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Reasons to use our Chinatown conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Firms that specialise in conveyancing in Chinatown have a grasp oflocal concerns peculiar to Chinatown and therefore you may benefit from better advice and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 2 Chinatown conveyancers have a significant advantage when it comes to Chinatown conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that can affect your conveyancing
  • 3 Using a local Solicitor usually means that you will receive a more personal touch. Online forums bear testimony to the idea that in choosing a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.
  • 4 Our site is the first site that enables you the facility to ensure that your conveyancing in Chinatown will be carried out by a conveyancer on your lender’s member panel.
  • 5 Personal touch and pure property local knowledge are key benefits that you should value when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Chinatown home moves can become a lot more complicated because of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers listed ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Chinatown since June 2022*

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Disposal

of semi property, High View Road, E18 2HJ completing on 29/06/2022 at a price of £855,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, setting up the completion formalities

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Transfer

of semi-detached residence, Forest Road, E17 4AH completing on 28/06/2022 at a price of £975,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s lawyers

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Sale

of terraced premises, Peel Road, E18 2LG completing on 01/07/2022 at a price of £680,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, ordering official copies of the title

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Acquisition

of apartment Castleton Road E17 4AR, sold for £440,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, ordering official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Chinatown

Souldinstructing a Chinatown conveyancing firm make the legal process smoother?

Established third party relationships is an important consideration when choosing conveyancing lawyers. Chinatown conveyancers benefit from long term relationships with lenders and agents, local authorities, surveyors and other law firms meaning you will move in shortest possible time. Possessing specialist intelligence of the local area is an advantage.

Our conveyancer has identified a a problem with the lease for the apartment we are buying in Chinatown. The other side have offered title insurance as a workaround. We are happy with insurance and will pay for it. Our lawyer says that he must ensure that the bank is happy with this solution. Are we the client or is the mortgage company ?

Even though you have a mortgage offer from the bank does not mean to say that the property will meet their specifications for the purposes of a mortgage. Your lawyer has to ensure that the lease has to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions. You and the lender are the client. These conveyancing instructions must be adhered to.

My uncle passed away 10 months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the house in Chinatown. The house had a small mortgage remaining of approximately £4500. I want to transfer the title deeds into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Nationwide, pay off the mortgage. Is this possible?

Where you plan to refinance then Nationwide will require that you use a conveyancer on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Nationwide conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Nationwide mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.

Do commercial conveyancing searches reveal proposed roadworks that could affect a commercial site in Chinatown?

Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Chinatown will execute a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers expend in looking into accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Chinatown. The report provides definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Chinatown.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Chinatown it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately can cause delays to Chinatown commercial conveyancing transactions as well as present a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not carried out for residential conveyancing in Chinatown.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a property I have offered on two weeks back in what should have been a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Chinatown is where the house is located. Can you offer any guidance?

Flying freeholds in Chinatown are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Chinatown you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Chinatown may determine 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.

Expecting to exchange soon on a studio apartment in Chinatown. Conveyancing solicitors have said that they report fully next week. What should I be looking out for?

The report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Chinatown should include some of the following:

    Who has the liability to repair and maintain the main walls and foundations. It is essential for you to know which party is duty bound to repair and maintenance of all parts of the block and communal areas Does the lease prevent you from renting out the property, or having a home office for business Does the lease prohibit wood flooring? You need to be told what counts as a Nuisance as far as the lease is concerned You should have a good understanding of the insurance provisions
For a comprehensive list of information to be contained in your report on your leasehold property in Chinatown please ask your lawyer in advance of your conveyancing in Chinatown.

I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord for a lease extension without getting anywhere. Can a leaseholder apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a Chinatown conveyancing firm to act on my behalf?

if there is a missing landlord or where there is dispute 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 First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to determine the sum to be paid.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a Chinatown property is 36 New Wanstead in August 2010. The Tribunal arrived at a valuation of the premium for the freehold of £22,359. This case related to 2 flats. The unexpired lease term was 73.92 years.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Chinatown regulated by the SRA

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

  • Huggins & Lewis Foskett, 5/6 The Shrubberies, George Lane, London, London, E18 1BG
  • Laderman & Co, 4 The Shrubberies, George Lane, London, E18 1BD
  • Laderman Law Limited, 4 The Shrubberies, George Lane, London, E18 1BD
  • Corbin & Hassan (uk) Llp, Patman House, 23-27 Electric Parade, George Lane, South Woodford, London, E18 2LS
  • Joseph Thaliyan Solicitors Ltd, 4 Station Passage, South Woodford, London, London, E18 1JL

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Chinatown

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Chinatown specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • Arcadian Law Limited, 11 Station Parade, High Street Wanstead, London, London, E11 1QF
  • Andrew Keen & Company, 10 The Shrubberies, George Lane, South Woodford, London, London, E18 1BG
  • Huggins & Lewis Foskett, 5/6 The Shrubberies, George Lane, London, London, E18 1BG
  • Laderman Law Limited, 4 The Shrubberies, George Lane, London, E18 1BD
  • Laderman & Co, 4 The Shrubberies, George Lane, London, E18 1BD

Planning law solicitors in Chinatown regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Chinatown with expertise in planning law. This should include advice on tree preservation orders
  • Abdullah Solicitors, 56 Mansfield Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 3BD
  • Gh Cornish Llp, First Floor, 34-36 High Street, Barkingside, Essex, IG6 2DQ
  • Coldham Shield & Mace Solicitors Llp, 123-125 Station Road, Chingford, London, E4 6AG
  • Sal & Co Solicitors Limited, 191 Angel Place, Fore Street, Edmonton, London, England, N18 2UD
  • Stuart & Co, 285 Fore Street, London, London, N9 0PD

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

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