My aunt passed away last year and as sole heir and executor I was left the property in Hackney Marshes. The house had a relatively small loan remaining of approximately £4500. I want to transfer the title deeds into my name whilst I re-mortgage to UBS, pay off the mortgage. Is this possible?

Where you intend to refinance then UBS will require that you use a conveyancer on the UBS conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your UBS conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the UBS mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.

What tools are available to identify a Hackney Marshes law firm on the Nottingham Building Society conveyancing panel? I have wheels and am happy to travel upto 20miles to meet the solicitor.

You can use the facility on this website. Please choose the bank and your location and you will see a number of Hackney Marshes conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have listed some Hackney Marshes conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can call them to check whether they are on the Nottingham Building Society panel

My uncle has recommend that I instruct his lawyers for conveyancing in Hackney Marshes. Should I use them?

There are no two ways about it it’s preferable to choose a conveyancing solicitor is to get feedback from friends or family who have experience in using the conveyancer that you are considering.

Can you provide any advice for leasehold conveyancing in Hackney Marshes with the purpose of expediting the sale process?

• Much of the frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Hackney Marshes can be avoided if you appoint lawyers as soon as your agents start advertising the property and request that they start to put together the leasehold information which will be required by the purchasers’ solicitors.
A minority of Hackney Marshes leases require Landlord’s consent to the sale and approval of the buyers. If this is the case, you should place the estate agents on notice to make sure that the purchasers obtain bank and professional references. Any bank reference will need to confirm that the buyers are financially capable of paying the annual service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the service charge figures so that they can pass this information on to the purchasers or their lawyers. In the event that you altered the property did you need the Landlord’s consent? Have you, for example installed wooden flooring? Most leases in Hackney Marshes state that internal structural changes or installing wooden flooring necessitate a licence from the Landlord approving such changes. If you fail to have the consents in place do not contact the landlord without contacting your solicitor in advance. The majority of landlords or managing agents in Hackney Marshes charge for providing management packs for a leasehold premises. You or your lawyers should enquire as to the fee that they propose to charge. The management information can be applied for as soon as you have a buyer, thus reducing delays. The typical amount of time it takes to receive management information is three weeks. It is the most frequent reason for frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Hackney Marshes. You believe that you know the number of years remaining on your lease but it would be wise to double-check by asking your conveyancers. A buyer’s lawyer will be unlikely to recommend their client to proceed with the purchase of a leasehold property the remaining number of years is less than 75 years. In the circumstances it is essential at an early stage that you identify whether the lease requires a lease extension. If it does, contact your solicitors before you put your property on the market for sale.

I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord for a lease extension without any joy. Can I apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a Hackney Marshes conveyancing firm to represent me?

in cases where there is a absentee landlord or where there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to assess the sum to be paid.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a Hackney Marshes property is 12 Nutfield Road in July 2014. the Tribunal judged that the price to be paid by the applicants for the freehold interest should be £19,572 This case related to 2 flats. The unexpired lease term was 72.02 years.

18 days into a sale of a flat in Hackney Marshes. Conveyancing solicitors are doing their job but we have been asked to pay a fortune by the landlord. So far we have paid £275 for a leasehold management information and then a further £200 plus VAT for answers to questions supplied by the buyers solicitor.

Your conveyancing practitioner will not have any control over the level of the bill for this information however the typical fee for the information for Hackney Marshes leasehold property is £360. When it comes to Hackney Marshes conveyancing sales it is customary for the vendor to cover the charges. The landlord or their agents are not duty bound to answer these questions most will agree to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices out of proportion to the work involved. Regretfully there is no statute that requires set charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time limit by which they are obliged to supply answers.