I am in need of a conveyancer. Do I opt for a web based conveyancer or a high street Chalk Farm conveyancing lawyer?

Generally conveyancing practitioners in your location will enjoy excellent relationships with your local authority, which could assist with the Chalk Farm conveyancing searches that your solicitor will require on your transaction. It also helps if they enjoy good connections with the Local Land Registry Office your area Chalk Farm, other conveyancers in the neighbourhood and Chalk Farm selling agents.

I am helping my mother sell her house in Chalk Farm. Does the conveyancer commission the EPC or it is for me to coordinate?

Following the demise of Home Information Packs, EPC’s was left as a mandatory component of selling a property. An energy performance certificate needs to be to hand before the property is marketed. It is not as aspect of the sale process that solicitors ordinarily arrange. If you are using a Chalk Farm conveyancing lawyer they may be able to arrange energy performance certificates given their contacts with reputable Chalk Farm assessors

My wife and I buying a terrace house in Chalk Farm. Our aim is to convert the garage to an office at the property.Will the conveyancing process involve checks to ascertain if these alterations are prohibited?

Your property lawyer should check the deeds as conveyancing in Chalk Farm can sometimes identify restrictions in the title documents which restrict categories of alterations or require the permission of another owner. Some works need local authority planning permissions and approval under the building regulations. Some locations are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or impact extensions. You should check these things with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.

I can not fathom if my bank obliges me to make sure the lease term for the flat is extended prior to the completion date. I have telephoned my Chalk Farm bank branch on various occasions and was advised it wasn't a problem and they will lend. My Chalk Farm conveyancing solicitor - who is on the lender conveyancing panel- telephoned to say that they refuse to lend based on their published requirements. Who do I believe?

Provided that the conveyancing practitioner is on the bank panel, they must adhere to the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook requirements for the lender. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the bank will go ahead, your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask the bank to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years remaining.

Do commercial conveyancing searches reveal impending roadworks that could impact a commercial site in Chalk Farm?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Chalk Farm will order a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers invest in investigating accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Chalk Farm. The report provides definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Chalk Farm.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Chalk Farm it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately can cause delays to Chalk Farm commercial conveyancing transactions as well as present a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not conducted for residential conveyancing in Chalk Farm.

I used Arc property Solicitors a few years past for my conveyancing in Chalk Farm. I now require my file however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Chalk Farm of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Am I best advised to appoint a Chalk Farm conveyancing lawyer in close proximity to the house I am buying? An old friend can execute the conveyancing but his firm is located 300kilometers drive away.

The primary upside of using a local Chalk Farm conveyancing firm is that you can drop in to execute documents, hand in your identification documents and apply pressure on them where appropriate. They will also have local insight which is a benefit. That being said it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who used your friend and on the whole were content that should surpass using an unfamiliar Chalk Farm conveyancing lawyer just because they are based in the area.