The Sipson conveyancing solicitors that I recently instructed on my purchase in Sipson have without warning shut down. They were on acting for me because I needed a firm on the RBS conveyancing panel and my preferred Sipson lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take £195 for searches. What should be my next steps?

If you have an estate agent involved then let them know immediately so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the RBS conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors should be in a position to help.

What is the difference between a licensed conveyancer and conveyancing solicitor in Sipson

Two types of professional can carry out conveyancing in Sipson namely CLC regulated conveyancers or solicitors. The two can handle the legal services that you need to complete the sale or purchase of property. Both are duty bound to execute Sipson conveyancing on similar standards and guidelines so you may be safe in the knowledge that your conveyancing will be professionally administered and that all necessary steps should be suitably adhered to.

A relative pointed out to me me that in purchasing a property in Sipson there could be various restrictions prohibiting external alterations to a property. Is this right?

We are aware of a number of properties in Sipson which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to carry out external changes. Part of the conveyancing in Sipson should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

I am the only recipient of my late father’s estate with all property in now in my sole name, including the house in Sipson. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in October. I now wish to sell up. I understand that there is a CML 6 month 'rule', which means that my proprietorship could be treated the same way as though I had purchased the property in October. Will no one buy the property for half a year?

The CML handbook obliges conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you might be caught by that. Most mortgage companies would take a sensible view as this clause chiefly exists to capture subsales or the flipping of properties.

Will commercial conveyancing searches reveal planned roadworks that may affect a commercial premises in Sipson?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Sipson will execute a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers expend in researching accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Sipson. The report sets out definitive data on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Sipson.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Sipson it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately may result in delays to Sipson commercial conveyancing deals as well as present a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not conducted for domestic conveyancing in Sipson.

I purchased my apartment on 8 August and the transaction details is yet to be on the land registry website. Should I be concerned? My conveyancing solicitor in Sipson said it would be formalised in a couple of weeks. Are properties in Sipson particularly slow to register?

As far as conveyancing in Sipson is concerned, registration is no faster or slower than anywhere else in the country. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timescales can adjust according to who lodges the application, whether it is in order and if the Land registry communicate with any third persons or bodies. Currently approximately three quarters of submission are fully addressed within two weeks but some can be subject to extensive hold-ups. Registration is effected once the new owner has moved in to the property so 'speed' is not typically an essential issue but where there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your lawyers could communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for the application to be prioritised.

Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my garden flat in Sipson. Conveyancing solicitors are to be appointed soon, but I have just received a quarterly service charge demand – Do I pay up?

It best that you discharge the maintenance contribution as you normally would given that all ground rent and maintenance charges will be allotted as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.

I have given up trying to purchase the freehold in Sipson. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?

Absolutely. We can put you in touch with a Sipson conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Sipson flat is 164 Nestles Avenue in October 2013. The tribunal agreed with the proposed price of £20,158 for the freehold and determined that that sum is the amount to be paid into court This case was in relation to 2 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 69 years.