Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in North London. My lender is Tesco Bank
Tesco Bank have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 9/6/2025, the requirements read as follows :
I appreciate that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to have this when buying a residence in North London? or Apparently there is a law dating back centuries that means some house owners living in a parish church boundary will be compelled to pay for repairs to the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this a legitimate concern for conveyancing in North London?
Unless a prior acquisition of the property took place after 12 October 2013 you can expect solicitors conducting conveyancing in North London to continue to recommend a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.
I am purchasing my first flat in North London benefiting from help to buy. The sellers would not budge the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The sale representative suggested that I not inform my solicitor about the side-deal as it may put at risk my loan with the bank. Is this normal?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer 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.
I am looking to sell my house. My past lawyers have shut. I would be grateful for any recommendation of a conveyancing firm. I happen to live in North London if that makes things easier.
Please use our search tool to help you choose a solicitor for your conveyancing in North London. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with lender approved solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move runs smoothly.
I need to appoint a conveyancing solicitor for purchase conveyancing in North London. I've chance upon a web site which looks to be the ideal answer If it is possible to get all the legals done via email that would be preferable. Should I be wary? What should out be looking out for?
As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?
I have just started marketing my ground floor apartment in North London. Conveyancing has not commenced, but I have recently received a half-yearly service charge demand – what should I do?
The sensible thing to do is discharge the maintenance contribution as you normally would as all rents and service payments should be allotted as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment 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.
Having spent years of negotiations we simply can't agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in North London. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
Most certainly. We are happy to put you in touch with a North London conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a North London premises is 20 Avonwick Road in July 2013. The Tribunal was dealing with an application under Section 26 of the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 for a determination of the freehold value of the property. It was concluded that the price to be paid was Fifteen Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy (£15,970) divided as to £8,200 for Flat 20 and £7,770 for Flat 20A This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired term was 73.26 years.