What is the first thing I need to know about purchase conveyancing in Stratford?

You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Stratford or throughout England and Wales is an adversarial experience. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there is an abundance of opportunity for confrontation between you and others involved in the house moving process. For instance, the seller, estate agent and sometimes your lender. Choosing a law firm for your conveyancing in Stratford is a critical decision as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONLY person in the process whose responsibility is to protect your legal interests and to protect you.

We are witnessing a worrying ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone has to be at fault for the process taking so long. You your first instinct should be to trust your lawyer ahead of all other parties when it comes to the legal transfer of property.

Do I need to pay for insurance to address the risk of chancel repairs when acquiring a property in Stratford?

Unless a previous acquisition of the premises took place post 12 October 2013 you can expect conveyancing practitioners handling conveyancing in Stratford to remain encouraging a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Stratford. Conveyancing is necessary evil 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 legal work.

Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Stratford

The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a quick, chain free conveyancing. Stratford is the location of the property. What do you suggest?

Flying freeholds in Stratford are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Stratford you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Stratford may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.

I need to retain a conveyancing solicitor for sale conveyancing in Stratford. I have stumble across a web site which appears to be the ideal offering If there is a chance to get all this stuff done via phone that would be preferable. Should I be concerned? What are the potential pitfalls?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?