Having been told to check out your organisation we were about to use a conveyancing solicitor in Chalk Farm listed on your site but have come across alternative quotes via the web appear less expensive – why is this?

There are numerous conveyancing outfits advertising what appear to be very low prices. We would encourage you to think twice about how important this transaction is to you that you are willing to be penny wise pound foolish in relation to the quality of the legal work. Some embed additional charges well inside the terms of business. The solicitors that we put forward for conveyancing in Chalk Farm neverdo this.

Why is leasehold purchase conveyancing in Chalk Farm is more expensive?

In summary, leasehold conveyancing in Chalk Farm and North London usually requires extra hours of investigation compared to freehold transactions. This includes reviewing the lease, communicating with the landlord concerning the service of required notices, procuring up-to-date service charge and management information, obtaining the freeholder’s consents and reviewing management accounts. The obligations on both the landlord and the tenant in the lease need to be studied by the buyer’s conveyancing team and read from beginning to end – regardless of the fact the lease has passed through many different property solicitors hands since it was first entered into.

I am buying my first flat in Chalk Farm benefiting from help to buy. The sellers would not budge the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The property agent told me not to tell my lawyer about this side-deal as it may impact my loan with the lender. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Chalk Farm ahead of instructing conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the house. Our surveyor has said that some banks may refuse to grant a mortgage on this type of property.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different instructions from Halifax. If you e-mail us we can check via the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Chalk Farm. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Chalk Farm especially if they are accustomed to such properties in Chalk Farm.

Am I better off to use a Chalk Farm conveyancing practitioner who is local to the property I am hoping to buy? We have a good friend who can deal with the legal formalities but his firm is located approximately 350kilometers drive away.

The primary upside of using a high street Chalk Farm conveyancing firm is that you can drop in to execute documents, deliver your ID and pester them if necessary. They will also have local insight which is a benefit. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who used your friend and in the main were happy that should surpass using an unfamiliar Chalk Farm conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being based in the area.