Finally the sale completed on my house in East Ham last March yet the purchaser is SMS messaging daily to moan that her lawyer is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?

Following your house sale your lawyer should send the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your conveyancer should also send confirmation that the home loan has been repaid to the buyers conveyancers. There are no post completion requirements unique to conveyancing in East Ham.

Can I be sure that the East Ham conveyancing solicitor on the Co-operative panel is any good?

When it comes to conveyancing in East Ham obtaining recommendations is a sensible start. Before you go ahead, check if they offer a no sale no fee offer. Also, you often get what you pay for - a firm which quotes more, will often provide a better service than one advertising the lowest fees. We would always advise that you speak with the solicitor conducting your conveyancing.

I am purchasing a property in East Ham. An unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Co-operative be concerned?

As you are obtaining a mortgage with Co-operative your lawyer must check the conveyancing instructions set out in Section 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Co-operative. The CML Handbook contains minimum requirements for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancers are required to report to Co-operative where a lease does not comply with these requirements. The conditions relate to the installation of panels on properties nationwide and is not isolated to East Ham.

I have a mortgage with Lloyds for my property in East Ham. Conveyancing was finalised a year ago. Should I wish to rent out my property and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a buy-to-let mortgage or inform Lloyds?

Lloyds must be informed of your intention before letting out your property as this is likely to be a breach of Lloyds’s mortgage conditions. In many cases banks or building societies will allow you to rent out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Lloyds directly. It should not be necessary to do this via a Lloyds conveyancing panel firm.

Should commercial conveyancing searches reveal planned roadworks that could affect a commercial premises in East Ham?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in East Ham will conduct a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers expend in researching accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in East Ham. The search result sets out definitive data on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in East Ham.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in East Ham it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately can result in delays to East Ham commercial conveyancing deals as well as present a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not ordered for domestic conveyancing in East Ham.

How does conveyancing in East Ham differ for newly converted properties?

Most buyers of new build premises in East Ham approach us having been asked by the builder to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the house is completed. This is because developers in East Ham usually purchase the real estate, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in East Ham or who has acted in the same development.

Is it possible to switch solicitor as I have to choose a firm on the Alliance & Leicester conveyancing list. I instructed a local conveyancing solicitor in East Ham five minutes from me but she is not accepted by Alliance & Leicester

It would be our pleasure to assist you select a conveyancing solicitor in East Ham on the Alliance & Leicester panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we work with do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in East Ham. In utilising the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in East Ham.