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Reasons to use our Colney Hatch conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Firms that specialise in conveyancing in Colney Hatch have a grasp oflocal issues specific to Colney Hatch and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and faster conveyancing.
  • 2 Conveyancer conveyancing lawyers have excellent personal links with Colney Hatch estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 Colney Hatch solicitor are the key to a successful Colney Hatch home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your transaction
  • 4 Colney Hatch solicitors have a crucial advantage when it comes to Colney Hatch conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that can impact your sale or purchase
  • 5 Peace of mind comes when you select the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Colney Hatch has a number to pick from, but for a truly dependable and dependable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Colney Hatch since December 2023*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Colney Hatch

Me and my fiance are buying a ground floor flat in Colney Hatch. My property lawyer has never been on on the mortgage company conveyancing panel. Can I still use my Colney Hatch conveyancing solicitor even though they are excluded from the lender list of approved lawyers?

Various options include

  • Complete the purchase with your chosen Colney Hatch solicitor but your bank will need to use a conveyancing practitioner from their approved panel. The net result is additional charges together with potential interruption.
  • Appoint a fresh property lawyer to conduct the conveyancing, making sure they are on the lender conveyancing panel.
  • Convince your lawyer to attempt to join the lender panel

All was ready to move into my new home in Colney Hatch next Monday. My conveyancing practitioner now wants me to supply her with proof of content and building insurance for the property as he says that he has to check this in his capacity as lawyer for the mortgage company. What risks does the lender expect the insurance to cover?

Any lawyer on acting for lenders would need to check that the following risks are covered fire; lightning; aircraft; explosion; earthquake; storm; flood; escape of water or oil; riot; malicious damage; theft or attempted theft; falling trees and branches and aerials; subsidence; heave;landslip;collision;accidental damage to underground services;professional fees, demolition and site clearance costs; and public liability to anyone else. There are some other issues such as the level of excess that are set out in a lender’s UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook instructions. These obligations are not limited to conveyancing in Colney Hatch.

Why is leasehold purchase conveyancing in Colney Hatch costs more?

Colney Hatch leasehold properties involve far more paperwork than a freehold purchase, and therefore takes more time to examine and advise upon.Conveyancing will involve the lease having to be checked which is usually a lengthy document, queries raised to ensure that the covenants and conditions have been observed. If it is a flat there will be a management company in existence and the accounts of this will need to be checked and enquiries raised to ensure it is operating efficiently and that all monies due have been paid by the Seller to the company and if not ensuring that money is paid up to date or the appropriate undertakings obtained.

We are purchasing a detached bungalow in Colney Hatch. We would like to carry out a loft conversion at the house.Will legal due diligence on the property involve enquiries to see if these works were previously refused?

Your property lawyer will review the registered title as conveyancing in Colney Hatch can on occasion identify restrictions in the title deeds which prevent certain changes or require the consent of another owner. Certain extensions require local authority planning consent and approval in accordance building regulations. Some areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or affect extensions. It would be wise to check these issues with a surveyor before you commit yourself to a purchase.

Does a directory service exist listing RBS panel conveyancers in Colney Hatch on the Council of Mortgage Lender’s Website?

No. There is no such tool on the CML or Building Society Association websites. A small selection of lending institutions make their panel listings available online. Where you are looking for a Colney Hatch property lawyer on the RBS please make the most of our tool.

We previously chose conveyancers located in Colney Hatch on the Coventry BS solicitor approved list. They are now charging me a supplemental charge for handling the Coventry BS mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee specified by Coventry BS?

Provided it is contained in their Terms of Engagement or Quote then yes your property lawyer may charge a fee for this. This charge is not dictated by Coventry BS but by your Colney Hatch conveyancing practitioner. Some firms on the Coventry BS panel will quote ’dealing with mortgage’ fee but many practices incorporate it on their overall fee.

I used Wolstenholmes a few years ago for my conveyancing in Colney Hatch. Now, I need the files however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

Do 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 Colney Hatch of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Our conveyancer has advised that he intends to complete and exchange simultaneously on our sale of a £150,000 garden flat in Colney Hatch in just under a week. The landlords agents has quoted £372 for Landlord’s certificate, building insurance schedule and 3 years statements of service charge. Is the landlord entitled to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in Colney Hatch?

Colney Hatch conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes ordinarily results in administration charges levied by managing agents :

    Answering pre-contract questions Where consent is required before sale in Colney Hatch Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Colney Hatch leasehold premises is £350. For Colney Hatch conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to supply answers.

We have reached the end of our tether in trying to purchase the freehold in Colney Hatch. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?

in cases where there is a absentee freeholder or where there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant statutes it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to calculate the amount due.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Colney Hatch property is 90 & 96 Poplar Grove in June 2013. It was held by the Tribunal that the premium to be paid for the new lease in respect of each of the flats referred should be £17,942 This case affected 2 flats. The remaining number of years on the lease was 68 years.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Colney Hatch

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Colney Hatch specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • Groom Halliday, 5 Sandringham Gardens, North Finchley, London, London, N12 0NY
  • Simons Levine & Co, 760 High Road, London, N12 9QH
  • Ssp Law, Ground Floor, 311 Ballards Lane, London, N12 8LY
  • Sylvester Amiel Lewin & Horne Llp, Pearl Assurance House, 319 Ballards Lane, London, N12 8LY
  • Yva Solicitors Llp, Yva House, 811 High Road, North Finchley, London, London, N12 8JT

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Colney Hatch regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Colney Hatch with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Colney Hatch. This may include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Groom Halliday, 5 Sandringham Gardens, North Finchley, London, London, N12 0NY
  • Howard Hyman & Co, The Law Chambers, 1a Friern Park, North Finchley, London, Middlesex, N12 9DE
  • Perry Clements Solicitors, Rex House, 354 Ballards Lane, North Finchley, London, London, N12 0DD
  • Simons Levine & Co, 760 High Road, London, N12 9QH
  • Sylvester Amiel Lewin & Horne Llp, Pearl Assurance House, 319 Ballards Lane, London, N12 8LY

Planning law solicitors in Colney Hatch regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Colney Hatch specialising in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including development on contaminated land
  • Barnett Alexander Conway Ingram Llp, Sovereign House, 1 Albert Place, Ballards Lane, London, N3 1QB
  • Sal & Co Solicitors Limited, 191 Angel Place, Fore Street, Edmonton, London, England, N18 2UD
  • Stuart & Co, 285 Fore Street, London, London, N9 0PD
  • Vanderpump & Sykes Llp, Lough Point, 2 Gladbeck Way, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 7JA
  • F S Garford, 26 Fairfax Place, London, NW6 4EH

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