What is the best way to find the right solicitor who will give a quality service for our conveyancing in Edgware?

First ask connections who they experienced using in the past and if they were happy with the service.

Option 2 is to search the web for conveyancing in Edgware. Call two or three listed and invite them to send you their conveyancing fee calculations and speak to the lawyer who will conduct your legal process beforecommitting.

Third is to use this site to help you find the right solicitors taking into account your personal requirements including the type of property,timings, complications and who the proposed lender is. Avoid the trap of appointing £100 conveyancing in Edgware

My lender has suggested solicitors on their panel based in Edgware but I would rather choose a conveyancing lawyer in Edgware or nearer to where I live. Can you help?

Not all Edgware conveyancing solicitors are approved and listed on all lender’s conveyancing panel. Use our search tool to find a Edgware conveyancing conveyancer on the on the lender panel.

I am buying my first flat in Edgware with a loan from HSBC Bank. The builders would not move on the price so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The estate agent suggested that I not to tell my conveyancer about the deal as it could adversely affect my loan with HSBC Bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

I have been sourcing a conveyancing practitioner in Edgware for my home move. Is it possible to review a solicitor's complaints history with the legal regulator?

Anyone can search for presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations arising from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For details about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors record, call 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For callers outside the UK, dial +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA may recorded call for training reasons.

Last November I purchased a leasehold property in Edgware. Do I have any liability for service charges relating to a period prior to completion of my purchase?

In a situation where the service charge has already been demanded from the previous owner and they have not paid you would not usually be personally liable for the arrears. However, your landlord may still be able to take action to forfeit the lease. A critical element of leasehold conveyancing for your conveyancer to ensure to have an up to date clear service charge receipt before completion of your purchase. If you have a mortgage this is likely to be a requirement of your lender.

If you purchase part way through an accounting year you may be liable for charges not yet demanded even if they relate to a period prior to your purchase. In such circumstances your conveyancer would normally arrange for the seller to set aside some money to cover their part of the period (usually called a service charge retention).

Having spent years of dialogue we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Edgware. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?

Where there is a absentee freeholder or where there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to make a decision on the sum to be paid.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Edgware residence is Ground Floor Maisonette 17 Milton Road in January 2014. The Tribunal determined the premium payable by the Applicant to the should be £13,299 This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired term was 71.73 years.