Can your site be used to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Chipping Barnet even where I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for example where I intend to acquire an office in Chipping Barnet with a mortgage from Alliance & Leicester ?

The service is mainly there to get a quote from residential conveyancing solicitors in Chipping Barnet but we have set out towards the end of this page a few Chipping Barnet commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to speak with the solicitors directly to establish if they are also authorised to represent Alliance & Leicester

Will my conveyancer be asking questions about flooding as part of the conveyancing in Chipping Barnet.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for conveyancers dealing with homes in Chipping Barnet. There are those who buy a house in Chipping Barnet, fully expectant that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, aside from the physical destruction, where a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, satisfactory building insurance, or dispose of the premises. Steps can be carried out during the course of a property purchase to forewarn the buyer.

Conveyancers are not best placed to offer advice on flood risk, but there are a number of searches that can be undertaken by the buyer or by their lawyers which will figure out the risks in Chipping Barnet. The conventional set of completed inquiry forms supplied to a purchaser’s lawyer (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) incorporates a usual question of the vendor to determine whether the premises has ever been flooded. In the event that flooding has previously occurred and is not disclosed by the vendor, then a purchaser could commence a claim for damages as a result of such an misleading reply. A purchaser’s lawyers may also carry out an enviro search. This will reveal if there is a recorded flood risk. If so, more detailed inquiries should be initiated.

My husband and I are a fortnight into a freehold purchase having been recommend to conveyancers by the estate agent to do our conveyancing in Chipping Barnet. I am am starting to be frustrated with the level of service. Can you help me find new conveyancers?

They would need to be really bad in order to consider diss instructing them. Has the mortgage been sent? If so you need to make them aware of the new contact details and ensure the offer are re-issued. Your new solicitor ideally needs to be on the banks approved list to avoid escalating charges and delays. That should be your starting point. The find a solicitor tool will assist you in finding a lender approved lawyer for your home move in Chipping Barnet

I am hoping to exchange soon on a garden flat in Chipping Barnet. Conveyancing solicitors inform me that they report fully within the next couple of days. What should I be looking out for?

The report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Chipping Barnet should include some of the following:

The unexpired lease term. You should receive guidance as what happens when the lease expires, and informed of the importance of the 80 year mark The physical ownership of the premises. This might be the flat itself but might incorporate a roof space or storage are if applicable. Information as to the provision in the lease to to contribute towards maintenance costs - in relation to the building, and the wider rights a tenant has You would want to be sent a copy of the lease

I am the leaseholder of a two-bedroom flat in Chipping Barnet. Given that I can not reach agreement with the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the premium payable for a lease extension?

Where there is a absentee freeholder or if there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to decide the amount due.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Chipping Barnet flat is Flat 2 2 Netherfield Road in April 2010. The Tribunale held that premium payable for a 90 year extension to the existing Lease should be £7,705. This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired term was 76 years.

I am considering using a web based solicitor rather than a Chipping Barnet conveyancing firm. Should I ‘stay local’?

Advantages do exist in having the option attend a local Chipping Barnet conveyancing solicitor for instance

• signing documents on short notice
• getting face-to-face explanations of matters you don't understand
• the ability to complain if matters need to addressed

When analysing estimates, look out for hidden extras. The majority decent Chipping Barnet high street solicitors give an all-inclusive figure. Many online companies appear to offer cheap prices, yet have hidden 'extras' in the fine print.