My brother-in-law has suggested I instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Dartford. I I am struggling to find out whether they are accepted on the HSBC Bank conveyancing panel. Could you advise?
You should call your solicitor and ask them whether they can act for the bank. Otherwise you should call HSBC Bank who may be able to assist.
I am assisting my sister sell her property in Dartford. Will the conveyancing solicitor commission an energy performance certificate or should I organise this?
After the abolition of Home Packs, EPC’s became a mandatory component of selling a property. An energy performance certificate should be to hand before the property is advertised. This is not something that solicitors ordinarily organise. If you are using a Dartford conveyancing practitioner they might help arrange EPC’s given their contacts with long established local assessors
My bid for a property was accepted at auction in Dartford. Conveyancing is required. What is next?
Now that you have exchanged you must choose a conveyancing solicitor quickly as you now have a pending a drop dead date to complete the property. All auction property will have a bespoke legal pack. This should include the copy title deeds, local authority and drainage searches. Where you are dealing with leasehold premises the auction pack may provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing paperwork pertinent to a leasehold property. You should give this to the lawyer working for you ASAP. You also need to ensure that that you have the requisite funding organised to complete on the on the contractual date .
My offer was accepted on an apartment in Dartford on 30/7/2025, valuation was booked 3 days later, all came back fine. Property lawyer retained, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to RBS and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the RBS conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for RBS to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the RBS conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
Should commercial conveyancing searches reveal impending roadworks that may affect a commercial premises in Dartford?
Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Dartford will order a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers expend in sourcing accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Dartford. The report sets out definitive data on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Dartford.
For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Dartford it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately may result in delays to Dartford commercial conveyancing transactions as well as pose a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not ordered for residential conveyancing in Dartford.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what was supposed to be a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Dartford is where the house is located. Can you offer any guidance?
Flying freeholds in Dartford are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Dartford you would need to get your solicitor to go 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 Dartford 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 residence.
In what way does the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my business offices in Dartford and how can you help?
The particular law that you refer to provides security of tenure to business leaseholders, giving them the a statutory right to make a request to court for a new lease and continue in occupation at the end of an expired lease. There are certain specified grounds that a landlord can refrain from granting a lease renewal and the rules are involved. We are happy to direct you to commercial conveyancing practices who use the act to your advantage and handle your commercial conveyancing in Dartford
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my uncle I am selling a residence in Cardiff but reside in Dartford. My solicitor (who is 235 kilometers from merequires that I sign a statutory declaration ahead of completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Dartford who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?
Technically speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Dartford based