Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Brentwood. My lender is Chelsea Building Society
Chelsea Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 16/12/2025, the requirements read as follows :
A relative recommended that where I am purchasing in Brentwood I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is occasionally included in the estimate for your Brentwood conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Brentwood around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Brentwood.
Given that I am about to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on 3 bedroom house in Brentwood I would like to talk to a solicitor concerning thetransaction ahead of instructing the firm. Can this be arranged?
This is something that we recommend - we would be delighted to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you speaking to the solicitor who will be carrying out your conveyancing in Brentwood.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is an important person, not a file reference. The law firms that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are provided with for your conveyancing in Brentwood should be the figure that you are charged.
My step-father has recommend that I instruct his conveyancers in Brentwood. Do I follow his recommendation?
There are no two ways about it the ideal way to choose a conveyancing practitioner is to have feedback from friends or relatives who have actually experience in using the solicitor that you are contemplating using.
I want to let out my leasehold flat in Brentwood. Conveyancing solicitor who did the purchase is retired - so can't ask him. Is permission from the freeholder required?
Your lease governs the relationship between the freeholder and you the leaseholder; specifically, it will say if subletting is prohibited, or permitted but only subject to certain caveats. The accepted inference is that if the lease contains no specific ban or restriction, subletting is permitted. The majority of leases in Brentwood do not contain an absolute prevention of subletting – such a clause would adversely affect the market value the flat. Instead, there is usually a basic requirement that the owner notifies the freeholder, possibly sending a copy of the sublease.
I have had difficulty in negotiating a lease extension in Brentwood. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on premiums?
in cases where there is a missing freeholder or if there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the LVT to calculate the sum to be paid.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Brentwood residence is 37 Lodge Court High Street in November 2013. the decision of the LVT was that the premium to be paid for the new lease was £25,559 This case affected 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 57.5 years.
Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my 2 bed apartment in Brentwood.Conveyancing has not commenced but I have recently received a yearly service charge invoice – Do I pay up?
Your conveyancing lawyer is likely to suggest that you should clear the invoice as normal because all rents and maintenance invoices should be allottedas 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