As someone clueless as to the Tufnell Park conveyancing process what is your top tip you can give me concerning the legal transfer of property in Tufnell Park

You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Tufnell Park and elsewhere in England and Wales is often a confrontational experience. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there is lots of opportunity for friction between you and other parties involved in the legal transfer of property. E.g., the seller, estate agent and even potentially your mortgage company. Choosing a law firm for your conveyancing in Tufnell Park should not be taken lightly as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONLY party in the transaction whose responsibility is to act in your best interests and to protect you.

We are witnessing a worrying emergence in the "blame" culture- someone must be blamed for the process taking so long. We recommend that you your first instinct should be to trust your lawyer above the other players in the conveyancing process.

My bank has recommended solicitors on their panel based in Tufnell Park but I would rather use a conveyancing lawyer in Tufnell Park round the corner to me. Can you help?

Not all Tufnell Park conveyancing solicitors are on all banks conveyancing panel. Use the above find an approved solicitor tool to choose a Tufnell Park conveyancing firm on the on the mortgage company panel.

I am purchasing my first flat in Tufnell Park with a mortgage from HSBC Bank. The developers refused to reduce the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The house builders rep told me not inform my solicitor about this side-deal as it could jeopardize my mortgage with the bank. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

We're new on the property ladder - agreed a price, but the property agent advised that the seller will only issue a contract if we use their recommended conveyancers as they need an ‘expedited deal’. My instinct tells me that we should use a family solicitor used to conveyancing in Tufnell Park

We suspect that the seller is not behind this requirement. If they require ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a motivated purchaser is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Speak to the owners direct and make the point that (a)you are serious purchasers (b)you are ready to go, with mortgage lined up © you do not need to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you will continue to instruct your own,trusted Tufnell Park conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will earn the negotiator at the agency a introducer fee or achieve conveyancing thresholds set by corporate headquarters.

Due to complete next month on a basement flat in Tufnell Park. Conveyancing lawyers have said that they will have a report out to me on Monday. Are there areas in the report that I should be focusing on?

Your report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Tufnell Park should include some of the following:

You should be sent a copy of the lease It needs to be made clear to you whether the lease allows you to alter or improve aspects of the flat- you must be made aware as to whether any restrictions relates to all alterations or just structural alteration, and whether permission is required Ground rent - how much and when you need to pay, and be on notice if this is subject to change Details of the parties to the lease, for example these could be the (you), superior lessor, freeholder The physical extent of the demise. This will be the property itself but might incorporate a attic or basement if applicable.

Having spent years of correspondence we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Tufnell Park. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

Where there is a missing landlord or where there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to assess the amount due.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Tufnell Park property is Flat 2 27 Mackeson Road in December 2012. The Tribunal assessed the value of the lease extension premium at £35,435 and rounded the figure to £35,500 This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 64.77 years.