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Reasons to use our Crews Hill conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these firms are often located hundreds of kilometers away with limited appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Crews Hill
  • 2 There is a better than average chance that the other side’s solicitors are based in Crews Hill - if so sets of solicitors will be familiar
  • 3 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Crews Hill is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the high standards of professionalism you will expect.
  • 4 Crews Hill solicitors are likely to be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 5 Our site offers largest domestic conveyancing directory listing bank approved law firms conducting conveyancing in Crews Hill regulated and authorised by the SRA or CLC.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Crews Hill since June 2023*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Crews Hill

What is the ideal method for identifying a commercial conveyancing in Crews Hill?

First ask the people you trust whom they would instruct.

Option 2 is to search the internet for conveyancing in Crews Hill. Ring two or three listed and invite them to forward you their conveyancing estimate and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will handle the legal process prior tocommitting.

Third is to make use of our search tool to assist you in finding the right solicitors for you based on your unique requirements including area of the property,deadlines, complexity and who the proposed mortgage company is. Avoid the trap of appointing £99 conveyancing in Crews Hill

We see that you have a search directory listing law firms on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I retain them for our own conveyancing in Crews Hill?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Crews Hill.

About to place an offer on a leasehold property in Crews Hill. The property agents advise that it is the norm for flats in Crews Hill to have less than 75 years unexpired on the lease. I am getting a mortgage with Nationwide Building Society. Will the property be mortgageable given that the lease has 72 years unexpired.

Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are getting a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Nationwide Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 28/9/2023 the requirements read as follows :

- Our minimum unexpired lease term is 55 years, except where lending is over 85% of the purchase price/valuation on a second hand flat, in which case our minimum unexpired term is 90 years.
- There must be at least 30 years remaining at the end of the mortgage term (regardless of the length of lease at the start).

Where the unexpired lease term is different to that recorded on the mortgage offer, the following clarifies if we need to be informed:

Second hand property:
- If the unexpired lease term on the offer is 85 years or more - only advise us if the actual lease term is less than 85 years
- if the unexpired lease term on the offer is less than 85 years – advise us if the actual lease term is different than reported
- For equity share applications - advise us if the actual lease term is different than reported on the offer
- Where lending is over 85% of the purchase price/valuation on a second hand flat and the unexpired lease term on the offer is 90 years or more - only advise us if the actual lease term is less than 90 years.

New build property:
- If the unexpired lease term stated on the offer is 125 years (flat) / 250 years (house) or more - only advise us if the actual lease term is less than 125 years (flat) / 250 years (house)
- For equity share applications - always advise us if the actual lease term is different than reported on the offer

Lease terms such as ground rent and event fees must be reasonable at all times during the term of the lease and adhere to our requirements below. If you’re unsure as to whether the terms of a lease are unreasonable or onerous, please refer the details to us in plain English for Valuer consideration. If the potentially onerous terms are in relation to the ground rent please include the current ground rent figure per annum, how often it will be reviewed and the price structure it will be reviewed against. See the guidance below.

SECOND HAND PROPERTIES

Unacceptable - advise Issuing Office (Will be declined):
- Unexpired lease term less than 55 years
- Unexpired lease term less than 90 years where we are lending more than 85% of the purchase price/valuation on a second hand flat
- Less than 30 years remaining at the end of the mortgage term
- Ground Rent greater than 0.5% of the property value
- Ground Rent doubles less than every 20 years (e.g. doubles every 5, 10 or 15 years) - acceptable if doubles every 20 years or more
- Ground Rent is compounded RPI
- Ground Rent review period is less than or equal to 5 years

Refer to Issuing Office (Valuer will consider any impact on valuation figure and marketability):
- Unexpired lease term is 55 to 85 years
- Ground Rent greater than 0.1% and less than or equal to 0.5% of the property value
- Ground Rent escalation is linked to any indices greater than RPI
- Ground Rent escalation is linked to the value of the building*
- Ground Rent review period is greater than 5 and less than 10 years
- Event clauses exist for normal use e.g. changing the carpet, installing a TV aerial, etc
- Estate Rent Charges greater than £500 p/a (please provide details of what the charges cover)
- Service Charges greater than 0.5% of property value p/a (please provide details of what the charges cover)
- Anything that appears onerous, unusual or out of the ordinary

