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5 reasons to use our service to help you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Friern Barnet

  • 1 Firms accustomed to conveyancing in Friern Barnet are familiar with the local concerns specific to Friern Barnet and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and faster conveyancing.
  • 2 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these firms are often based many kilometers away with limited understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Friern Barnet
  • 3 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Friern Barnet is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) often falls short of the high standards of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 4 Excellent communication together with pure property experience are key benefits that you should look for when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Friern Barnet conveyancing can become significantly more protracted due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers listed ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.
  • 5 The firms listed on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Friern Barnet since February 2023*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Friern Barnet

I plan on acquiring property in Friern Barnet. My lawyer is not on the bank conveyancing panel. Am I still permitted to use my Friern Barnet conveyancing solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the mortgage company panel of approved conveyancing solicitors?

Various options include

  • Complete the purchase with your preferred Friern Barnet lawyer but your bank will need to retain a conveyancer from their conveyancing panel. This will result in additional fees together with likely frustration.
  • Get a fresh conveyancing practitioner to conduct the conveyancing, obviously checking they are on the lender conveyancing panel.
  • Convince your lawyer to apply to join the bank panel

Why do I have to pay up front for conveyancing in Friern Barnet?

Where you are retaining lawyers for conveyancing in Friern Barnet your lawyer will request that you to provide them with monies to cover the search fees. Generally this is asked for to cover the fees of the conveyancing searches. When the deposit is as part of the purchase price then this will be required shortly prior to exchange of contracts. The closing balance that is needed will be payable shortly before completion.

I am planning to acquire a property and need a conveyancing solicitor in Friern Barnet who is on the Accord Mortgages Ltd solicitor. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a solicitor?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Accord Mortgages Ltd in certain locations such as Friern Barnet. We dont recommend any particular firm.

Are all Friern Barnet Conveyancing Quality Solicitors on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel?

Some major lenders now use CQS as the kick off point for Panel membership such as HSBC and Santander. The Law Society’s CQS membership however gives no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. Nevertheless,the Council of Mortgage Lenders have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for firms wishing to join their approved list of conveyancing solicitors.

When it comes to mortgage companies such as Coventry BS, do Friern Barnet property lawyers face an annual charge to be on the list of approved solicitors?

We are unaware of any lender fees to register on their list of approved firms, although some do levy an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel submission.

My offer was accepted on a property in Friern Barnet on 11/4/2023, valuation was booked 2 days later, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer retained, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Nationwide and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?

Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Nationwide to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

I know that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to take this when buying a residence in Friern Barnet? or I am told that there is a law dating back centuries that means some owners of property living in a parish church boundary may be liable to pay for repairs to the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this appropriate for conveyancing in Friern Barnet?

Unless a previous acquisition of the premises completed after 12 October 2013 you could take it that solicitors handling conveyancing in Friern Barnet to remain recommending a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

I am a negotiator for a busy estate agent office in Friern Barnet where we see a number of flat sales jeopardised as a result of leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have been given contradictory information from local Friern Barnet conveyancing solicitors. Please can you shed some light as to whether the vendor of a flat can instigate the lease extension process for the purchaser on completion of the sale?

Provided that the seller has been the owner for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to commence the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the proposed purchaser can avoid having to sit tight for 2 years for a lease extension. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done prior to, or at the same time as completion of the sale.

Alternatively, it may be possible to extend the lease informally by agreement with the landlord either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the purchaser.

I own a ground floor flat in Friern Barnet. In the absence of agreement between myself and the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the amount due for the purchase of the freehold?

Most definitely. We can put you in touch with a Friern Barnet conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Friern Barnet premises 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 related to 2 flats. The remaining number of years on the lease was 68 years.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Friern Barnet regulated by the SRA

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

  • 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
  • Simons Levine & Co, 760 High Road, London, N12 9QH
  • Perry Clements Solicitors, Rex House, 354 Ballards Lane, North Finchley, London, London, N12 0DD
  • Yva Solicitors Llp, Yva House, 811 High Road, North Finchley, London, London, N12 8JT

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Friern Barnet regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Friern Barnet but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • House Owners Conveyancers Limited, Dephina House, N3 2JU
  • House Owners Conveyancers Limited, 56 Windermere Avenue, N3 3RA
  • Horizon Law Limited, 214 High Street, EN5 5SZ
  • L B Property Lawyers, Imperial House, N17 0SP
  • Home 2 Home Property Lawyers Limited, 32 Millais Gardens, HA8 5SY

Planning law solicitors in Friern Barnet regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Friern Barnet specialising in planning law. This will likely include advice on making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • Barnett Alexander Conway Ingram Llp, Sovereign House, 1 Albert Place, Ballards Lane, London, N3 1QB
  • Vanderpump & Sykes Llp, Lough Point, 2 Gladbeck Way, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 7JA
  • Sal & Co Solicitors Limited, 191 Angel Place, Fore Street, Edmonton, London, England, N18 2UD
  • Stuart & Co, 285 Fore Street, London, London, N9 0PD
  • F S Garford, 26 Fairfax Place, London, NW6 4EH

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