It has taken forever and a day but a mortgage agreement from Santander for the remortgage of my 3 room apartment is due imminently. Are you able to put forward a low cost conveyancing law firm in Harrow?

This site is not designed to assist those in pursuit of the cheapest conveyancing in Harrow. Our intention is to offer affordable conveyancing but we do not aim to advertise as being the cheapest. Resist the temptation to appoint organisations teasing you with ninety nine pound conveyancing in Harrow. The optimum outcome, in being led by cheap conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst you will end up being stung for additional fees and still not end up with the service expected.

My god-son is about to exchange on a house that has just been built in Harrow with a mortgage from Lloyds. His solicitor has advised him of a delay in receiving the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. This document is news to me - what is it and who needs sight of it?

The document is intended to provide information to the main parties involved in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Lloyds conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer when asked. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Lloyds conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.

I have a decision in principle. The bank mentioned the home loan came with free conveyancing. Is the implication that I have to appoint their panel conveyancer as I would much rather use a Harrow based conveyancing firm?

You should check but the chances are that allocate you one of their panel lawyers should you want the "fee-free" deal. Speak to the mortgage company to determine if they make available a monetary alternative. In the past a few lenders offered a £250 cashback as a further option in which case you could put that amount towards the cost for your conveyancing solicitor in Harrow.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Harrow and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Harrow. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Harrow area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Harrow. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

I am intending to let out my leasehold flat in Harrow. Conveyancing solicitor who did the purchase is retired - so can't ask him. Is permission from the freeholder required?

The lease dictates the relationship between the landlord and you the flat owner; in particular, it will say if subletting is prohibited, or permitted but only subject to certain conditions. The accepted inference is that if the lease contains no expres ban or restriction, subletting is allowed. The majority of leases in Harrow do not contain subletting altogether – such a clause would undoubtedly devalue the property. Instead, there is usually a basic requirement that the owner notifies the freeholder, possibly supplying a copy of the sublease.

I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord for a lease extension without any joy. Can I make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a Harrow conveyancing firm to help?

if there is a absentee landlord or if there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to make a decision on the sum to be paid.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Harrow premises is flat 93b Welldon Crescent in May 2009. The Tribunals valuation for a 90-year lease extension of this fat was £13,171 This case affected 1 flat. The remaining number of years on the lease was 75.25 years.