Can I use your services to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Bromley Common even where I’m not purchasing or selling a house, for example where I intend to acquire a shop in Bromley Common with a loan from Chelsea Building Society?

The service is mainly there to get a quote from domestic conveyancing solicitors in Bromley Common but we have recorded towards the bottom of this page a selection of Bromley Common commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to make contact with the solicitors directly to see if they can also act for Chelsea Building Society

I am selling our house in Bromley Common and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being built land that was not decontaminated. A local conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers are using an internet conveyancing practice rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Bromley Common. Having lived in Bromley Common for 5 years we know of no issue. Should we get in touch with our local Authority to get clarification need.

It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing firm already. Are they able to advise? You need to check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same ailment)

I used Wolstenholmes several years ago for my conveyancing in Bromley Common. Now, I need the files however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Bromley Common of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I have been on the look out for a flat up to £195,000 and found one round the corner in Bromley Common I like with a park and railway links nearby, the downside is that it's only got 49 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Bromley Common suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a lease with such few years left?

If you need a home loan the shortness of the lease will likely be an issue. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing proprietor has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you may ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor concerning this matter.

Can you provide any top tips for leasehold conveyancing in Bromley Common from the perspective of expediting the sale process?

• A significant proportion of the delay in leasehold conveyancing in Bromley Common can be reduced where you appoint lawyers as soon as your agents start marketing the property and request that they start to put together the leasehold documentation needed by the buyers’ solicitors.
Some Bromley Common leases require Licence to Assign from the landlord. If this is the case, you should notify your estate agents to make sure that the purchasers obtain financial (bank) and professional references. Any bank reference will need to confirm that the buyers are financially capable of paying the yearly service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the service charge figures so that they can pass this information on to the buyers or their solicitors. Many freeholders or Management Companies in Bromley Common levy fees for providing management packs for a leasehold property. You or your lawyers should enquire as to the fee that they propose to charge. The management information sought on or before finding a buyer, thus reducing delays. The average time it takes to obtain the necessary information is three weeks. It is the most common reason for delay in leasehold conveyancing in Bromley Common. If you hold a share in a the freehold, you should make sure that you have the original share certificate. Obtaining a re-issued share certificate can be a time consuming formality and frustrates many a Bromley Common home move. Where a new share certificate is necessary, you should approach the company officers or managing agents (if relevant) for this as soon as possible.

I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord for a lease extension without any joy. Can I apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a Bromley Common conveyancing firm to help?

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 it is possible to make an application to the LVT to decide the amount due.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Bromley Common flat is 1 Southlands Court Southlands Road in September 2013. The Leasehold Valuation Tribunal determined that the premium to be paid by the tenant on the grant of a new lease, in accordance with section 56 and Schedule 13 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 was £30,541 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired lease term was 50.57 years.