My bank has recommended solicitors on their panel based in Willesden but I would rather instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Willesden or nearer to where I live. Can you help?

The minority of Willesden conveyancing firms are on all banks conveyancing panel. Use the above find an approved solicitor tool to choose a Willesden conveyancing conveyancer on the on the bank panel.

I have been told that property searches are a common cause of stalling in Willesden conveyancing transactions. Is this right?

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 delays in the conveyancing process. Local searches are not likely to feature in any holding up conveyancing in Willesden.

I am selling my property. My former conveyancers have shut. I would be grateful for any recommendation of a conveyancing firm. I happen to live in Willesden if that makes a difference.

Please use our search tool to help you choose a solicitor for your conveyancing in Willesden. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with regulated solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move goes with a minimum of fuss.

I have been sourcing a conveyancing lawyer in Willesden for my purchase. Is there any facility to review a solicitor's complaints history with the profession’s regulator?

One can find presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations stemming from inquisitions commenced on or after Jan 2008. Go to Check a solicitor's record. To find records Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors history, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes recorded telephone calls for training purposes.

Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my garden flat in Willesden. Conveyancing solicitors are to be appointed soon, however I have just had a yearly service charge invoice – should I leave it to the buyer to sort out?

It best that you discharge the maintenance contribution as normal as all rents and maintenance invoices will be allotted as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you will be reimbursed by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.

Having spent months of negotiations we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Willesden. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

in cases where there is a missing landlord or if there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the LVT to make a decision on the amount due.

An example of a lease Extension case for a Willesden flat is First Floor Flat 47 Huddlestone Road in December 2010. the Tribunal a valuation of £13,000 for a lease extension having been asked to consider the premium following a vesting order being granted by Willesden County Court On 14th September 2009 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 71.87 years.