We opted for a local lawyer for our conveyancing in Kilburn Park recently. Looking through the Terms and Conditions I notewe are on the hook for fees even if the movedoes not go ahead. Would I be best advised to use a web based solicitor practice advertising no-sale-no-fee conveyancing in Kilburn Park?

Generally there is a concession along the lines that if "No Sale No Fee" is available then the conveyancing charges will tend to be be uplifted to neutralise the cases that fail to complete. You should be mindful that such schemes rarely protect you from outlay for instance Kilburn Park conveyancing search expenses.

Why do I have to pay up front for my conveyancing in Kilburn Park?

Where you are retaining lawyers for conveyancing in Kilburn Park your lawyer will request that you put them with monies to cover the the cost of the conveyancing searches. This will be the total of the cost of the conveyancing searches. When the down payment is payable against the purchase price then this should be required immediately in advance of contracts are exchanged. Any further balance that is due should be transferred shortly before completion.

This question may be naive but I am unexperienced as a first time purchaser of a garden flat in Kilburn Park. Do I collect the keys to the house on completion from my conveyancer? If this is the case, I will appoint a local conveyancing solicitor in Kilburn Park?

There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Your solicitors will electronically transfer the purchase money to the owner’s lawyers, and once they have received this, you will be called to receive the keys from the Estate Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen early afternoon.

My aunt advised me that in buying a property in Kilburn Park there may be a number of restrictions preventing external changes to the property. Is this right?

There are anumerous of properties in Kilburn Park which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Kilburn Park should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

We previously appointed conveyancing lawyers locally in Kilburn Park on the Leeds Building Society solicitor approved list. They have just billed me an additional amount for handling the Leeds Building Society mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee specified by Leeds Building Society?

As unfair as it may seem, as long as it’s in their Terms and Conditions or Quote then yes your solicitor can levy a fee for this. This fee is not set by Leeds Building Society but by your Kilburn Park conveyancing practitioner. Some firms on the Leeds Building Society panel will levy ’dealing with mortgage’ fee and others do not.

I'm converting the mortgage on my primary home to a BTL loan with Alliance & Leicester and intend to use the remaining equity towards a second property. The location we are interested in is Kilburn Park. Will your conveyancers be able to act for both sets of mortgage companies and tie in the transactions?

Make use of our comparison tool on this site to check that the solicitors are on the appropriate lender panels. Assuming that they are your solicitor will be able to connect the two transactions but you should talk with you solicitor and make apparent your desired outcome and needs.

I am employed by a long established estate agency in Kilburn Park where we have witnessed a few flat sales derailed as a result of short leases. I have been given contradictory information from local Kilburn Park conveyancing firms. Can you shed some light as to whether the owner of a flat can commence the lease extension formalities for the buyer?

Provided that the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to commence the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the proposed purchaser can avoid having to sit tight for 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done prior to, or at the same time as completion of the sale.

Alternatively, it may be possible to extend the lease informally by agreement with the landlord 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.

I have had difficulty in negotiating a lease extension in Kilburn Park. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on premiums?

if there is a missing freeholder or if there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant statutes you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to arrive at the premium.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Kilburn Park property is 4 & 4A Charteris Road in June 2009. the Tribunal held that the price to be paid for the enfranchisement of 4/4a Charteris Road to be £15,510 for at 4and £15,694 for at 4a This case was in relation to 2 flats. The remaining number of years on the lease was 70.02 years.