Why is leasehold purchase conveyancing in Brentford costs more?

Brentford leasehold properties involve far more paperwork than a freehold purchase, and therefore takes more time to examine and advise upon.Conveyancing will involve the lease having to be checked which is usually a lengthy document, queries raised to ensure that the covenants and conditions have been observed. If it is a flat there will be a management company in existence and the accounts of this will need to be checked and enquiries raised to ensure it is operating efficiently and that all monies due have been paid by the Seller to the company and if not ensuring that money is paid up to date or the appropriate undertakings obtained.

We hope to to buy with Melton Mowbray Building Society. I popped in 3 or 4 local solicitors but cant to find a Brentford conveyancing firm on the Melton Mowbray Building Society panel. Please you help?

You should take advantage of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this page. Pick the mortgage company and type Brentford or your preferred area and you will be presented with numerous conveyancers located in Brentford or near you.

We are buying a victorian detached house in Brentford. The intention is to carry out an extension to the side at the property.Will the conveyancing process include investigations to see if these alterations are prohibited?

Your conveyancer should check the deeds as conveyancing in Brentford can occasionally identify restrictions in the title documents which prevent categories of changes or require the consent of a 3rd party. Some works need local authority planning consent and approval under the building regulations. Some areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or affect extensions. It would be prudent to check these things with a surveyor prior to committing yourself to a purchase.

My fiancee and I are in the throws of viewing flats in Brentford and I am about to put in an offer. Is it too early to have a solicitor in place? I am planning to take a home loan with Leeds Building Society.

It would be sensible to start your search sooner rather than later. 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 estate agent. As you are taking out a mortgage with Leeds Building Society, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.

My offer was accepted on an apartment in Brentford on 24/5/2019, valuation was booked 2 days after, all came back fine. Conveyancer instructed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Yorkshire BS and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?

A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Yorkshire BS to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

I am looking for a flat up to £305k and identified one close by in Brentford I like with a park and station in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 61 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Brentford in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a lease with such few years left?

If you require a mortgage that many years will likely be problematic. Reduce the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the premises for at least 2 years you could ask them to start the process of the extension and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer regarding this matter.

I note that you have a post code search directory identifying solicitors on the lender conveyancing panel. Do Brentford conveyancing firms pay you a commission if I appoint them for my conveyancing?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the mortgage company conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to the any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Brentford.