A colleague advised me that where I am buying in Romney I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

A search of this type is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Romney conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Romney around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Romney Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Romney Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Romney.

I used Wolstenholmes several years past for my conveyancing in Romney. Now, I need my files however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Romney of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

My father has suggested that I use his conveyancing solicitors in Romney. Should I use them?

Much as we are happy to recommend a Romney conveyancing lawyer it’s preferable to select a conveyancing practitioner is to have referrals from friends or family who have previously instructed the solicitor you're are thinking of instructing.

I am employed by a long established estate agency in Romney where we see a few leasehold sales put at risk as a result of leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have been given contradictory information from local Romney conveyancing solicitors. Can you confirm whether the seller of a flat can start the lease extension formalities for the purchaser on completion of the sale?

As long as the seller has been the owner for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to commence the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the proposed purchaser need not have to wait 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done before, or at the same time as completion of the sale.

Alternatively, it may be possible to agree the lease extension with the freeholder either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the buyer.

Romney Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Queries Prior to Purchasing

The answer will be useful as a) areas could cause problems in the building as the common areas may begin to deteriorate where maintenance are not paid for b) if the leaseholders have a dispute with the managing agents you will want to have full disclosure Who manages the block?

Finally, a mortgage offer from a lender for the refinancing of my 4 bedroom flat is coming any day now. Are you able to recommend an efficient remortgage conveyancing practitioner in Romney ?

You have come to the wrong place to search for the lowest fares for conveyancing in Romney. Our intention is to offer cost effective conveyancing but we do not aim to work with the cheapest lawyers. Avoid the trap of appointing brokers offering £99 conveyancing in Romney.In your best case scenario, in going for cheap conveyancing, you will get what you pay for and at worst you will end up being stung for extras and still not get the service expected.