Having been referred to your site we were going to go ahead with a conveyancing solicitor in Clerkenwell listed using your comparison tool but have come across some other estimates via the web seem less expensive – how come?

You can find hundreds of solicitors marketing at first sight what seems to be very low prices. We would urge you to think long and hard about how important this transaction is to you that want to be penny wise pound foolish over the quality of the conveyancing. Many of them list a cheap fee to tease you but conceal additional fees in the small print..

Can your site be used to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Clerkenwell even where I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for example where I intend to buy a shop in Clerkenwell with a mortgage from Aldermore?

Our search tool is primarily used to find residential conveyancing solicitors in Clerkenwell but we have listed at the bottom of this page a few Clerkenwell commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to enquire with the firm directly to check if they can also act for Aldermore

I had intended to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Clerkenwell for our house move. Our broker has since advised us that our bank The Royal Bank of Scotland won't deal with them. Surely this is unfair competition?

A lender will insist on a panel solicitor act for it. You would be expected to bear the cost of this. Try using our tool to select a solicitor to carry conveyancing in Clerkenwell on the The Royal Bank of Scotland approved list of solicitors.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on last month in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Clerkenwell is the location of the property. Can you offer any assistance?

Flying freeholds in Clerkenwell are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Clerkenwell you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Clerkenwell may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.

I am employed by a busy estate agent office in Clerkenwell where we see a few leasehold sales jeopardised due to short leases. I have received conflicting advice from local Clerkenwell conveyancing solicitors. Can you clarify whether the seller of a flat can instigate the lease extension formalities for the purchaser on completion of the sale?

As long as the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. This means that the proposed purchaser need not have to wait 2 years for a lease extension. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed before, or simultaneously with completion of the disposal of the property.

Alternatively, it may be possible to extend the lease informally by agreement with the landlord either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the buyer.

I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord to extend my lease without success. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal decide on such issues? Can you recommend a Clerkenwell conveyancing firm to help?

in cases where there is a absentee landlord or if there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant statutes it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to arrive at the amount due.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Clerkenwell property is Flat 89 Trinity Court Grays Inn Road in February 2013. the Tribunal found that the premium to be paid by the tenant on the grant of a new lease, in accordance with section 56 and Schedule 13 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 should be £36,229. This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired term was 66.8 years.