Willretaining a Kew conveyancing practice make the legal process smoother?

On the whole conveyancing solicitors in your location will enjoy good connections with your local authority, which can help with your Kew conveyancing searches that your solicitor will inevitably need. It can only assist if they enjoy strong connections with the Local Land Registry Office your area Kew, other conveyancers in the area and Kew property agents.

We are soon to complete on the purchase of a property in Kew but as a result of damage from a small fire at the property I have was able negotiate compensation from the vendor of £2k by way of a adjustment in the price. This was going to be addressed as part of the conveyancing process yet HSBC will not agree to this. Should they have been informed?

Any solicitor that is on the HSBC approved list is obliged to inform HSBC of any variations to the purchase price. If you were to refuse your solicitor to report the price change to HSBC then they would have to discontinue acting for you. In addition, HSBC and you would have to appoint a new solicitor for your conveyancing in Kew.

Forgive me if this question is silly but I am wet behind the ears as FTB of a ground floor flat in Kew. Do I pick up the keys to the premises on completion from my conveyancer? If so, I will instruct a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Kew?

There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Your solicitors will arrange to send the completion advance to the seller's lawyers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you will be able to collect the keys from the Estate Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen early afternoon.

My wife and I buying a end of terrace house in Kew. The intention is to convert the garage to a playroom at the property.Will the conveyancing process include checks to see if these works are permitted?

Your solicitor will review the deeds as conveyancing in Kew will sometimes reveal restrictions in the title deeds which restrict categories of works or necessitated the permission of a 3rd party. Certain extensions call for local authority planning consent and approval in compliance with building regulations. Many areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or affect extensions. It would be wise to check these things with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.

I'm the only recipient of my late grandmother’s estate with all property in now in my sole name, including the house in Kew. The Kew property was put into my name in June. I now wish to sell up. I do know about the CML six month 'rule', meaning my property ownership could be regarded the same way as if I'd bought the house in June. Will no one buy the property for half a year?

The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook instructs conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." Technically you could be caught by that. How sensible a view mortgage companies take of it, depend on the bank as this clause principally exists to pick up on the purchase and immediately sell or the quick reselling of property.

My wife and I are intent on selling our property in Kew and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was built on contaminated land. A high street Kew lawyer would know this is not the case. It does beg the question why the purchasers used a web based conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Kew. We have lived in Kew for three years we know that this is a non issue. Do we contact our local Authority to get clarification need.

It would appear that you have a conveyancing firm already. What do they say? You should enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same illness)

About to purchase a new build apartment in Kew. 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 are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Kew

Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? 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 a car parking plan. 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. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry.