We hope to to purchase with Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. We have called around locally but am struggling to find a Custom House conveyancing firm on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society panel. Could you assist?

Please do make use of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this page. Please choose the mortgage company and type Custom House or your preferred area and you will see numerous solicitors based in Custom House or by proximity to you.

I just bought a property at auction in Custom House. Conveyancing is required. What is next?

Having exchanged you now have to choose a conveyancing lawyer as a matter of urgency as you are faced with a pending deadline in which to complete the deal. Every auction property will have a corresponding auction pack. This will likely include most,if not all of the paperwork that your lawyer will need. Where you are dealing with leasehold premises the conveyancing pack may provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing documentation pertinent to leasehold premises. You must pass this on to the conveyancer instructed by you ASAP. Do make sure that that you have the requisite funding in place to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

A colleague advised me that in buying a property in Custom House there could be a number of restrictions preventing external alterations to the property. Is this right?

There are a number of properties in Custom House which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to perform external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Custom House should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

The formalities of my purchase has taken place for my property in Custom House. Conveyancing was satisfactory but I would like to complain about the lender. How do I make a complaint?

Most lenders have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Services Team at head office. We understand that complaints to a lender are sorted out very quickly. However if you are not satisfied that the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service, South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR who will take matters further.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Custom House?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Custom House. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

Taking into account that I am about to spend 450k on a property in Custom House I wish to have a conversation with the solicitor about myhome move ahead of instructing the firm. Can this be arranged?

We could not agree more - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the conveyancer who will be doing your conveyancing in Custom House.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique individual, not a case reference. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are provided with for your conveyancing in Custom House should be the amount on the final invoice that you are charged.

If all goes to plan we aim to complete the disposal of our £375,000 maisonette in Custom House in six days. The landlords agents has quoted £420 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and 3 years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge such fees for a leasehold conveyance in Custom House?

Custom House conveyancing on leasehold apartments more often than not requires the purchaser’s conveyancer sending questions for the landlord to answer. Although the landlord is not legally bound to answer these enquiries most will be content to assist. They are at liberty to invoice a reasonable administration fee for responding to questions or supplying documentation. There is no upper cap for such fees. The average fee for the paperwork that you are referring to is over three hundred pounds, in some transactions it is in excess of £800. The management information fee demanded by the landlord must be accompanied by a summary of entitlements and obligations in relation to administration fees, otherwise the invoice is technically not due. In reality you have no option but to pay whatever is requested of you should you wish to complete the sale of your home.

I am the proprietor of a garden flat in Custom House. Given that I can not reach agreement with the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the amount due for the purchase of the freehold?

if there is a missing freeholder or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to arrive at the premium.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Custom House premises is 46 Credon Road in January 2014. On 11 September 2013 Deputy District Judge Price sitting at the Bow County Court made a vesting order that the freeholder surrender his lease and be granted a new lease of the Premises on such terms as may be determined by the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).The appropriate sum as concluded by the Tribunal was £7225 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The remaining number of years on the lease was 69.77 years.