Finally the sale completed on my house in Kilburn last January but the buyer keeps SMS messaging every few hours complaining that their solicitor needs to hear from myconveyancer. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?

After completion of your house sale your lawyer should forward the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. Where appropriate, your lawyer should also confirm that the home loan has been repaid to the purchasers conveyancers. There are no post completion procedures peculiar conveyancing in Kilburn.

This question may be naive but I am unseasoned as a first time purchaser of a ground floor flat in Kilburn. Do I collect the keys to the premises on the completion date from my conveyancer? If this is the case, I will use a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Kilburn?

On the day of completion you will not be required to attend the conveyancers office in Kilburn. Your solicitors will arrange to send the completion advance to the vendor’s solicitors, and once they have received this, you should be able to pick up the keys from the selling Agents and move into your new home. Usually this occurs early afternoon.

My husband and I are in the process of looking at apartments in Kilburn and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it premature to have a solicitor in place? I will be getting a home loan with Skipton.

You should start obtaining conveyancing estimates from solicitors ASAP. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their details on to the selling agent. As you are taking out a mortgage with Skipton, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Skipton conveyancing panel.

I am currently in the process of buying my council flat in Kilburn. I have a mortgage agreed with RBS. Conveyancing is new to me. Can I proceed without a solicitor easily? I think we can but we keep being told I should have one. Any advice?

It is not advisable to proceed with a house purchase without a solicitor. The council's solicitor are not acting for you. You need a solicitor for a number reasons. One of which is to verify what plans the Council have for repairs and refurbishment for the next five years. Many leaseholders have been stung for contributions of thousands of pounds. In any event, if you are getting a mortgage with RBS, you will need to appoint a solicitor on the RBS conveyancing panel.

I have been told that property searches are the number one reason for obstruction in Kilburn house deals. Is that correct?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released conclusions of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature within the top 10 causes of delays during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are unlikely to be the root cause of holding up conveyancing in Kilburn.

I am buying my first flat in Kilburn benefiting from help to buy. The developers would not budge the price so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The property agent suggested that I not disclose to my solicitor about the extras as it would put at risk my mortgage with Barclays Direct. Should I keep quiet?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a simple, chain free conveyancing. Kilburn is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Kilburn are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Kilburn you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Kilburn may decide 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.