Our family solicitor has given a fee estimate £995 for no sale no fee conveyancing in Pinner. I am hoping to sell a Victorian detached home for £250,000. This appears over the top. Is it above the norm for conveyancing in Pinner?

The estimate does seem marginally overpriced. If you shop around you might get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by say £100 plus VAT. On the other hand, you maylive to regret opting for an an untested solicitor. Don't forget to check that the conveyancer can also act for your mortgage company. Do use our search tool to choose a Pinner conveyancing company on the banks conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Pinner.

My wife and I own a 4 bedroom Victorian house in Pinner. Conveyancing lawyer acted for me and . I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw two entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold under the matching address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You need to review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Pinner and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they remortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also question the position with the conveyancing lawyer who conducted the conveyancing.

I am buying a new build house in Pinner with a mortgage from . The sellers refused to budge the amount so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The house builders rep told me not disclose to my lawyer about the side-deal as it would affect my loan with . Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

I am a couple of weeks into a leasehold purchase having been directed to a firm by the local agent to do our conveyancing in Pinner. I am am starting to be dissatisfied with the level of service. Could you help me find new solicitors?

A conveyancer would need to be really poor to suggest diss instructing them. Has the mortgage been generated? In the event that it has you need to inform them of the replacement conveyancer and ensure the loan are issued to the new lawyers. The solicitor ideally should be on the mortgage company panel to avoid added expenses and complications. So that should be your starting point. The find a solicitor tool should help you find a lender approved conveyancer for your conveyancing in Pinner

Looking forward to complete next month on a basement flat in Pinner. Conveyancing lawyers inform me that they report fully within the next couple of days. What should I be looking out for?

The report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Pinner should include some of the following:

Whether the landlord has obligations to ensure rights of quiet enjoyment over your property and do you know what it means in practice? It needs to be made clear to you if the lease permits you to alter or improve anything in the property- you should know whether any restrictions applies to all alterations or just structural alteration, and whether licences for alterations is required Does the lease prohibit wood flooring? Defining your rights in respect of common areas in the building.For instance, does the lease contain a right of way over an accessway or staircase? What the implications are if you are in breach of your lease terms?

Pinner Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Questions you should consider before buying

Generally speaking the outlay for major works are not incorporated into the service charges, albeit that some managing agents in Pinner ask tenants to contribute towards a reserve fund created for the specific intention of building a fund for larger repairs or maintenance. Does this lease have in excess of 85 years remaining? Best to be warned whether changing the roof or some other significant cost is due shortly that will be shared amongst the leaseholders and will dramatically impact the level of the maintenance fees or necessitate a specific payment.