Can I use your services to find a Conveyancing solicitor in New Cross even where I’m not buying or selling a house, for instance if I want to buy a shop in New Cross with a mortgage from The Mortgage Works?

Our comparison service is mainly there to find domestic conveyancing solicitors in New Cross but we have recorded towards the end of this page a selection of New Cross commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to enquire with the firm directly to check if they can also act for The Mortgage Works

What can a local search reveal about the house we're purchasing in New Cross?

New Cross conveyancing often commences with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search company such as Searchflow The local search plays an important part in many a New Cross conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any nasty surprises after you move into your property. The search should reveal information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 subject sections.

I need to retain a conveyancing solicitor for sale conveyancing in New Cross. I have land on a site which looks to be the perfect answer If it is possible to get all formalities done via email that would be preferable. Do I need to be wary? What should out be looking out for?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?

There are only 68 years left on my flat in New Cross. I now wish to get lease extension but my freeholder is absent. What options are available to me?

On the basis that you qualify, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the County Court for an order to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will mean that your lease can be extended by the Court. You will be obliged to prove that you or your lawyers have made all reasonable attempts to track down the freeholder. On the whole a specialist would be useful to carry out a search and to produce an expert document which can be used as proof that the landlord can not be located. It is advisable to get professional help from a solicitor both on investigating the landlord’s disappearance and the application to the County Court overseeing New Cross.

I am the proprietor of a second floor flat in New Cross. In the absence of agreement between myself and the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the amount payable for the purchase of the freehold?

Where there is a absentee freeholder or where there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to calculate the premium.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a New Cross residence is 41 Endwell Road in March 2013. this matter relateed to the acquisition of the freehold of a mid- terraced Victorian house converted into three separate self-contained dwellings. By an order dated 28/11/2012, Deputy District Judge Cole in the Bromley County Court held that the leaseholders were entitled to acquire the freehold and directed that the premium payable be determined by this Tribunal. The Tribunal assessed the premium to be £14,753 This case affected 3 flats. The unexpired term was 80.01 years.

I have been searching for New Cross conveyancing quotes online. Can I be assured that all the New Cross firms that are listed on your directory are on the mortgage company conveyancing panel?

The law firms listed on our site have advised us that they are on the bank panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the mortgage company panel. To date we have not been informed by either a mortgage company or a member of the public that the data about a specific New Cross conveyancing solicitor being on the lender conveyancing panel is not accurate.