What guidance do you have for sourcing auction conveyancing in Whetstone?

First ask the people you trust who they experienced using in the past and if they were happy with the service.

Option 2 is to use a comparison service on the internet for conveyancing in Whetstone. Phone two or three listed and ask them to send you their conveyancing costs illustrations and have a conversation with the lawyer who will oversee the legal process beforemaking your choice.

Third is to use our search tool to assist you in finding the right lawyers taking into account your individual requirements including location,timings, complexity and who your intended lender is. Resist the temptation to opt for £100 conveyancing in Whetstone

I am buying a house mortgage free in Whetstone. I have lived for the last Seventeen years in Whetstone. Conveyancing searches are a lot of money. As I have knowledge of the area and road intimately should I not bother getting the solicitor to do all the conveyancing searches?

If you not getting a mortgage, then all but one or two of the Whetstone conveyancing searches are non-obligatory. Your conveyancer will try and sway you, no-doubt strongly, that you should have searches done, but he has a professional duty to do this. One thing to consider; if you are likely to sell the house in the future, it could be of importance to your prospective buyer what the searches contain. There are plenty of instances where premises with no practical issues can still show up negative search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in Whetstone will be able to give you some practical guidance here.

I have been told that property searches are the primary cause of delay in Whetstone house deals. Is there any truth in this?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature within the top 10 causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are not likely to feature in any holding up conveyancing in Whetstone.

3 months have gone by following my purchase conveyancing in Whetstone concluded. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £170,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the property from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

Jane (my partner) and I may need to let out our Whetstone ground floor flat for a while due to taking a sabbatical. We instructed a Whetstone conveyancing firm in 2004 but they have since shut and we did not think at the time seek any advice as to whether the lease prohibits the subletting of the flat. How do we find out?

Your lease governs relations between the landlord and you the leaseholder; in particular, it will set out if subletting is banned, or permitted but only subject to certain caveats. The accepted inference is that if the lease contains no specific ban or restriction, subletting is permitted. The majority of leases in Whetstone do not contain strict prohibition on subletting – such a provision would undoubtedly devalue the property. Instead, there is usually a basic requirement that the owner notifies the freeholder, possibly sending a duplicate of the sublease.

I own a second floor flat in Whetstone. In the absence of agreement between myself and the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the sum due for a lease extension?

Where there is a missing landlord or if there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to calculate the price payable.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Whetstone flat is Flat 2 2 Netherfield Road in April 2010. The Tribunale held that premium payable for a 90 year extension to the existing Lease should be £7,705. This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 76 years.