We see that you have a post code search directory identifying firms on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I instruct them for our conveyancing in Barkingside?

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

We are selling our apartment in Barkingside. Will the lawyer have to be required to be on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel in order to deal with redeeming my mortgage?

Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their requirements fairly frequently in recent years.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I have offered on a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Barkingside is the location of the property. Is there any advice you can impart?

Flying freeholds in Barkingside are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Barkingside you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Barkingside may determine 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 residence.

How does the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my commercial offices in Barkingside and how can your lawyers assist?

The particular law that you refer to gives a safeguard to commercial lessees, granting the right to make a request to court for a continuation of occupancy when the lease reaches an end. There are certain specified grounds where a landlord can refrain from granting a lease renewal and the rules are complex. We are happy to direct you to commercial conveyancing practices who use the act to your advantage and help with commercial conveyancing in Barkingside

Is planning consent required to convert a single dwelling into a couple of appartments in Barkingside? This has been done to a house opposite to a relative in Barkingside and was ignorant of the conversion until the works were done.

Planning consent is required for splitting a single house in Barkingside into apartments but possibly not for converting once again to single dwelling-house so, in answer to your query, yes,a it is required.