I am need of leasehold conveyancing for an apartment in a fairly new development (6 years old) in Silvertown. The vast majority the properties have already been disposed of. Do I need carry out the local searches for my conveyancing in Silvertown?

Where you are obtaining a loan, your bank will insist on some (many) of the searches so you'll have no choice. If not, then Silvertown conveyancing searches are for you to decide upon. No doubt your conveyancer, will ’encourage’, perhaps in the strongest possible terms, that you should have the searches done, but he or she is duty bound in this regard. One thing to bear in mind; if you are likely to sell the house one day, it may be of interest to your future buyer what the searches contain. Sometimes houses with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. But if you choose to instruct your lawyer to proceed without searches then your lawyer will have to follow your instructions or you will need to change to an alternative solicitor for your conveyancing in Silvertown.

My Conveyancer in Silvertown is not listed on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society Solicitor Panel. Is it possible for me to retain my prefered solicitor even though they are excluded from the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society panel of approved conveyancing solicitors?

The limited options available to you here include:

1. Carry on with your existing Silvertown solicitors but Norwich and Peterborough Building Society will need to retain a lawyer on their panel. This will inevitably rack up the overall conveyancing fees as well as result in delays.
2. Find a new lawyer to to deal with the purchase, not forgetting to check they are Persuade your lawyer to do everything within their powers to join the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society conveyancing panel

My bid for a property was accepted at auction in Silvertown. Conveyancing is required. What happens now?

Given that you have now legally committed yourself to purchase you now have to instruct a conveyancing lawyer as a matter of urgency as you are facing a pending a fixed date to complete the deal. Every auction property will have an associated auction pack. This will include most,if not all of the paperwork that your solicitor will need. Where you are dealing with leasehold premises the legal pack may provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing paperwork pertinent to a leasehold property. You must give this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor ASAP. You also need to ensure that that you have the requisite funding in order to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

How can we know in advance if a Silvertown conveyancing solicitor on the Nationwide panel is any good?

When it comes to conveyancing in Silvertown getting recommendations is a good starting point. Before you go ahead, check if they offer a no sale no fee offer. Also, you often get what you pay for - a firm which quotes more, will often provide a better service than one advertising the lowest fees. We would always recommend that you speak with the solicitor conducting your conveyancing.

My husband and I have organised the release of further funds on our mortgage from HSBC as we want to conduct alterations to our house in Silvertown. Do we need to appoint a nearby Silvertown solicitor on the HSBC conveyancing panel to handle the legals?

HSBC don't usually require a member of their conveyancing panel to deal with the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the HSBC conveyancing panel.

My friend advised me that if I am buying in Silvertown I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

A search of this type is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Silvertown conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Silvertown around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Silvertown Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Silvertown Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Silvertown.

About to purchase a new build apartment in Silvertown. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Silvertown

If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents.