I am in the market for a low cost property lawyer. Do I opt for a national conveyancer as opposed to a high street East Bedfont conveyancing solicitor?

Generally conveyancing practitioners in your location will benefit from good alliances with your local authority, which can help with the East Bedfont conveyancing searches that your conveyancer will need to carry out. It can only be a plus if they have good relationships with the Local Land Registry Office your area East Bedfont, other lawyers in the neighbourhood and East Bedfont selling agents.

We see that you have a post code search directory identifying law firms on the Skipton conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I instruct them for our conveyancing in East Bedfont?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Skipton conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in East Bedfont.

We are due to move house in May. Will my conveyancing solicitor update the removal company on the day of completion. On a separate note, can you recommend a removal company in East Bedfont. Conveyancing solicitor was found before I stumbled across this page.

On the day of completion you can pick up the house keys from your selling agent but this can only be done when the sellers solicitors confirm to the agent that they acknowledge receipt of the completion payment and the keys can be passed over. You can tell the removal men that you are ready to move in. As a matter of policy we do not suggest a particular removal company but can help you find a residential property solicitor in East Bedfont or a firm that specialises in conveyancing in East Bedfont.

I am the sole beneficiary of my late mum's estate with all property in now in my sole name, including the my former home in East Bedfont. The East Bedfont property was put into my name in March. I plan to dispose of the property. I do know about the CML six month 'rule', meaning my property ownership will be regarded the same way as though I had purchased the property in March. Is the property unsalable for six months?

The CML handbook obliges conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." Technically you might be caught by that. Some mortgage companies would take a pragmatic view as this provision is chiefly there to identify subsales or the flipping of property.

My partner and I are at the point of viewing apartments in East Bedfont and I am about to put in an offer. Is it too early to have a solicitor in place? I intend to finance via a mortgage with UBS.

It would be wise to start your search sooner rather than later. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their details on to the EA. Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with UBS, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the UBS conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in East Bedfont?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in East Bedfont. 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…’

Back In 2001, I bought a leasehold house in East Bedfont. Conveyancing and Norwich and Peterborough Building Society mortgage are in place. I have received a letter from someone claiming to own the freehold. Attached was a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1994. The conveyancing solicitor in East Bedfont who previously acted has now retired. Do I pay?

First make enquiries of the Land Registry to be sure that this person is in fact the registered owner of the freehold reversion. You do not need to incur the fees of a East Bedfont conveyancing lawyer to do this as it can be done on-line for less than a fiver. Rest assured that regardless, even if this is the rightful landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.

I am the leaseholder of a ground flat in East Bedfont. Given that I can not reach agreement with the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the amount payable for the purchase of the freehold?

if there is a absentee landlord or if there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to judgment on the price payable.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a East Bedfont residence is 147 Redford Close in June 2012. The Tribunal determined the lease extension premium to be at £4,200 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The remaining number of years on the lease was 82.93 years.