Having been suggested to visit your web site we were going to appoint conveyancing solicitor in New Covent Garden recommended by you but have come across alternative estimates via the web look cheaper – why is this?

One can find plenty of solicitors marketing what appear to be very low prices. We would urge you to think long and hard about how important this transaction is to you that want to be penny wise pound foolish in relation to the quality of the legal work. Some hide extras well inside the terms of engagement. The conveyancers that we list for conveyancing in New Covent Garden neverbehave this way.

The New Covent Garden conveyancing firm that I appointed last week on my house acquisition in New Covent Garden have without warning closed. I chose them because I had to have a firm on the Principality conveyancing panel and my previous New Covent Garden lawyer was not. I issued them a cheque for two hundred pounds in advance. What do I do now?

If you have an estate agent involved then let them know immediately so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Principality conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers may be able to help.

We are one month into a leasehold purchase having been referred to a firm by the selling agent to handle our conveyancing in New Covent Garden. We are not happy. Can you help me find new lawyers?

A solicitor would need to be very bad to suggest diss instructing them. Has your mortgage been sent? In the event that it has you will need to make them aware of the new contact details and have the mortgage documents are re-issued. Your new solicitor ideally should be on the mortgage company panel to avoid supplemental expenses and delays. That should be your first question of the new solicitors. The search tool should assist you in finding a bank approved solicitor for your home move in New Covent Garden

I am on look out for some leasehold conveyancing in New Covent Garden. Before I get started I would like to find out the remaining lease term.

If the lease is registered - and most are in New Covent Garden - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

New Covent Garden Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Questions you should consider before buying

Who are the managing agents? Plenty New Covent Garden leasehold properties will incur a service bill for the upkeep of the building set on behalf of the landlord. Should you purchase the flat you will have to pay this amount, usually periodically accross the year. This may differ from a couple of hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for blocks with lifts and large communal grounds. In all probability there will be a ground rent for you to pay yearly, this is usually not a exorbitant sum, say approximately £25-£75 but you need to check it because sometimes it could be many hundreds of pounds. How much is the service charge and ground rent on the property?

I recently found out that one of the partners of the conveyancing practice acting on the purchase conveyancing in New Covent Garden is an uncle of the owners that we are purchasing from. Is this acceptable?

Provided no conflict arises this should be fine. Where you are needing mortgage finance then the bank may have a say as many lenders have specific instructions on this. For example for Santander A&L as of 1/10/2025, the requirements read as follows :