My property lawyer in Forest Hill is not listed on the Britannia Conveyancing Panel. Is it possible for me to continue with my family solicitor even though they are not on the Britannia approved list?

Your options are as follows:

1. Complete the purchase with your existing Forest Hill lawyers but Britannia will need to instruct a conveyancer on their list of acceptable firms. This will result in additional total legal fees and result in frustration.
2. Choose an alternative lawyer to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the Britannia panel

I am assisting my mother sell her flat in Forest Hill. Will the solicitor arrange an energy performance certificate or it is for the owner to see to?

After the demise of HIPs, energy performance certificates remained a compulsory component of selling a house. An energy performance certificate must be commissioned before the property is put on the market. It is not something that law firms normally organise. If you are instructing a Forest Hill conveyancing practitioner they might help arrange EPC’s due to their contacts with reputable Forest Hill providers

My bid for a property was accepted at auction in Forest Hill. Conveyancing is necessary. What are my next steps?

Having exchanged you should instruct a conveyancing lawyer soon as you are faced with a fast approaching a fixed date to complete the property. Every auction property should have a corresponding auction set of papers. This should include the copy title deeds, local authority and drainage searches. If you have purchased leasehold property the auction papers may contain a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing paperwork pertinent to leasehold premises. You need to hand this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor at the earliest opportunity. Do make sure that you have funds in place to complete on the date specified in the contract.

The formalities of my purchase has taken place for my property in Forest Hill. Conveyancing was satisfactory but I would like to complain about the lender. How do I make a complaint?

All banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first point of contact should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Care Team at head office. We understand that complaints to a lender are sorted out very quickly. However if you are not satisfied that the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service, South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR with full details of your complaint.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Forest Hill. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Forest Hill

If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore.

Are there any apps to assist me to locate a Forest Hill law firm on the Bank of Scotland conveyancing panel? I have wheels and am happy to travel upto 10kilometers to meet the lawyer.

Feel free to make use of the tool on this page. Please pick a lender and your location and you will see a number of Forest Hill conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have listed some Forest Hill conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can contact them to check whether they are on the Bank of Scotland member panel

I bought a flat in Forest Hill last 7/6/2024 and to date it is still not recorded with the Land Registry. It is part of a development site and my conveyancing practitioner told me that it may take twelve months to register. I have spoken with HM Land Registry directly and they say that the initial application was cancelled due to failure to reply to requisitions. Should I be concerned?

get in touch with your conveyancing practitioner - Where you are unsatisfied with the responses, enquire as to their internal complaints protocol and amplify your concerns to a Partner. Registrations for Forest Hill conveyancing are not known to be particularly slow.