Is there a search tool that I can utilise to find out if the solicitor handling my conveyancing in Crews Hill is on the mortgage lender’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Accord Mortgages Ltd thus spending £192.00 in further conveyancing fees.

You should take advantage of the search tool on this web page. Please choose the lender and type ‘Crews Hill’ or your location and you will discover a number of lawyer based in Crews Hill or nearest you.

I have todaybeen informed that Wolstenholmes have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Crews Hill for a purchase of a freehold house 10 months ago. How can I establish that the property is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest way to see if the property is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Crews Hill conveyancing specialists.

I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £235,500 and found one round the corner in Crews Hill I like with a park and transport links in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 61 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Crews Hill suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a lease with such few years left?

Should you require a mortgage the shortness of the lease may be an issue. Discount the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you could ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor about this.

Taking into account that I am about to spend £400,000 on a terraced house in Crews Hill I would like to talk to a solicitor regarding theconveyancing ahead of giving the go ahead to the firm. Can this be arranged?

Absolutely - we would be happy to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the solicitor who will be conducting your property ownership legalities in Crews Hill.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique person, not a matter number. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are provided with for residential conveyancing in Crews Hill should be the amount on the final invoice that you are charged.

I am employed by a long established estate agency in Crews Hill where we have witnessed a number of leasehold sales derailed as a result of leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have been given conflicting advice from local Crews Hill conveyancing solicitors. Could you clarify whether the owner of a flat can commence the lease extension process for the buyer?

Provided that the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to kick-start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. This means that the proposed purchaser can avoid having to sit tight for 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.

An alternative approach is 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 purchaser.

I am the leaseholder of a a ground floor purpose built flat in Crews Hill. Given that I can not reach agreement with the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the amount due for a lease extension?

if there is a missing landlord or if there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant statutes you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to determine the sum to be paid.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Crews Hill premises is 23 Beaconsfield Road in July 2013. The Tribunals decided that the amount payable was £31,203 for the freehold. This case was in relation to 2 flats. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 70.31 years.