Can I use your services to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Blackfen even where I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for example if I intend to acquire a shop in Blackfen with a loan from Skipton Building Society?

Our comparison service is mainly used to find residential conveyancing solicitors in Blackfen but we have set out at the end of this page some Blackfen commercial conveyancing firms. You should enquire with the solicitors directly to establish if they are also authorised to represent Skipton Building Society

What does a local search inform me about the property we're buying in Blackfen?

Blackfen conveyancing often starts with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search organisations for example Searches UK The local search plays a central role in most Blackfen conveyancing purchase; that is if you wish to avoid any nasty once you have moved into your new home. The search should reveal data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 subject headings.

I have todaybeen informed that Stirling Law have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in Blackfen for a purchase of a freehold house 9 months ago. How can I check that my home is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest method to see if the premises is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Blackfen conveyancing specialists.

My husband and I are new on the property ladder - agreed a price, but the property agent informed us that the owners will only go ahead if we use the agent's recommended solicitors as they are insisting on an ‘expedited deal’. My instinct tells me that we should use a family conveyancer used to conveyancing in Blackfen

We suspect that the seller is unaware of this demand. Should the seller require ‘a quick sale', alienating a genuine purchaser is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Try to communicate with the vendors directly and make sure they understand (a)you are genuine buyers (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances in place © you are chain free (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you will continue to appoint your own,trusted Blackfen conveyancing solicitors - as opposed tothose that will provide the estate agent a introducer fee or achieve conveyancing thresholds set by head office.

If all goes to plan we aim to complete the sale of our £200,000 flat in Blackfen in just under a week. The management company has quoted £360 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and previous years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge an administration fee for a flat conveyance in Blackfen?

For the majority of leasehold sales in Blackfen conveyancing will involve, queries regarding the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :

Completing pre-contract enquiries Where consent is required before sale in Blackfen Copies of the building insurance and schedule 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 Blackfen leasehold premises is £350. For Blackfen 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 obliged to provide the information.

We have reached the end of our tether in trying to purchase the freehold in Blackfen. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?

Where there is a absentee freeholder or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the LVT to decide the sum to be paid.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Blackfen property is 103a Footscray Road in January 2014. The tribunal determines that the premium payable for the extended lease should be £34,500 according to the expert witness valuation calculation This case was in relation to 1 flat.