Do the conveyancing solicitors listed on your site carry out right to buy conveyancing in Wanstead Flats?

We have identified plenty of conveyancing firms carrying out right to buy transactions Do e-mail the conveyancers listed to secure a conveyancing quote.

Have just purchased a probate house at auction in Wanstead Flats. Conveyancing is necessary. What is next?

Now that you are for all intents and purposes signed on the dotted line you will need to find a conveyancing practitioner soon as you are facing a tight a drop dead date to complete the transaction. All auction property should have an associated legal set of papers. This will include most,if not all of the paperwork that your solicitor requires. Where you are dealing with leasehold premises the legal papers should include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation pertinent to leasehold premises. You need to pass this on to the lawyer working for you ASAP. You also need to ensure that your finances are in order to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

We have agreed to purchase a house in Wanstead Flats. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Nottingham be concerned?

Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with Nottingham your lawyer must comply with the formal requirements contained in Section two of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Nottingham. The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook sets out minimum provisions for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancers are required to report to Nottingham where a lease does not comply with these provisions. The conditions relate to the installation of panels on properties countrywide and is not isolated to Wanstead Flats.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Bank of Ireland. I assume I don't need a Wanstead Flats property lawyer on the Bank of Ireland panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Bank of Ireland mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Bank of Ireland mortgage from the register. Bank of Ireland, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

1. but are not moving to another property
2. where Bank of Ireland has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
3. Bank of Ireland has instructed the Land Registry to do so

I used Wolstenholmes a few years ago for my conveyancing in Wanstead Flats. Now, I need the documents but the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Wanstead Flats of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

About to purchase a new build flat in Wanstead Flats. 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 are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Wanstead Flats

Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. 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. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants.

The solicitors handling our conveyancing in Wanstead Flats has sent documents to review that indicate that the property is unregistered with epitome documents. How can it be that the property not registred at the Land Registry?

Whilst the vast majorities of properties in Wanstead Flats are now registered with HMLR there are still some that remain unregistered. Any property in Wanstead Flats that has been remortgaged since the late 1980’s will have been registered at the HMLR under the compulsory ‘first registration’ scheme. However, if a Wanstead Flats property has not changed hands in that time then it’s likely the old fashioned title deeds will be the only evidence of ownership.Plenty of Wanstead Flats conveyancing lawyers should be able to handle such matters but in the event that uncertainty exists the standard proposition presently seems to be for the seller to register it first and then deal with the disposal - this undoubtedly result in a significant delay.