Our family solicitor has given a fee calculation of £1350 for no move no fee conveyancing in Foots Cray. I’m hoping to sell a Georgian detached home for £275,000. Is this too much? Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in Foots Cray?
The quote is fractionally on the expensive side. If you shop around you may be able to trim some of the cost by perhaps £100 plus VAT. On the other hand, you maylive to regret opting for an a cheaper solicitor. Remember to enquire that the solicitor can act for your lender. You can employ our comparison tool to choose a Foots Cray conveyancing company on the banks member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Foots Cray.
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Foots Cray. My lender is Platform
Platform have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 23/8/2025, the requirements read as follows :
I am purchasing a new build house in Foots Cray with a mortgage from Virgin Money. The developers would not budge the price so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The sale representative told me not to tell my conveyancer about the side-deal as it will put at risk my loan with the lender. Is this normal?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.
Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Foots Cray prior to appointing lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. My surveyor has said that some lenders will not issue a mortgage on such a property.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different requirements for example to Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can investigate further via the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Foots Cray. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Foots Cray to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.
We're first time buyers - had an offer accepted, but the agent has warned us that the seller will only move forward if we use their preferred solicitors as they want a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a high street solicitor who is familiar with conveyancing in Foots Cray
It is unlikely the owners are driving this. If they want ‘a quick sale', alienating a genuine buyer is counter productive. Contact the vendors directly and explain that (a)you are genuine purchasers (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances arranged © you are unencumbered (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you are going to instruct your own,trusted Foots Cray conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will provide the estate agent a kickback or achieve conveyancing thresholds set by corporate headquarters.
Having had my offer accepted I require leasehold conveyancing in Foots Cray. Before I set the wheels in motion I would like to find out the number of years remaining on the lease.
If the lease is recorded at the land registry - and 99.9% are in Foots Cray - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.
My wife and I have hit a brick wall in trying to purchase the freehold in Foots Cray. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on premiums?
You certainly can. We can put you in touch with a Foots Cray conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Foots Cray premises is 103a Footscray Road in January 2014. The tribunal determines that the premium payable for the extended lease should be £34,500 according to the expert witness valuation calculation This case related to 1 flat.