About to purchase a new build apartment in Winchmore Hill. Conveyancing is daunting 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.

Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Winchmore Hill

Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore.

What tools are available to identify a Winchmore Hill solicitor on the Platform Home Loans Ltd conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am willing to travel upto 25miles to meet the solicitor.

You can use the search on this website. Please pick a bank and your location and you will see a number of Winchmore Hill conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have listed some Winchmore Hill conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can ring them to see whether they are on the Platform Home Loans Ltd approved list

My uncle has suggested that I appoint his conveyancers in Winchmore Hill. Do I take his advice?

There are no two ways about it it’s preferable to choose a conveyancing practitioner is to have recommendations from friends or relatives who have actually experience in using the solicitor you're considering.

I am on look out for some leasehold conveyancing in Winchmore Hill. Before I set the wheels in motion I require certainty as to the number of years remaining on the lease.

If the lease is registered - and most are in Winchmore Hill - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord for a lease extension without getting anywhere. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal decide on such issues? Can you recommend a Winchmore Hill conveyancing firm to represent me?

Where there is a absentee landlord or if there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to make a decision on the sum to be paid.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Winchmore Hill flat is First Floor Flat 109 Lyndhurst Road in May 2010. Following a vesting order by Edmonton County Court on 29th October 2009 the Tribunal decided on a figure of £5,012 for a lease extension. This case related to 1 flat. The remaining number of years on the lease was 81.79 years.

The conveyancers conducting our conveyancing in Winchmore Hill has forwarded documents to review that indicate that the land is unregistered with epitome documents. How can it be that the property not registred at HMLR?

Although the vast majorities of properties in Winchmore Hill are now registered with HM Land Registry there are still a few that remain unregistered. Any property in Winchmore Hill 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 Winchmore Hill property has not changed hands in that time then it’s likely the old fashioned title deeds will be the only evidence of ownership.Many Winchmore Hill conveyancing lawyers will be capable of dealing with this type of conveyancing but where uncertainty exists the usual advice nowadays is for the seller to deal with the registration formalities first and thereafter sell - this no doubt cause a significant delay.