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Top 5 reasons to let us help you select a high street conveyancing solicitor in Albany Park

  • 1 This site is the only site offering you the ability to ensure that your conveyancing in Albany Park will be conducted by a conveyancer on your lender’s member panel.
  • 2 Albany Park solicitors work in partnership with Albany Park estate agents, house builders, surveyors, banks and other professionals to make sure that the highest level of service is offered to buyers and sellers every step of the way, ensuring the smoothest, most stress-free process possible
  • 3 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Albany Park is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) often falls short of the level of professionalism you will expect.
  • 4 Albany Park conveyancers have a crucial edge when it comes to Albany Park conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that can impact your conveyancing
  • 5 There is a better than average chance that the the conveyancers for the other party are based in Albany Park - if so both parties will be familiar

Examples of recent conveyancing in Albany Park since March 2023*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Albany Park

Why would one instruct a Albany Park conveyancing solicitors firm when online conveyancers are less overpriced?

By all means make sure that you scrutinise conveyancing costs in Albany Park and you should seek an affordable estimate but don’t be focused with searching for the cheapest Albany Park conveyancer. Appointing the right conveyancer can mark the difference between a smooth and a distressing house move. It is important that you ensure that you have expert guidance from an experienced lawyer. An e-mail can never replace a telephone conversation and can never replicate a face to face appointment. The firms that we work with will appoint you a qualified and top rated conveyancing solicitor who can handle your conveyancing from from the outset to completion, providing a level of hand holding that you rarely receive from an online conveyancer. Our lawyers will inform you as to any developments making sure that you are regularly updated. Should you need to call the office you will be sure who you need to speak to and we'll be sure you are kept fully informed.

My partner and I are only a couple days away from an exchange on a property in Albany Park and my parents have transferred the exchange deposit to my conveyancing practitioner. I am now informed that as the deposit has been sent from someone other than me my conveyancing practitioner needs to make a notification to my bank. I am advised that, in also acting for the mortgage company he must inform them that the balance of the purchase price is not just from me. I disclosed to the bank about my parents' contribution when I applied for the home loan, so is it really appropriate for this now to delay the deal?

The solicitor is obliged to clarify with the bank to make sure that they know that the balance of the purchase price is not from your own resources. The solicitor can only reveal this to your lender if you permit them to, failing which, your lawyer must cease to continue acting.

Having sold my house in Albany Park last March but the buyer keeps whats apping daily to say his solicitor needs to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done following completion?

Following your sale your solicitor is obliged to deliver the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. If applicable, your lawyer must also confirm that the home loan has been repaid to the purchasers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements just for conveyancing in Albany Park.

We wanted to use a conveyancing solicitor in Albany Park for our house purchase. Our broker informed us that our mortgage lenders Santander won't deal with them. Why is this not regarded as unduly restrictive?

A decade ago most lenders had a different appetite for risk. Almost all Albany Park conveyancing firms would have been on many lender panels. The Financial Services Authority in 2010 conducted a thematic review into mortgage fraud which concluded: mortgage lenders should know the conveyancing solicitors dealt with. Consequently, lenders are increasingly seeing more data from law firms about their operations and the individuals who work for them as well as establishing certain criteria such a completing on a minimum amount of conveyancing. Many Albany Park conveyancing firms that have been excluded from lender panels have Unblemished track record, no complaints and no claims and didn't just 'dabble' in conveyancing. Albany Park is one of the hundreds of areas where the solicitors we list are members of the panel for Santander.

I understand that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I require chancel insurance when buying a residence in Albany Park? or I am told that there is historic law that could mean that owners of property living in a parish church boundary may be liable to contribute towards maintenance to the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this appropriate for conveyancing in Albany Park?

Unless a prior purchase of the premises completed post 12 October 2013 you can take it that solicitors carrying out conveyancing in Albany Park to continue to propose a a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

What are your top tips when it comes to appointing a Albany Park conveyancing firm to deal with our lease extension?

When appointing a property lawyer for your lease extension (regardless if they are a Albany Park conveyancing firm) it is most important that he or she should be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of work. We recommend that you speak with several firms including non Albany Park conveyancing practices before you instructing a firm. If the firm is ALEP accredited then so much the better. The following questions could be helpful:

    What volume of lease extensions have they completed in Albany Park in the last year?

I own a garden flat in Albany Park. In the absence of agreement between myself and the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the premium due for a lease extension?

in cases where there is a absentee landlord or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the LVT to assess the sum to be paid.

An example of a Vesting Order and Purchase of freehold case for a Albany Park residence is Ground Floor Flat 4A Baronet Road in February 2010. Following a vesting order by Edmonton County Court on 23rd December 2008 (case number 8ED064) the Tribunal decided that the price that the Applicant for the freehold interest should pay is £8,689.00 This case related to 2 flats. The remaining number of years on the lease was 80.01 years.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Albany Park regulated by the SRA

It is important to note that the listed firms do not limit their work for conveyancing in Albany Park but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.

  • Kent Law Limited, Enfield Business Centre, 201 Hertford Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 5JH
  • Karis Spyris Llp, The Business Centre, 758 Great Cambridge Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN1 3PN
  • Avrillo Llp, Gorray House, 758 Great Cambridge Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN1 3GN
  • Hayat & Co, 326 Lincoln Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 4AA
  • Embertons Solicitors, Rainbow House, 10 Lumina Way, Lumina Park, Enfield, Middlesex, EN1 1FS

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Albany Park

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Albany Park specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Kent Law Limited, Enfield Business Centre, 201 Hertford Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 5JH
  • Kirwans Solicitors, 201 Beaconsfield Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 6AX
  • Adel Jibs & Co Solicitors, 128 Hertford Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 5AX
  • Karis Spyris Llp, The Business Centre, 758 Great Cambridge Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN1 3PN
  • Avrillo Llp, Gorray House, 758 Great Cambridge Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN1 3GN

Planning law solicitors in Albany Park regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Albany Park practicing in planning law. This may include advice on applications about listed buildings and conservation areas
  • Vanderpump & Sykes Llp, Lough Point, 2 Gladbeck Way, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 7JA
  • Djk Solicitors, 46 Highbridge Street, Waltham Abbey, En9 1bs, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 1XE
  • Coldham Shield & Mace Solicitors Llp, 123-125 Station Road, Chingford, London, E4 6AG
  • Stuart & Co, 285 Fore Street, London, London, N9 0PD
  • Sal & Co Solicitors Limited, 191 Angel Place, Fore Street, Edmonton, London, England, N18 2UD

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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