Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in East London even where I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for instance where I intend to buy an office in East London with a loan from Lloyds TSB Bank?
Our comparison service is primarily there to get a quote from domestic conveyancing solicitors in East London but we have listed at the end of this page some East London commercial conveyancing firms. You should make contact with the solicitors directly to establish if they are also authorised to represent Lloyds TSB Bank
What is the optimum way to find out if the solicitor conducting my conveyancing in East London is on the lender’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for TSB thus spending £175.00 in further conveyancing bill.
You should take advantage of the search tool on this page. Pick the lender and type ‘East London’ or your preferred area and you will be presented with numerous solicitors located in East London or by proximity to you.
Just bought a semi-detached house in East London , how long should it take for the Land Registry to register my title? My East London conveyancing solicitor works at snail pace, so I want to be sure that my purchase is registered.
As far as conveyancing in East London is concerned, registration is no quicker or slower than anywhere else in the country. Rather than based on location, timescales can differ depending on who lodges the application, whether there are errors and if the Land registry must send notices to any interested parties. Currently roughly 80% of such applications are fully dealt with in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be extensive delays. Historically registration takes place once the new owner is living at the premises therefore post completion formalities is not typically an essential issue but where it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your lawyers can communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for the application to be prioritised.
I decided to have a survey done on a house in East London prior to retaining solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. Our surveyor advised that some lenders will refuse to grant a loan on this type of premises.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different requirements from Nationwide. If you e-mail us we can look into this further via the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in East London. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in East London to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.
How do I locate a East London law firm on the Britannia conveyancing panel? I drive a motor bike and am prepared to travel upto 20miles to meet the conveyancer.
You can use the search on this page. Please select a lender and your location and you will see a number of East London conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have detailed some East London conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can contact them to see if they are on the Britannia panel
I work for a long established estate agent office in East London where we have witnessed a few flat sales jeopardised as a result of short leases. I have received inconsistent advice from local East London conveyancing solicitors. Can you clarify whether the seller of a flat can start the lease extension formalities for the purchaser on completion of the sale?
As long as the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the buyer can avoid having to sit tight for 2 years for a lease extension. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed before, or simultaneously with completion of the sale.
An alternative approach is to extend the lease informally by agreement with the landlord either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the purchaser.
I inherited a ground floor flat in East London. In the absence of agreement between myself and the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the premium payable for the purchase of the freehold?
You certainly can. We can put you in touch with a East London conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a East London residence is 20 Avonwick Road in July 2013. The Tribunal was dealing with an application under Section 26 of the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 for a determination of the freehold value of the property. It was concluded that the price to be paid was Fifteen Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy (£15,970) divided as to £8,200 for Flat 20 and £7,770 for Flat 20A This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 73.26 years.