I am searching for value for money conveyancer. Should I go for for an internet conveyancer or a high street St Leonard Shoreditch conveyancing solicitor?

On the whole conveyancing practitioners in your location will have excellent alliances with your local authority, which could assist with the St Leonard Shoreditch conveyancing searches that your conveyancer will inevitably need. It can only be a plus if they have existing rapport with the Land Registry overseeing your area St Leonard Shoreditch, other lawyers in the neighbourhood and St Leonard Shoreditch Estate Agents.

Our grandson is about to exchange on a new build apartment in St Leonard Shoreditch with a mortgage from Kent Reliance. His conveyancer has advised him of a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. This document is news to me - what is it and who needs sight of it?

The document is intended to provide information to the main parties engaged in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the surveyor when asked. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.

Can you explain why leasehold purchase conveyancing in St Leonard Shoreditch is more expensive?

The conveyancing charges on a leasehold property in St Leonard Shoreditch is inevitably higher as compared to a freehold transaction. This is due to the additional work required in communicating with the freeholder and management company to collate the information about whether the rent and service charges have been discharged and whether there are any significant expenditure in the near future on repairs or maintenance of the building.

Will our lawyer be raising enquiries regarding flooding as part of the conveyancing in St Leonard Shoreditch.

Flooding is a growing risk for solicitors specialising in conveyancing in St Leonard Shoreditch. Some people will acquire a house in St Leonard Shoreditch, completely expectant that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, leaving to one side the physical damage, if a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, adequate insurance cover, or sell the premises. There are steps that can be taken as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the buyer.

Conveyancers are not best placed to offer advice on flood risk, however there are a number of searches that can be initiated by the purchaser or by their conveyancers which should give them a better understanding of the risks in St Leonard Shoreditch. The standard information sent to a buyer’s conveyancer (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) incorporates a usual inquiry of the seller to find out whether the premises has suffered from flooding. In the event that the property has been flooded in past and is not revealed by the owner, then a buyer could bring a legal claim for losses stemming from an incorrect answer. The buyer’s conveyancers should also conduct an environmental report. This will reveal if there is a recorded flood risk. If so, additional inquiries should be carried out.

My partner is purchasing a basement flat in St Leonard Shoreditch. He has received a fee estimate by the property lawyer connected to the estate agents and it came to £1275 . It was seven years ago I sold and purchased a home and it cost was £495. Have charges really gone up that much?

We would recommend that you contact 3 or 4 local St Leonard Shoreditch conveyancing firms requesting prices. It is advisable to base your choice not solely on cost, but on promptness and on how comprehensive the reply is.