Finally the sale completed on my house in Bush Hill Park last April but our buyer keeps SMS messaging me to say his lawyer needs to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?

Post completion of your disposal your solicitor is duty bound to send the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer must also confirm that the mortgage has been discharged to the purchasers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks just for conveyancing in Bush Hill Park.

Should my lawyer be raising questions about flooding as part of the conveyancing in Bush Hill Park.

Flooding is a growing risk for conveyancers dealing with homes in Bush Hill Park. There are those who acquire a property in Bush Hill Park, completely expectant that at some time, it may be flooded. However, leaving to one side the physical destruction, where a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, adequate building insurance, or sell the property. There are steps that can be taken as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the purchaser.

Lawyers are not best placed to offer advice on flood risk, but there are a number of searches that can be initiated by the purchaser or by their lawyers which will figure out the risks in Bush Hill Park. The standard completed inquiry forms supplied to a purchaser’s conveyancer (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) includes a standard question of the vendor to find out if the premises has suffered from flooding. In the event that flooding has previously occurred and is not revealed by the seller, then a buyer may commence a compensation claim as a result of such an misleading response. The buyer’s solicitors may also carry out an environmental search. This should reveal if there is a recorded flood risk. If so, more detailed investigations will need to be conducted.

I am selling my home. My past conveyancers has retired. I am in need of a recommendation of a conveyancing firm. Im based in Bush Hill Park if that makes a difference.

Do use our search tool to help you choose a solicitor for your conveyancing in Bush Hill Park. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with regulated solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move goes smoothly.

If all goes to plan we aim to complete the sale of our £375,000 flat in Bush Hill Park next week. The management company has quoted £348 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and previous years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge such fees for a leasehold conveyance in Bush Hill Park?

Bush Hill Park conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes typically necessitates administration charges raised by management companies :

Addressing pre-contract questions Where consent is required before sale in Bush Hill Park Supplying insurance information Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Bush Hill Park leasehold premises is £350. For Bush Hill Park 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 answers.

My wife and I have hit a brick wall in seeking a lease extension in Bush Hill Park. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?

You certainly can. We can put you in touch with a Bush Hill Park conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Bush Hill Park premises is First Floor Flat 109 Lyndhurst Road in May 2010. Following a vesting order by Edmonton County Court on 29th October 2009 the Tribunal decided on a figure of £5,012 for a lease extension. This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 81.79 years.

My husband and I are buying a 2 bedroom flat in Bush Hill Park. When we first instructed lawyer, we were told they were on all mainstream lender panels. Our mortgage broker contacted us yesterday to say that they are not on the UBS approved list. Should that be true, what should we do? Should we simply choose a different conveyancer that is on their approved list or should we cover the costs for separate representation, with UBS appointing their own approved conveyancer.

When buying a property with the benefit of a mortgage it is normal for the buyer’s solicitors to also represent the mortgage company. In order to act for a bank or building society a lawyer has to be on that lender's list of approved lawyers. An application has to be made by the conveyancer to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict conditions which the conveyancer has to meet. Some mortgage companies now insist their panel firms to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme. Your conveyancer should call UBS to discover if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own solicitors to act. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on UBS's conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Bush Hill Park lawyers, in which case it will likely add costs, and it will likely delay the transaction as you are adding another property lawyer into the mix.