I was recommended to a lawyer who has given a fee calculation of £1350 for no completion no fee conveyancing in St John's Wood. I am selling a Victorian property for £200,000. Is this overpriced? Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in St John's Wood?

The charges are a tad high. If you are prepared to spend time contrasting costs you may be able to reduce the fees slightly by as much as a hundred pounds. That being said, you maylive to regret opting for an an unknown conveyancer. Don't forget to enquire that the conveyancer can also act for your lender. You can use our search tool to choose a St John's Wood conveyancing practice on the banks member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in St John's Wood.

Finally the sale completed on my house in St John's Wood last December yet the purchaser is telephoning me to say their lawyer is waiting to hear from mylawyer. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?

Post completion of your house sale your lawyer is duty bound to send the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor should also evidence that the home loan has been redeemed to the purchasers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion procedures peculiar conveyancing in St John's Wood.

A relative recommended that if I am buying in St John's Wood I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your St John's Wood conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about St John's Wood around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the St John's Wood Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, St John's Wood Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning St John's Wood.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in St John's Wood. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in St John's Wood

The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. 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.

I am downsizing from my property. My former lawyers closed down. I would be grateful for any recommendation of a conveyancing firm. I happen to live in St John's Wood if that affects matters.

Do use our search tool to help you find a solicitor for your conveyancing in St John's Wood. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with lender approved solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move runs smoothly.