Much to our surprise we have been told by our lender that my Ponders End lawyer is not on the lender Solicitor panel. How can I be sure if this is correct?

The sensible course of action for you to take is to contact your Ponders End lawyer directly. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to inform you what has happened. Where they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the conveyancing panel for your bank.

We note that you have a post code search directory listing solicitors on the conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I retain them for our own conveyancing in Ponders End?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Ponders End.

I have been referred to a conveyancing solicitor in Ponders End. I I am struggling to find out whether they are accepted on the conveyancing panel. Could you assist?

The first thing to do is call your lawyer and ask them whether they can act for the lender. Alternatively you can call who may be able to assist.

How does the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 affect my commercial property in Ponders End and how can your lawyers assist?

The particular law that you refer to provides protection to business lessees, granting the dueness to make a request to court for a continuation of occupancy at the end of an expired lease. There are certain specified grounds that a landlord can refuse a lease renewal and the rules are complicated. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. Ponders End is one of the many locations in which the firms we work with are located

I own a leasehold flat in Ponders End. Conveyancing was finished in 2011. I have read on numerous consumer forums that I mustn’t allow the the remaining lease term to get too short. Why is that a problem?

Ponders End domestic long term leases are for a set term - usually just under one hundred years when they started. However a significant flats in Ponders End were constructed or converted 25 or more years ago and so these leases now have under 80 years unexpired. This may seem like a long time but Banks, Building Societies and other mortgage companies generally require leases to have at least seventy five years left to be mortgageable. Accordingly when you come to sell the property you will need a lease extension if you are approaching 75 years. To enhance the marketability of your property you should be thinking about whether to extend your lease well in advance of selling the property. Furthermore strong financial reasons to doing so before the lease hits eighty years as when the lease is below eighty years the amount to be paid to extend starts to get a lot more expensive.