I have given 8 weeks notice to my current landlord and have to vacate my let out apartment in Colliers Wood by 10/9/2025. Conveyancing for my house purchase is progressing. How realistic is it to complete in three weeks as I wish to avoid having to find temporary accommodation?

It is unwise to give notice on a rental until your lawyer suggests that you should. Assuming that you have not already done so, speak to your conveyancer and request that they seek the assistance the owners side, try to an agreed time frame that all parties will work towards

Can I use your services to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Colliers Wood even if I’m not purchasing or selling a house, for example if I want to buy an office in Colliers Wood with a loan from Barclays Direct?

Our search tool is mainly utilised to select domestic conveyancing solicitors in Colliers Wood but we have set out towards the end of this page some Colliers Wood commercial conveyancing firms. You should make contact with the company directly to check if they can also act for Barclays Direct

The Colliers Wood conveyancing firm that I appointed last week on my purchase in Colliers Wood have without warning shut down. They were on acting for me because I needed a solicitor on the Principality conveyancing panel and my preferred Colliers Wood lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take one hundred and fifty pounds for searches. What do I do now?

Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then inform them 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 should appoint new lawyers that are on the Principality 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 lawyers may be able to assist.

Me and my brother purchased a terraced Georgian house in Colliers Wood. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and HSBC Bank. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are a couple of entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold with the matching address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You should review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Colliers Wood and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also enquire as to the position with the conveyancing lawyer who conducted the conveyancing.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Colliers Wood. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Colliers Wood

Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified.