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Examples of recent conveyancing in Harpenden since November 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Harpenden

Our grandson is in the process of securing a new build apartment in Harpenden with a mortgage from Leeds Building Society. His conveyancer has advised him of a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. What is this document - I have never come across this before?

The document is intended to provide information to the main parties engaged in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer when asked. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.

At what point does exchange of contracts happen for domestic conveyancing in Harpenden and am I required to attend the conveyancers branch?

If you are round the corner to our conveyancing solicitors in Harpenden you are invited in to sign documents. However, the lender approved solicitors we work with provide countrywide coverage for conveyancing and provide as equally detailed and professional a job for you when communicating with you digitally. The signing of the contract is not the point of no return. A signed contract is necessary for the firm to address the formalities at the suitable time, which will usually be very shortly after signing. The procedure is is usually a five minute process, although where an extended "chain" is in the mix, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Harpenden)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

We hope to to buy with Loughborough BS. I popped in a few local solicitors but cant to find a Harpenden conveyancing firm on the Loughborough BS approved list. Please you help?

Feel free to make the most of the find a conveyancing panel solicitor tool on this web page. Please choose the building society and type Harpenden or your location and you will discover a number of lawyer based in Harpenden or near you.

I am buying a new build flat in Harpenden. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Harpenden

    The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry.

I have been on the look out for a leasehold apartment up to £235,500 and found one close by in Harpenden I like with open areas and railway links nearby, however it's only got 52 years on the lease. There is not much else in Harpenden for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a short lease?

Should you require a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will be problematic. Discount the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you may ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor concerning this matter.

Is it possible to switch firm as I have to instruct one who is on the Yorkshire Building Society conveyancing list. I instructed a high street conveyancing solicitor in Harpenden five minutes from me but the firm is not accepted by Yorkshire Building Society

It would be our pleasure to assist you find a conveyancing solicitor in Harpenden on the Yorkshire Building Society panel. Please note that the law firms that we list do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are under regulation of the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Harpenden. In utilising the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this website, you can contrast costs for conveyancing solicitors in Harpenden and beyond.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Harpenden

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Harpenden practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Wright & Co, The Leys, 2c Leyton Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2TL
  • Wright Tamana-sugden, The Leys, 2c Leyton Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2TL
  • Paul Berg & Taylor, Clayton House, 7 Vaughan Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4EF
  • Alban Perrin Limited, 10 Waterside, Station Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4US
  • Perrins Solicitors Llp, 10 Waterside, Station Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4US

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Harpenden regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Harpenden specialising in commercial conveyancing in Harpenden. This could include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Wright & Co, The Leys, 2c Leyton Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2TL
  • Wright Tamana-sugden, The Leys, 2c Leyton Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2TL
  • Paul Berg & Taylor, Clayton House, 7 Vaughan Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4EF
  • Alban Perrin Limited, 10 Waterside, Station Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4US
  • Perrins Solicitors Llp, 10 Waterside, Station Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4US

Planning law solicitors in Harpenden regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Harpenden with expertise in planning law. This could include advice on making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • Perrins Solicitors Llp, 10 Waterside, Station Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4US
  • Alban Perrin Limited, 10 Waterside, Station Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4US
  • Debenhams Ottaway Llp, Ivy House, 107 St. Peters Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3EW
  • Taylor Walton Llp, 28-44 Alma Street, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 2PL

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