This question may be naive but I am unexperienced as a first time purchaser of a garden flat in Aldersgate. Do I receive the keys to the property on completion from my solicitor? If this is the case, I will find a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Aldersgate?
On the day of completion you do not need to go to the conveyancers office in Aldersgate. Your solicitors will transfer the purchase money to the owner’s lawyers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you will be able to collect the keys from the property Agents and start moving into the property. Usually this occurs early afternoon.
We are getting the release of further monies on our home loan from Aldermore as we intend to conduct a loft conversion to our house in Aldersgate. Are we obliged to choose a bricks and mortar Aldersgate solicitor on the Aldermore conveyancing panel to handle the legals?
Aldermore do not ordinarily require a member of their approved list of lawyers to handle such a matter. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Aldermore panel.
I am selling my apartment. I had a double glazing fitted in September 2008, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's lender, Co-operative are being pedantic. The Aldersgate solicitor who is on the Co-operative conveyancing panel is recommending indemnity insurance as a solution but Co-operative are insisting on a building regulation certificate. Why do Co-operative have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that Co-operative have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Co-operative may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.
My friend suggested that where I am purchasing in Aldersgate I should ask my conveyancer to perform 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 Aldersgate conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing significant information about Aldersgate around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Aldersgate Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Aldersgate.
Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Aldersgate prior to appointing solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. The surveyor advised that some lenders tend not give a loan on a flying freehold house.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different requirements from Birmingham Midshires. If you e-mail us we can investigate further via the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Aldersgate. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Aldersgate to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.
How difficult is it to swap solicitor as I need to instruct a firm on the National Westminster Bank conveyancing list. I was using a local conveyancing solicitor in Aldersgate round the corner but the firm is not approved by National Westminster Bank
We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Aldersgate on the National Westminster Bank panel. Please note that the property lawyers that we work with do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Aldersgate. In utilising the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this site, you can scrutinise charges for conveyancing solicitors in Aldersgate and beyond.
We yesterday found out that one of the partners of the firm acting on the purchase conveyancing in Aldersgate is an uncle of the owners that we are buying from. Is this permitted?
On the basis that there is no conflict of interest this is allowable. If you are obtaining mortgage finance then the mortgage company may have a say as many lenders have specific requirements concerning this. For example for Halifax Loans as of 7/9/2025, the requirements read as follows :