My family solicitor has sent a quote for £1400 for freehold conveyancing in Crossness. I’m hoping to downsize from a purpose built property for £200,000. This seems too much. Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in Crossness?

The charges are a bit high. If you are prepared to invest time comparing fee on a like for like basis you may be able to trim some of the expense by say a hundred pounds. That being said, you mightlive to regret opting for an a cheaper lawyer. Don't forget to be sure the conveyancer can also act for your bank. Do use our search tool to find a Crossness conveyancing company on the lender’s member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Crossness.

Me and my wife are purchasing our first home. The property lawyer has texted usto check if we would like to purchase supplemental conveyancing searches. Frankly we are clueless as to what's necessary for conveyancing in Crossness

The type of Crossness conveyancing searches should be triggered based entirely on the property, the location, the probability of any of these risks, your familiarity of the locality and risks, your general appetite to risk. What matters is that you adequately appreciate what information each search could give you. Then you can decide if you personally think you need that information. Where you are in doubt, ask the conveyancing practitioner to provide guidance.

I have a 4 bedroom Georgian property in Crossness. Conveyancing practitioner represented me and Alliance & Leicester . I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw two entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold with the exact same property. I'd like to know for sure, how can I find out??

You need to assess 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 Crossness and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also question the situation with your conveyancing solicitor who conducted the purchase.

I am on look out for some leasehold conveyancing in Crossness. Before diving in I want to be sure as to the number of years remaining on the lease.

Assuming the lease is registered - and most are in Crossness - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

Having spent months of negotiations we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Crossness. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?

Most definitely. We can put you in touch with a Crossness conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Crossness property is Various @ Colombus Square in January 2012. the Tribunal calculated the premiums to be paid for new leases for each of the flats in Mariners Walk to be £3822 and the premium to be paid for the new lease of 2 Knights Court to be £4439. This case related to 13 flats. The remaining number of years on the lease was 76 years.

My wife and I have recently appointed a conveyancing solicitor in Crossness. I I would like to check if they are on the lender's approved list of lawyers. Could you assist?

One option is to contact the lawyer to enquire if they are on the bank's approved list. Alternatively please get in touch with us and we can make some checks for you. Should the firm not be on the bank panel we we can help find a specialist conveyancing solicitor in Crossness on the panel for your mortgage company.