Please could you suggest a Nationwide Building Society approved Mayfair conveyancing practice who can have us moved in within 10 days? Am I best advised to go for a high street Mayfair solicitor or an internet conveyancer?
We can recommend some very good Mayfair conveyancing firms. You can also walk up the high street in Mayfair. Visit a couple of law practices and request to speak with a conveyancing solicitor for a quote. Discuss your deadline together with your reasons and ask for an assurance on your deadline. Choose the one that genuine.
The Mayfair conveyancing solicitors that I appointed last week on my house acquisition in Mayfair have suddenly shut down. I only went with them because I needed a solicitor on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel and my previous Mayfair lawyer was not. I paid them money on account. What are my options?
If you have an estate agent involved then let them know immediately so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors may be able to assist.
A colleague advised me that in purchasing a property in Mayfair there could be a number of restrictions affecting the ability to carry out external changes to the property. Is this right?
There are anumerous of properties in Mayfair which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Mayfair should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
I am currently in the process of buying my council flat in Mayfair. I have a mortgage offer with Virgin Money. Conveyancing is new to me. Can I proceed without a solicitor easily? I think we can but we keep being told I should have one. Any advice?
It is not advisable to proceed with a house purchase without a solicitor. The council's solicitor are not acting for you. You need a solicitor for a number reasons. One of which is to verify what plans the Council have for repairs and refurbishment for the next five years. Many leaseholders have been stung for contributions of thousands of pounds. In any event, if you are getting a mortgage with Virgin Money, you will need to appoint a solicitor on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel.
I am selling my flat. I had a double glazing fitted in October 2006, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My purchaser’s mortgage company, Principality are being difficult. The Mayfair solicitor who is on the Principality conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but Principality are requiring a building regulation certificate. Why do Principality have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that Principality have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Principality may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.
I used Stirling Law several years past for my conveyancing in Mayfair. Now, I need my documents however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Mayfair of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in last month in what was supposed to be a quick, no chain conveyancing. Mayfair is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Mayfair are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Mayfair you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Mayfair may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.
We yesterday discovered that one of the partners of the law firm acting on the purchase conveyancing in Mayfair is related to the owners that we are buying from. Is this acceptable?
On the basis that no conflict arises this should be fine. Where you are needing a mortgage then the bank may have a say as many mortgage companies have specific requirements on this. For example for RBS - Direct Line One as of 17/10/2026, the requirements read as follows :