I require conveyancing for a flat in a fairly new development (seven years built) in Seven Kings. The vast majority the properties have already been sold. Do I need carry out the local searches as part of conveyancing in Seven Kings?

You would be opening yourself up to an unnecessary risk in refusing to carrying out Seven Kings conveyancing searches. Without searches you have no clarity over flooding, environmental etc which may mean you walk away due to potential problems down the line. If you are buying mortgage free there is no legal necessity to have them, but we would seriously advise in no uncertain terms that you have them. Where speed and expenses are top of your issues you should consider with your conveyancer about the options such as contingency insurance available to you

We are buying a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in Seven Kings who is on the TSB approved panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for TSB . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Seven Kings.

I require expedited conveyancing in Seven Kings as I have a deadline to exchange contracts within one month. A home loan is not required. Is it possible to decline from having conveyancing searches to save money and time?

As you are not getting a mortgage you are at liberty not to do searches although no lawyer would advise that you don't. Drawing on years of experience of conveyancing in Seven Kings the following are examples of issues that can be revealed and adversely affect future mortgageability: Refused Planning Applications, Overdue Fees, Outstanding Grants, Road Schemes,...

Taking into account that I am about to part with 450k on a garden flat in Seven Kings I wish to talk to a solicitor concerning thehome move before appointing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?

This is something that we recommend - we would be delighted to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the lawyer who will be carrying out your property ownership legalities in Seven Kings.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is unique person, not a file reference. The law firms that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for residential conveyancing in Seven Kings should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.

My fiance and I may need to let out our Seven Kings basement flat temporarily due to taking a sabbatical. We used a Seven Kings conveyancing practice in 2001 but they have since shut and we did not have the foresight to get any advice as to whether the lease prohibits the subletting of the flat. How do we find out?

A lease dictates relations between the freeholder and you the flat owner; in particular, it will say if subletting is not allowed, or permitted but only subject to certain caveats. The accepted inference is that if the lease contains no expres ban or restriction, subletting is allowed. Most leases in Seven Kings do not prevent strict prohibition on subletting – such a clause would adversely affect the market value the property. In most cases there is simply a requirement that the owner notifies the freeholder, possibly sending a duplicate of the tenancy agreement.

I am the registered owner of a second floor flat in Seven Kings. In the absence of agreement between myself and the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the sum due for the purchase of the freehold?

Most certainly. We are happy to put you in touch with a Seven Kings conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Seven Kings flat is 49 Aldborough Road South in July 2012. The Tribunal decided that the premium payable for the grant of the new lease was £13,925 This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired term was 61.36 years.