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Reasons to use our Potters Bar conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these firms are often located hundreds of miles away with little understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Potters Bar
  • 2 Potters Bar conveyancer are the linchpin to a successful Potters Bar conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your transaction
  • 3 Solicitor conveyancing lawyers have excellent personal connections with Potters Bar selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 There is a distinct possibility the other side’s solicitors are located in Potters Bar - if so sets of conveyancers are likely to be familiar
  • 5 Personal touch and pure property expertise are key benefits that you should look for when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Potters Bar home moves can be made a lot more complicated as a result of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers listed endeavour to make sure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Potters Bar since January 2025*

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Transfer

of terraced property, Laurel Fields, EN6 2BB completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £395,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

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Sale

of detached residence premises, Chipping Close, EN5 4LP completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £473,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in preparation for completion, obtaining official copies of the title, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s conveyancer

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Disposal

of terraced residence, Albemarle Road, EN4 8EQ completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £915,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, securing official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

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Sale

of house residence, Tollgate Road, AL4 0PX completing on 29/01/2025 at a price of £605,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending the transfer to the seller for execution in readiness for completion, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s lawyers

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Potters Bar

My wife and I are getting closer to an exchange on a house in Potters Bar and my mum and dad have sent the exchange deposit to my property lawyer. I am now informed that as the deposit has been sent from someone other than me my conveyancer needs to disclose this to my mortgage company. I am advised that, in also acting for the lender he must advise them that the balance of the purchase price is coming from anyone other than me. I informed the bank concerning my parents' contribution when I applied for the home loan, so is it really appropriate for him to raise this?

Your solicitor is duty bound to clarify with mortgage company to ensure that they are aware that the balance of the purchase price is not from your own funds. The solicitor can only report this to your lender if you permit them to, failing which, your lawyer must cease to continue acting.

Please explain the implications if my lawyer’s firm is removed from the HSBC Conveyancing panel ahead of completing my conveyancing in Potters Bar?

First, this is a very rare occurrence. In most cases even where a law firm is removed off of a panel the lender would allow the completion to go ahead as the lender would appreciate the difficulties that they would place you in if you have to instruct a new solicitor days before completion. In a worst case scenario where the lender insists that you instruct a new firm then it is possible for a very good lawyer to expedite the conveyancing albeit that you may pay a significant premium for this. The analogous situation is where a buyer instructs a lawyer, exchanges contracts and the law firm is shut down by a regulator such as the SRA. Again, in this situation you can find lawyers who can troubleshoot their way to bring the conveyancing to a satisfactory conclusion - albeit at a cost.

I am helping my niece sell her house in Potters Bar. Will the solicitor commission the energy assessment or it is for the seller to see to?

After the demise of HIPs, energy performance certificates was kept a compulsory component of moving property. An energy performance certificate must be commissioned in advance of the property being placed on the market. It is not as aspect of the sale process that lawyers normally organise. If you are instructing a Potters Bar conveyancing practitioner they may be able to arrange energy assessments due to their relationships with long established local energy assessors

We have a mortgage agreed in principle with Clydesdale. Potters Bar conveyancing practitioners were instructed. How long does it take for Clydesdale to send the offer to the conveyancing practitioner?

There is no definitive answer here. Have Clydesdale done the valuation? Have you advised Clydesdale as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through.

I am buying a property in Potters Bar. One unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Aldermore be concerned?

Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with Aldermore your lawyer must comply with the formal requirements set out in Part 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Aldermore. The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook sets out minimum requirements for solar panel roof-space leases, and property lawyers are required to report to Aldermore where a lease does not satisfy these specifications. The requirements relate to the installation of panels on properties countrywide and is not restricted to Potters Bar.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Potters Bar?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Potters Bar. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

My fiance and I may need to sub-let our Potters Bar ground floor flat temporarily due to a new job. We instructed a Potters Bar conveyancing practice in 2002 but they have since shut and we did not have the foresight to seek any advice as to whether the lease permits subletting. How do we find out?

Even though your last Potters Bar conveyancing lawyer is no longer around you can review your lease to see if it allows you to sublet the premises. The rule is that if the lease is silent, subletting is permitted. Quite often there is a prerequisite that you must obtain consent via your landlord or other appropriate person in advance of subletting. This means you not allowed to sublet without prior consent. The consent must not not be unreasonably withheld. If the lease prohibits you from letting out the property you should ask your landlord if they are willing to waive this restriction.

I have had difficulty in seeking a lease extension in Potters Bar. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on premiums?

Most definitely. We are happy to put you in touch with a Potters Bar conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Potters Bar flat is Flat 2 2 Netherfield Road in April 2010. The Tribunale held that premium payable for a 90 year extension to the existing Lease should be £7,705. This case affected 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 76 years.

Our solicitor in Potters Bar has requested from me identification documents stating that this forms part of his requirements as a solicitor on the bank Solicitor panel. Am I being spun a yarn?

Anti-terror and anti-money-laundering rules require Potters Bar conveyancing solicitors and licensed conveyancers to verify the identity of the person or body they are dealing with before they can accept their conveyancing business. The Client Care letter that you need to sign will no doubt confirm this. Your lawyer is right that the mortgage company also require certain documents to be viewed. If a you refuse to provide ID verification documents, your conveyancer would not be able to accept instructions from you. Your lawyer also has obligations to obtain certain documents in accordance with the lender's UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Potters Bar

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Potters Bar specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

  • Guardian Wills And Probate Services Ltd, Salisbury House, 81 High Street, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 5AS
  • Dickins Shiebert Limited, Matthew House, 45-47 High Street, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 5AW
  • Wason Lawrance Holder, Lantern House, 39-41 High Street, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 5AJ
  • Stanley De Leon Solicitors, 45 Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 1BJ
  • Heydons, 16 Carbone Hill, Northaw, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 4PL

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Potters Bar regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Potters Bar specialising in commercial conveyancing in Potters Bar. This will likely include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • Dickins Shiebert Limited, Matthew House, 45-47 High Street, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 5AW
  • Wason Lawrance Holder, Lantern House, 39-41 High Street, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 5AJ
  • Stanley De Leon Solicitors, 45 Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 1BJ
  • Shahin & Co, 7th Floor Suite 15, Metropolitan House, 3 Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 1AG
  • Heydons, 16 Carbone Hill, Northaw, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 4PL

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Potters Bar regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Potters Bar but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Horizon Law Limited, 214 High Street, EN5 5SZ
  • Horizon Law Limited, 12 Market Place, AL10 0LN

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

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