Please help. My Barnes Cray solicitor is advising me that he has toapply for Barnes Cray conveyancing searches due to the fact thatthe firm are on the Nat Westsolicitor panel. Do I not have any say here?

Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. As you are taking a home loan with a mortgage company your conveyancer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your solicitor would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your bank’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook provisions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Barnes Cray conveyancing searches.

Due to the guidance of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Barnes Cray ahead of retaining solicitors. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the property. My surveyor has said that some banks tend refuse to grant a loan on this type of home.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different requirements from Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can investigate further with the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Barnes Cray. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Barnes Cray to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

I am selling my property. My former lawyers has retired. I am in need of a recommendation of a conveyancing firm. I happen to live in Barnes Cray if that affects matters.

You should use our search tool to help you choose a solicitor for your conveyancing in Barnes Cray. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with regulated solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move goes with a minimum of fuss.

If all goes to plan we aim to complete the disposal of our £400,000 apartment in Barnes Cray in just under a week. The managing agents has quoted £300 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and 3 years service charge statements. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge exorbitant fees for a leasehold conveyance in Barnes Cray?

Barnes Cray conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes typically involves fees being invoiced by management companies :

Addressing pre-exchange questions Where consent is required before sale in Barnes Cray Supplying insurance information Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your lawyer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Barnes Cray leasehold premises is £350. For Barnes Cray 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 required to provide answers.

Having spent months of dialogue we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Barnes Cray. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

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

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Barnes Cray 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 related to 13 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 76 years.

Are Barnes Cray conveyancing solicitors duty bound by the Law Society to supply clear conveyancing costs?

Inbuilt into the Solicitors Code of Conduct are prescriptive rules and regulations as to how the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) allow solicitors to publicise their charges to clients.The Law Society have practice note giving advice on how to publicise transparent charges to avoid breaching any such rule. Practice notes are not legal advice issued by the Law Society and is not intended as the only standard of good practice a conveyancing solicitor should adhere to. The Practice Note does, nevertheless, constitute the Law Society’s perspective of acceptable practice for publicising conveyancing charges, and accordingly it’s a recommended read for any solicitor or conveyancer in Barnes Cray or beyond.