Acceptable (no requirement to advise Issuing Office):
- Unexpired lease term greater than 85 years (Minimum 90 years where we are lending more than 85% of the purchase price/valuation on a second hand flat)
- Ground Rent less than or equal to 0.1% of the property value
- Ground Rent review period greater than or equal to 10 years
- Ground Rent escalation less than or equal to RPI

NEW BUILD PROPERTIES (includes office conversions)

Unacceptable - advise Issuing Office (Will be declined)
- Unexpired lease term less than 125 years on a new build flat or less than 250 years on a new build house (does not apply to Shared Ownership)
- Any lease which is subject to a Ground Rent (or Annual Rent) being charged which is more than on a peppercorn basis
- Any lease which is subject to a Ground Rent (or Annual Rent) being charged which is more than on a peppercorn basis

Refer to Issuing Office (Valuer will consider any impact on valuation figure and marketability):
- Event clauses exist for normal use e.g. changing the carpet, installing a TV aerial etc
- Estate Rent Charges greater than £500 p/a (please provide details of what the charges cover)
- Service Charges greater than 0.5% of property value p/a (please provide details of what the charges cover)
- Anything else appears onerous, unusual or out of the ordinary

Acceptable (no requirement to advise Issuing Office):
- Unexpired lease term greater than or equal to 125 years on a new build flat or greater than or equal to 250 years on a new build house
- A lease subject to a peppercorn Ground Rent (Annual Rent) charges

For the avoidance of doubt, any New Build properties completed but not sold pre-30 June 2022 will only be acceptable if the Lease conforms to the above guidance.

* Where the Ground Rent escalation is linked to the value of the building, please provide the following:
- How is the value of the block/unit currently calculated and if the assessment relates to the block(s), how is the Ground Rent calculated/apportioned per property?
- The current valuation and Ground Rent for each unit
- What is the mechanism for future valuations of the block and how is the Ground Rent calculated/apportioned?
- What is the right of appeal? And is this a documented process within the lease?
- Who bears the cost of the valuation (and appeal) process?
- Confirmation the review period is not less than twenty years.

Lease Extensions

We require all Lease Extensions to be completed under the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 and to meet the above criteria as a minimum. Where you become aware that it does not meet these requirements, please refer to Issuing Office.

We are planning to move house in November. Will my conveyancing solicitor update the removal company on the day of completion. Incidentally, can you put forward a removal company in Crews Hill. Conveyancing solicitor was found before I stumbled across your site.

On the day of completion you will need to collect the keys from your property agent but this can only happen when the previous owners conveyancers confirm to the agent that the monies to complete are in and the keys can be passed over. You will need to inform the removal men that you are ready to move in. As a matter of policy we do not suggest a particular removal organisation but can assist you in finding a residential property solicitor in Crews Hill or a firm that specialises in conveyancing in Crews Hill.

I have been told by my conveyancer that flying freehold insurance is needed on my purchase. What is the typical level of cover needed for conveyancing in Crews Hill?

The right level of flying freehold indemnity insurance should be dictated by who who your lender is. It would differ for example between HSBC Bank and Coventry Building Society. Conveyancing solicitors as opposed to members of the public take out such insurances.

Planning on purchasing a apartment in Crews Hill. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the RBS conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Crews Hill property lawyer is on the RBS conveyancing panel.

I'm purchasing a new build house in Crews Hill with the aid of help to buy. The developers refused to reduce the price so I negotiated 6k of extras instead. The house builders rep told me not to tell my conveyancer about the side-deal as it could adversely affect my loan with the bank. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

What should I expect to pay for conveyancing in Crews Hill?

The total sum charged for conveyancing in Crews Hill are likely to be calculated at:

  1. a set fee; or
  2. on a time spent basis (i.e. the time spent on the particular case).

In practice very few Crews Hill conveyancing practices invoice on an hourly basis

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Crews Hill regulated by the SRA

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

  • Cleverdons, 7 Rendlesham Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 0TS
  • Julliz Solicitors Llp, 84 Lancaster Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 0BX
  • Vanderpump & Sykes Llp, Lough Point, 2 Gladbeck Way, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 7JA
  • Curwens Llp, Crossfield House, Gladbeck Way, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 7HT
  • Singletons Austin Ryder, 2 Crossfield Chambers, Gladbeck Way, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 7HT

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Crews Hill regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Crews Hill but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Horizon Law Limited, 214 High Street, EN5 5SZ
  • L B Property Lawyers, Imperial House, N17 0SP

Planning law solicitors in Crews Hill regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

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

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Crews Hill
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