I have given 8 weeks notice to my existing landlord and have to vacate my rented flat in Raynes Park by 17/9/2025. Conveyancing for my house purchase is progressing. Can I complete in a couple of weeks as I wish to avoid having to move into short term accommodation?

The normal practice is not to serve notice for your lease unless your lawyer suggests that you should. Assuming that you have not already done so, speak to your solicitor and urge them to they chase the other solicitors, try to get a realistic time scale from them that everyone will work to achieve

Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Raynes Park. My lender is Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 20/7/2025, the requirements read as follows :

I have recentlyfound out that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Raynes Park for a purchase of a leasehold flat 9 months ago. How can I check that my home is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?

The quickest way to see 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 Raynes Park conveyancing specialists.

How do I use the search app to locate a conveyancing solicitor in Raynes Park on the approved list for my mortgage?

First choose a mortgage company such as Lloyds TSB Bank, Skipton Building Society or TSB then specify your location a common one being Raynes Park. Conveyancing firms in Raynes Park and across England and Wales will then be identified.

I am a negotiator for a long established estate agency in Raynes Park where we have witnessed a number of flat sales put at risk as a result of short leases. I have received contradictory information from local Raynes Park conveyancing solicitors. Can you shed some light as to whether the seller of a flat can start the lease extension process 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 kick-start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. This means that the proposed purchaser need not have 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 simultaneously with completion of the disposal of the property.

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 buyer.

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

Most certainly. We can put you in touch with a Raynes Park conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Raynes Park property is 33 The Maisonettes Alberta Avenue in June 2014. the Tribunal decided that the premium payable for the grant of a new lease be the sum of £20,680 (Twenty Thousand six hundred and eighty pounds). This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired lease term was 60.43 years.