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5 reasons to let us help you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in Forestdale

  • 1 Our site offers most comprehensive domestic conveyancing directory service identifying mortgage company approved law firms delivering conveyancing in Forestdale regulated and authorised by the SRA or CLC.
  • 2 Forestdale property lawyers are likely to be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 3 Our site is the first site that enables you the facility to check that your conveyancing in Forestdale will be conducted by a law firm on your mortgage lender’s approved panel.
  • 4 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Forestdale is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) sometimes falls short of the high standards of professionalism you will expect.
  • 5 Solicitor conveyancing solicitors have extremely good personal links with Forestdale estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Forestdale since August 2023*

Disposal

of house premises, Middlefields, CR0 9LF completing on 25/08/2023 at a price of £340,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, ordering official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

Transfer

of terraced property, Selsdon Park Road, CR2 8JJ completing on 25/08/2023 at a price of £651,500. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, securing official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

Disposal

of semi residence, Nightingale Road, CR2 8PS completing on 01/09/2023 at a price of £450,500. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion, ordering official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

Transfer

of flat Addington Road CR2 8LH, at sale price of £155,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Forestdale

I am purchasing a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Forestdale who is on the Virgin Money solicitor. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Virgin Money in certain locations such as Forestdale. We dont recommend any particular firm.

Various web forums that I have visited warn that are the main cause of hinderance in Forestdale house deals. Is this right?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published conclusions of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature within the top 10 causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Searches are unlikely to be the root cause of slowing down conveyancing in Forestdale.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I have offered on last month in what was supposed to be a quick, chain free conveyancing. Forestdale is the location of the property. What do you suggest?

Flying freeholds in Forestdale are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Forestdale 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 Forestdale 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 property.

I am downsizing from my property. My past lawyers closed down. It would be helpful to have a recommendation of a conveyancing firm. I happen to live in Forestdale if that affects matters.

You should use our search tool to help you find a solicitor for your conveyancing in Forestdale. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with regulated solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move goes with a minimum of fuss.

I have just started marketing my garden flat in Forestdale. Conveyancing solicitors are to be appointed soon, however I have just received a half-yearly service charge demand – should I leave it to the buyer to sort out?

Your conveyancing lawyer is likely to suggest that you should pay the maintenance contribution as you normally would because all rents and service payments should be allotted on completion, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.

My wife and I have hit a brick wall in trying to purchase the freehold in Forestdale. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on premiums?

if there is a absentee freeholder 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 LVT to assess the premium.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement matter before the tribunal for a Forestdale flat is The Woodlands 95 Purley Park Road in April 2009. The Tribunals own valuation produced the figure of £37,912. This case was in relation to 6 flats. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 78.32 years.

I require the services of a bank panel solicitor in Forestdale. Can you assist?

It is not clear why you need a Forestdale panel solicitor but in any event, if you can not find one on our search tool you will need to speak directly to the mortgage company to find out which solicitors in Forestdale are on their panel . If you do find such a firm in Forestdale not listed please direct them to our site to list. At a fee of one pound per month it is not expensive to register on the site

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Forestdale

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Forestdale practicing 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

  • Edridges & Drummonds, Crossways Parade, Selsdon Park Road, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 8JJ
  • Sandom Robinson, Triumph House, Station Approach, Sanderstead Road, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 0PL
  • Allen Barfields, Gainsford House, 115 Station Road, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 0PX
  • Alfred James & Co Solicitors Llp, Alfred James House, 406a Brighton Road, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 6AN
  • Simman Solicitors, 83 South End, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 1BG

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Forestdale regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Forestdale but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Peter W Stevens , 107 Maxwell Gardens, BR6 9QT

Planning law solicitors in Forestdale regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Forestdale specialising in planning law. This could include advice on development on contaminated land
  • A E Short, 144 Bromley Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 6PG
  • Batchelors, Charles House, 35 Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1RW
  • Wellers Law Group Llp, Tenison House, Tweedy Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3NF

Neighboring Locations

Shirley
Addington
Selsdon
Forestdale
New Addington

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

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