I happen to be the sole beneficiary of my late father’s will with all property in now in my sole name, including the house in Rush Green. The Rush Green property was put into my name in October. I now wish to sell up. I do know about the CML 6 month 'rule', meaning my property ownership could be considered the same way as though I had purchased the property in October. Do I have to wait 6 months to sell?

The CML handbook obliges solicitors to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." Technically you may be impacted by that. many mortgage companies would take a pragmatic view as this obligation primarily exists to identify the purchase and immediately sell or the quick reselling of property.

I'm spending time looking at apartments in Rush Green and I am about to put in an offer. Is it premature to have a solicitor in place? I intend to finance via a mortgage with Lloyds.

It would be prudent to instigate your search sooner rather than later. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their contact information on to the EA. Given that you are taking out a mortgage with Lloyds, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Lloyds conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.

Intending to buy a maisonette in Rush Green. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Rush Green conveyancer is on the Nationwide conveyancing panel.

I have been told that property searches are a common cause of obstruction in Rush Green conveyancing transactions. Is there any truth in this?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released determinations of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the top 10 causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Local searches are unlikely to feature in any slowing down conveyancing in Rush Green.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Rush Green?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Rush Green. 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 was advised by a couple of local property agents in Rush Green to choose a conveyancer using your seach tool. What’s the financial advantage for Estate Agents to recommend your lawyers over another?

We don’t give any commission for sending work to this site. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission because home movers will think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

Back In 2005, I bought a leasehold house in Rush Green. Conveyancing and The Royal Bank of Scotland mortgage are in place. I have received a letter from someone saying they have taken over the freehold. It included a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1996. The conveyancing solicitor in Rush Green who previously acted has long since retired. Any advice?

The first thing you should do is contact the Land Registry to be sure that this person is indeed the registered owner of the freehold reversion. You do not need to instruct a Rush Green conveyancing firm to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for a few pound. You should note that in any event, even if this is the rightful freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.

Having spent years of dialogue we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Rush Green. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

in cases where there is a absentee freeholder or if there is dispute 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 make a decision on the price.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Rush Green premises is 37 Lodge Court High Street in November 2013. the decision of the LVT was that the premium to be paid for the new lease was £25,559 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 57.5 years.