It has been five months following my purchase conveyancing in Crystal Palace completed. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £170,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the residence from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

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 simple, no chain conveyancing. Crystal Palace is where the house is located. What do you suggest?

Flying freeholds in Crystal Palace are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Crystal Palace you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Crystal Palace 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.

My father-in-law has suggested that I use his conveyancing solicitors in Crystal Palace. Do I take his guidance?

No doubt the ideal way to find a conveyancing lawyer is to get feedback from friends or family who have previously instructed the firm that you are considering.

I have just appointed agents to market my garden apartment in Crystal Palace. Conveyancing lawyers have not yet been instructed, but I have recently had a yearly service charge invoice – Do I pay up?

It best that you pay the service charge as usual given that all ground rent and maintenance invoices should be apportioned on completion, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.

I inherited a ground floor flat in Crystal Palace. In the absence of agreement between myself and the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the amount payable for the purchase of the freehold?

if there is a missing landlord or if there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant statutes it is possible to make an application to the LVT to decide the price.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Crystal Palace flat is Flat 1 4 Border Crescent in March 2012. the Tribunal decided that the sum payable by the Applicants to the Respondent in respect of the new lease for the subject property should be £11,616.00 (ElevenThousand and Six Hundred and Sixteen Pounds) This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired lease term was 72.04 years.

We are about to acquiring a apartment in Crystal Palace. Conveyancing is not over but we would like keep the amount we are are buying for a secret from sites such as Zoopla. Is this achievable and how?

The Land Registry as a matter of law required to specify price paid information on the official title for domestic properties countrywide which includes properties in Crystal Palace. The Title Register is a public document, so HM Land Registry would be breaking the law if they did not permit access to the register.

You can ask the Land Registry to withhold the price paid data however the answer would be a No.