing searches reveal planned roadworks that may impact a commercial property in Grays?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Grays will carry out a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers invest in investigating accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Grays. The report provides definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Grays.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Grays it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately could result in delays to Grays commercial conveyancing transactions as well as present a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not conducted for domestic conveyancing in Grays.

I used Wolstenholmes several years past for my conveyancing in Grays. Now, I need my documents but the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Grays 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.

Expecting to sign contracts shortly on a garden flat in Grays. Conveyancing solicitors have said that they are sending me a report next week. Are there areas in the report that I should be focusing on?

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

You should be advised what constitutes a Nuisance in the lease What remedies are open the freeholder should you breach a clause of your lease? Whether the landlord has obligations to ensure rights of quiet enjoyment over your property and do you know what it means in practice? It needs to be made clear to you if the lease permits you to alter or upgrade aspects of the flat- you must be made aware as to whether any restrictions applies to all alterations or limited to structural alteration, and whether permission is mandated necessary

Following years of correspondence we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Grays. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

You certainly can. We are happy to put you in touch with a Grays conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Grays property is Various @ Colombus Square in January 2012. the Tribunal calculated the premiums to be paid for new leases for each of the flats in Mariners Walk to be £3822 and the premium to be paid for the new lease of 2 Knights Court to be £4439. This case was in relation to 13 flats. The unexpired term was 76 years.

I am due to consider estimates for conveyancing in Grays from numerous lawyer and choose one. Should I tell them to hold tight until I have found somewhere to purchase.

We would recommend that you wait to get your conveyancer to commence work and submit searches after the sales memo has been sent by the selling agent especially as Grays conveyancing searches are costly.