My fiancee and I are buying our first home. The property lawyer has texted usto ask if we wish to take out additional conveyancing searches. As novices we have no idea as to what's needed for conveyancing in Harrow Weald
The range of Harrow Weald conveyancing searches depends entirely on the property, the location, the possibility of any of these risks, your familiarity of the area and risks, your overall appetite to risk. What is important is that you adequately appreciate what information each search could provide. Then you can decide if you consider that you need that information. If unclear, ask the solicitor to advise.
Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Harrow Weald even if I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for example where I intend to buy an office in Harrow Weald with a loan from Bank of Ireland?
Our search tool is primarily there to help choose residential conveyancing solicitors in Harrow Weald but we have set out towards the bottom of this page a few Harrow Weald commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to enquire with the company directly to see if they can also act for Bank of Ireland
I have 7378 less than 75 years unexpired on my lease and need a lease extension for my apartment in Harrow Weald. Conveyancing solicitors on the Platform panel can deal with such extensions correct?
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. Platform have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 12/6/2025 the requirements read as follows :
I recently had an offer agreed on a house in Harrow Weald. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their lawyer. I paid an advanced payment of £200. A few days later, the conveyancer contacted me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Lloyds panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
I was told three weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by Aldermore. Is it usual for Aldermore to only issue the offer once my solicitor in Harrow Weald is approved on their conveyancing panel? Aldermore have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their PI Insurance.
A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Aldermore to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Aldermore conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
I have instructed a Harrow Weald conveyancer having made sure that they are on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
Coventry BS will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Coventry BS will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Harrow Weald surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.
The deeds to my home are lost. The lawyers who dealt with the conveyancing in Harrow Weald 4 years ago have long since closed. What are my next steps?
Assuming the title is registered the information relating to your ownership will be held by the Land Registry under a Title Number. It is possible to perform a search at the Land Registry, find your house and secure up to date copies of the Registered Entries for less than a fiver. If the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will in most cases retain a certified copy of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be ordered for £20 inclusive of VAT.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on two weeks back in what was supposed to be a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Harrow Weald is where the house is located. Can you offer any advice?
Flying freeholds in Harrow Weald are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Harrow Weald you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Harrow Weald may determine 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.