Why would one use a Battersea conveyancing firm given that internet based conveyancers are cheap by comparison?

To take your time to find contrast conveyancing costs in Battersea and you should seek a reasonable quote but don’t expend your energy scouring the internet for the cheapest Battersea conveyancer. Finding the right conveyancer can be the difference between a seamless and a distressing home move. It is important that you ensure that you have expert guidance from an experienced lawyer. Emails can't be as helpful as a telephone conversation and are no substitute for a one to one consultation. Our partner firms will appoint you a qualified and experienced conveyancing solicitor who can handle your conveyancing from start to finish, giving the sort of continuity that you rarely receive from an online conveyancer. He or She will keep you updated on headway making sure that you are never in the dark. If you ever need to phone the firm you will be sure who to ask for and they will ensure you are kept fully informed.

Would the conveyancing practitioners Indexed on your site carry out auction conveyancing in Battersea?

We know of a few niche lawyers we can connect you with those conducting auction conveyancing. Battersea is one of the many locations in which our lawyers have offices.

I purchased a semi-detached Victorian property in Battersea. Conveyancing practitioner represented me and Coventry Building Society. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are a couple of entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold under the exact same address. Is it worth asking Coventry Building Society to clarify?

You need to assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Battersea and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with lenders. You can also check the situation with your conveyancing solicitor who carried out the work.

My father-in-law has recommend that I use his lawyers for conveyancing in Battersea. Do I take his recommendation?

There are no two ways about it the ideal way to select a conveyancing practitioner is to get recommendations from friends or relatives who have actually used the firm that you are contemplating using.

I work for a reputable estate agency in Battersea where we have experienced a few flat sales jeopardised due to short leases. I have been given contradictory information from local Battersea conveyancing firms. Please can you clarify whether the owner of a flat can start the lease extension formalities for the purchaser on completion of the sale?

As long as 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 buyer need not have to sit tight for 2 years for a lease extension. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done prior to, or at the same time as completion of the disposal of the property.

An alternative approach is 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 purchaser.

After years of correspondence we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Battersea. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?

Where there is a absentee landlord or where there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to arrive at the sum to be paid.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Battersea property is 150A Albert Palace Mansions Lurline Gardens in July 2013. The Tribunal determined that the premium payable for the new lease of the subject property was £42,069 This case related to 1 flat. The remaining number of years on the lease was 57.06 years.