Completed the sale of my flat in Rush Green last June but our buyer keeps Skype messaging every few hours to say his lawyer is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?

Following your disposal your solicitor is duty bound to deliver the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. If applicable, your solicitor should also evidence that the home loan has been paid off to the purchasers lawyers. There are no post completion procedures unique to conveyancing in Rush Green.

My flat in Rush Green is up for sale and I have a purchaser. Will the conveyancing practitioner have to be on the TSB conveyancing panel in order to deal with the discharge of my mortgage?

Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the TSB conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their panel criteria fairly frequently in recent years.

Me and my brother have a terraced Victorian property in Rush Green. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and Yorkshire Building Society. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are two entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold under the matching property. I'd like to know for sure, how can I find out??

You should assess 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 Rush Green and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also question the situation with your conveyancing lawyer who conducted the conveyancing.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a leasehold apartment up to £195,000 and identified one close by in Rush Green I like with a park and railway links nearby, the downside is that it's only got 52 years on the lease. There is not much else in Rush Green in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a lease with such few years left?

If you require a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will likely be a potential deal breaker. Discount the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you can request that they start the process of the extension and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor about this.

I’m about to sell my ground floor apartment in Rush Green. Conveyancing lawyers have not yet been instructed, however I have recently received a yearly maintenance charge demand – Do I pay up?

It best that you discharge the invoice as normal because all ground rent and maintenance payments will be apportioned on completion, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.

I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord for a lease extension without getting anywhere. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on such matters? Can you recommend a Rush Green conveyancing firm to represent me?

Absolutely. We are happy to put you in touch with a Rush Green conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Rush Green flat is 37 Lodge Court High Street in November 2013. the decision of the LVT was that the premium to be paid for the new lease was £25,559 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired lease term was 57.5 years.