My wife and I are refinancing our flat in Becontree with . We have a son 18 who lives with us. Our solicitor requested us to identify any adults other than ourselves who reside at the property. Our lawyer has now e-mailed a document for our son to sign, giving up any rights in the event that the property is repossessed. I have two concerns (1) Is this form unique to the conveyancing panel as he did not need to sign this form when we bought 5 years ago (2) In signing this form is our son in any way compromising his right to inherit the property?

First, rest assured that your conveyancing panel solicitor is doing the right thing as it is established procedure for any occupier who is aged 17 or over to sign the necessary Consent Form, which is purely to state that any rights he has in the property are postponed and secondary to . This is solely used to protect if the property were re-possessed so that in such circumstances, your son would be legally obliged to leave. It does not impact your son’s right to inherit the apartment. Please note that if your son were to inherit and the mortgage in favour of had not been discharged, he would be liable to take over the loan or pay it off, but other than that, there is nothing stopping him from keeping the property in accordance with your will or the rules of intestacy.

As someone unfamiliar with the Becontree conveyancing process what’s the number one tip you can give me for the home moving process in Becontree

Not many law firms or advisers will tell you this but conveyancing in Becontree and elsewhere in is an adversarial process. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there is an abundance of room for confrontation between you and others involved in the house moving process. E.g., the seller, selling agent and even potentially the bank. Appointing a solicitor for your conveyancing in Becontree should not be taken lightly as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the SOLE person in the process whose role it is to look after your legal interests and to keep you safe.

Sometimes a potential adversary will attempt to sway you that you should follow their advice. For instance, the selling agent may claim to be assisting by claiming that your conveyancer is slow. Or your mortgage broker may try to convince you to do take action that is against your conveyancers guidance. You should always trust your lawyer above all other parties when it comes to the legal transfer of property.

Will my solicitor be raising enquiries concerning flooding during the conveyancing in Becontree.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for solicitors specialising in conveyancing in Becontree. There are those who purchase a property in Becontree, fully expectant that at some time, it may be flooded. However, leaving to one side the physical damage, if a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, satisfactory building insurance, or dispose of the property. There are steps that can be taken as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the buyer.

Lawyers are not best placed to offer advice on flood risk, but there are a various searches that can be carried out by the buyer or on a buyer’s behalf which will figure out the risks in Becontree. The conventional set of property information forms sent to a purchaser’s conveyancer (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) contains a usual inquiry of the owner to discover whether the property has suffered from flooding. In the event that the residence has been flooded in past which is not notified by the vendor, then a purchaser may commence a legal claim for losses as a result of such an misleading answer. A purchaser’s solicitors will also order an environmental report. This should disclose whether there is any known flood risk. If so, additional inquiries should be made.

Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Becontree prior to appointing conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. My surveyor has said that some mortgage companies tend refuse to grant a mortgage on this type of property.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different instructions from Halifax. If you e-mail us we can look into this further with the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Becontree. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Becontree especially if they are accustomed to such properties in Becontree.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Becontree and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Becontree. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Becontree area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Becontree. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found