We are a couple about to exchange contracts for a ground floor flat in Herne Hill. We encountered a stumbling block. Our loan offer with Santander expires on 10/2/2026 but the vendors are suggesting a completion date of 12/2/2026. Can one prolong the loan offer?

The best person to address this concern is your lawyer who will hopefully assess if they should be discussing with the bank, owner’s representatives, selling agents or conceivably all parties taking into account what has happend in your house move to date.

I have justdiscovered that Stirling Law have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in Herne Hill for a purchase of a leasehold flat 12 months ago. How can I establish that my home is in my name in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest method to check if the premises is in your name, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Herne Hill conveyancing specialists.

My business partner and I are intending to lease a unit on a shopping parade. Can you recommend lawyers offering competitive charges for commercial conveyancing in Herne Hill for less than £1,200?

We can recommend firms who have an in-depth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Herne Hill, including the sale and purchase of businesses as well as simply property. If you are looking to buy or sell a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a complete business we will put you in touch with the right firm. Regarding the charges these will vary based on the structure and terms of the proposed transaction. Please provide us with your contact information or phone us so that we may furnish you with a detailed commercial conveyancing calculation.

I am employed by a long established estate agency in Herne Hill where we have experienced a few leasehold sales jeopardised as a result of short leases. I have received inconsistent advice from local Herne Hill conveyancing firms. Could you shed some light as to whether the vendor of a flat can instigate the lease extension formalities for the buyer?

As long as the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to kick-start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. This means that the proposed purchaser can avoid having to wait 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed prior to, or at the same time as completion of the sale.

Alternatively, it may be possible to agree the lease extension with the freeholder either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the purchaser.

Having spent years of correspondence we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Herne Hill. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

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

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a Herne Hill premises is 66 Southwell Road in March 2012. By Order of Deputy District Judge Stone dated 25 January 2012 a vesting order was made. The determination of the purchase price was referred to the Tribunal who decided that the amount payable for the freehold should be£29,612.00 This case was in relation to 3 flats. The unexpired lease term was 72.58 years.

At long last a mortgage offer from a bank for the refinancing of my 4 bedroom flat is expected any day now. Are you able to recommend an efficient remortgage conveyancing practitioner in Herne Hill ?

You have come to the wrong place to search for a cheap conveyancing in Herne Hill. Our aim is to provide excellent value conveyancing but we do not work with the cheapest lawyers. Avoid the trap of appointing brokers offering low cost conveyancing in Herne Hill.In your best case scenario, in opting for cheap conveyancing, you will get what you pay for and at worst you will end up invoiced for extras and still not get the service required.