The mortgage agreement from HSBC for the refinancing of my 2 room apartment is due within the next few days. Can you recommend a cheap conveyancing practitioner in Silvertown?

You have come to the wrong place to search for the lowest fares for conveyancing solicitors in Silvertown. Our aim is to provide excellent value conveyancing but our intention is not to work with the cheapest lawyers. Avoid the trap of appointing organisations seducing you with low cost conveyancing in Silvertown. Optimistically, in being led by low cost conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst you will end up paying a lot in extras and still not receive the service required.

We see that you have a post code search directory identifying law firms on the RBS conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I retain them for our own conveyancing in Silvertown?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the RBS conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Silvertown.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Silvertown is the location of the property. Can you offer any assistance?

Flying freeholds in Silvertown are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Silvertown you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Silvertown may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.

Can you provide any top tips for leasehold conveyancing in Silvertown with the aim of saving time on the sale process?

• A significant proportion of the frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Silvertown can be avoided if you get in touch lawyers the minute you market your property and ask them to collate the leasehold documentation needed by the purchasers’ representatives.
If you are supposed to have a share in the Management Company, you should ensure that you hold the original share certificate. Organising a new share certificate can be a lengthy formality and delays many a Silvertown conveyancing deal. If a duplicate share certificate is required, do contact the company director and secretary or managing agents (if applicable) for this at the earliest opportunity. A minority of Silvertown leases require Landlord’s consent to the sale and approval of the buyers. If this is the case, you should notify your estate agents to make sure that the purchasers put in hand bank and professional references. Any bank reference should make it clear that the buyer is able to meet the yearly service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the actual amount of the service charge so that they can pass this information on to the buyers or their lawyers. Many freeholders or managing agents in Silvertown charge for supplying management packs for a leasehold premises. You or your lawyers should find out the fee that they propose to charge. The management pack can be applied for as soon as you have a buyer, thus reducing delays. The typical amount of time it takes to obtain the necessary information is three weeks. It is the most usual reason for delay in leasehold conveyancing in Silvertown. In the event that you altered the property did you need the Landlord’s consent? In particular have you installed wooden flooring? Most leases in Silvertown state that internal structural changes or laying down wooden flooring calls for a licence issued by the Landlord approving such works. Should you dont have the approvals to hand you should not contact the landlord without checking with your solicitor before hand.

I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord for a lease extension without success. Can I make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a Silvertown conveyancing firm to act on my behalf?

Most definitely. We are happy to put you in touch with a Silvertown conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Silvertown flat is 46 Credon Road in January 2014. On 11 September 2013 Deputy District Judge Price sitting at the Bow County Court made a vesting order that the freeholder surrender his lease and be granted a new lease of the Premises on such terms as may be determined by the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).The appropriate sum as concluded by the Tribunal was £7225 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The remaining number of years on the lease was 69.77 years.

Your search tool is useful but there are many lawyers listed near Silvertown being on the lender conveyancing panel. Can you recommend a specific firm on the conveyancing panel for our lender?

We are not in the business of recommending one firm above another as the right Silvertown conveyancing solicitor for you depends on where your priorities lie. For example you may require a local firm with Silvertown knowledge or you might be looking for the low cost conveyancing. Before you appoint your lawyer we advise you to speak to two or three of the the firms listed to gain comfort as to which one is right for you..