Do conveyancers ask for money up-front for conveyancing in Shenley?

Where you are retaining lawyers for conveyancing in Shenley your solicitor will request that you place them with monies to cover the the cost of the conveyancing searches. Normally this is requested to cover the fees of the conveyancing searches. When the deposit is as part of the purchase price then this will be needed immediately ahead of exchange of contracts. The final balance that is due will be payable a couple of days ahead of the day of completion.

My property lawyer in Shenley has never been on on the National Westminster Bank Solicitor Panel. Can I still continue with my family solicitor even though they are excluded from the National Westminster Bank list of approved lawyers?

The limited options available to you here include:

1. Carry on with your preferred Shenley lawyers but National Westminster Bank will need to instruct a solicitor on their list of acceptable firms. This will result in additional total conveyancing fees and result in frustration.
2. Find an alternative lawyer to act in the conveyancing, obviously checking they are on the National Westminster Bank panel

Given that I will soon part with over three hundred thousand on a property in Shenley I would like to talk to a solicitor about mytransaction prior to appointing the firm. Can this be arranged?

This is something that we encourage - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you first talking to the conveyancer due to be conducting your conveyancing in Shenley.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is an important individual, not a matter reference. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for residential conveyancing in Shenley should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.

I have been sourcing a conveyancing lawyer in Shenley for my home move. Is it possible to check a solicitor's complaints history with the profession’s regulator?

Anyone can review published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations resulting from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. To find details about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors history, telephone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. International callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes recorded telephone calls for training reasons.

Our conveyancer has advised that he intends to complete and exchange simultaneously on the sale of our £375,000 garden flat in Shenley next week. The freeholder has quoted £396 for Certificate of Compliance, insurance certificate and previous years statements of service charge. Is the landlord entitled to charge exorbitant fees for a leasehold conveyance in Shenley?

For the majority of leasehold sales in Shenley conveyancing will involve, queries regarding the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :

Completing pre-exchange questions Where consent is required before sale in Shenley Supplying insurance information Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your lawyer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Shenley leasehold premises is £350. For Shenley conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to supply the information.

Having spent months of negotiations we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Shenley. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?

Absolutely. We are happy to put you in touch with a Shenley conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Shenley property is Ground Floor Maisonette 17 Milton Road in January 2014. The Tribunal determined the premium payable by the Applicant to the should be £13,299 This case affected 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 71.73 years.