I was referred a lawyer who has sent a quote for £1150 for fixed fee conveyancing in Kingston Park. I am selling a newly refurbished house for £150,000. This seems expensive. Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in Kingston Park?

The charges are a tad high. Where you are prepared to spend time comparing fee on a like for like basis you could get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by perhaps £100 plus VAT. That being said, you maylive to regret opting for an an unknown conveyancer. If is important to ensure that the firm can also act for your lender. You can use our search tool to choose a Kingston Park conveyancing company on the lender’s member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Kingston Park.

I am acquiring a house for cash in Kingston Park. I have lived for the last twelve years in Kingston Park. Conveyancing searches are expensive. Given that I know the road and vicinity intimately should I not bother getting the solicitor to do all the conveyancing searches?

If you not getting a mortgage, then all but one or two of the Kingston Park conveyancing searches are non-obligatory. Your lawyer will ’encourage you, perhaps strongly, that you should have searches completed, but she has a professional duty to do this. Do bear in mind; if you are intend to sell the house in the future, it may be of interest to your prospective purchaser what the searches disclose. On occasion properties with functional issues can still throw up unexpected search results. A good conveyancing solicitor in Kingston Park will provide you some constructive guidance here.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Kingston Park?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Kingston Park. 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…’

I'm buying my first flat in Kingston Park with the aid of help to buy. The builders would not budge the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of extras instead. The estate agent told me not inform my solicitor about this deal as it will impact my loan with Virgin Money. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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 am hoping to put an offer on a small detached house that seems to meet my requirements, at a great price which is making it all the more appealing. I have since found out that the title is leasehold rather than freehold. I am assuming that there are issues purchasing a leasehold house in Kingston Park. Conveyancing solicitors have not yet been appointed. Will my lawyers set out the implications of buying a leasehold house in Kingston Park ?

The majority of houses in Kingston Park are freehold rather than leasehold. This is one of the situations where having a local conveyancer used to dealing with such properties who can help the conveyancing process. It is clear that you are purchasing in Kingston Park so you should seriously consider looking for a Kingston Park conveyancing solicitor and be sure that they have experience in transacting on leasehold houses. First you will need to check the number of years remaining. Being a tenant you will not be at liberty to do whatever you want to the property. The lease will likely included provisions for example obtaining the landlord’spermission to conduct alterations. You may also be required to pay a service charge towards the upkeep of the communal areas where the property is located on an estate. Your solicitor should report to you on the legal implications.

I inherited a ground floor flat in Kingston Park, conveyancing was carried out half a dozen years ago. Can you give me give me an indication of the likely cost of a lease extension? Corresponding flats in Kingston Park with a long lease are worth £227,000. The ground rent is £50 invoiced annually. The lease terminates on 21st October 2097

With only 72 years left to run we estimate the premium for your lease extension to be between £9,500 and £11,000 as well as legals.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to advice on the actual costs in the absence of comprehensive due diligence. Do not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt additional issues that need to be considered and you obviously should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not move forward placing reliance on this information without first getting professional advice.