I have just been advised by my broker that my Woodside Park solicitor is not on the bank Solicitor panel. How can I be certain if this is indeed the case?
Your first step should be to call your Woodside Park lawyer directly. You lawyer should notify you of the situation. Where they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the approved list of lawyers for your lender.
My wife and I are in the process of viewing houses in Woodside Park and I am about to put in an offer. Should I already have a lawyer in place at this stage? I will be getting a home loan with Santander.
You should start requesting conveyancing quotes from solicitors ASAP. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their details on to the selling agent. Given that you are getting a mortgage with Santander, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Santander conveyancing panel.
The formalities of my remortgage has taken place for my property in Woodside Park. Conveyancing was satisfactory but I feel I should register my dissatisfaction about the lender. How do I make a complaint?
All lenders have complaints procedures. Your first point of contact should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Care Team at head office. Ordinarily complaints to a lender are resolved effectively and efficiently. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service, South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR who will take matters further.
I had an offer accepted on a property in Woodside Park on 13/3/2026, valuation was booked 2 days after, received a clean bill of health. Solicitor appointed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Principality and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Principality conveyancing panel. Are Principality entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Principality to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Principality conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
four months have gone by following my purchase conveyancing in Woodside Park concluded. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £160,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the asset from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
I have been recommended by a few selling agents in Woodside Park to find a conveyancer using your seach tool. What’s the financial advantage for Estate Agents to recommend your lawyers ahead of a competitor’s?
We refuse to make any referral fee for sending work in our direction. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission because home movers will think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.
Should I appoint a Woodside Park conveyancing lawyer based in the area that I am purchasing? An old friend can carry out the legal work however his firm is located 300miles away.
The primary upside of using a local Woodside Park conveyancing firm is that you can attend the office to sign documents, present your identification documents and apply pressure on them where appropriate. They will also have local knowledge which is a benefit. That being said it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If you know people who instructed your friend and they were content that must surpass using an unfamiliar Woodside Park conveyancing solicitor just because they are Woodside Park based.
Back In 2005, I bought a leasehold house in Woodside Park. Conveyancing and HSBC Bank mortgage organised. A letter has just been received from someone claiming to own the reversionary interest in the property. Attached was a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1993. The conveyancing solicitor in Woodside Park who acted for me is not around. Do I pay?
The first thing you should do is make enquiries of the Land Registry to be sure that this person is indeed the new freeholder. You do not need to instruct a Woodside Park conveyancing firm to do this as it can be done on-line for a few pound. You should note that regardless, even if this is the rightful landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.
I inherited a first floor flat in Woodside Park. In the absence of agreement between myself and the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the amount due for the purchase of the freehold?
in cases where there is a missing landlord or if there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to decide the price.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Woodside Park premises 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.