Having sold my house in Harmondsworth last April but the buyer keeps e-mailing every few hours to say her conveyancer is waiting to hear from mine. What should have happened following completion?
After completion of your disposal your conveyancer is committed to deliver the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. If applicable, your lawyer should also confirm that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been repaid to the purchasers solicitors. There are no post completion requirements specific conveyancing in Harmondsworth.
I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Harmondsworth. My lender is Accord Mortgages
Accord Mortgages have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 16/6/2026, the requirements read as follows :
I am due to move house in August. Should my conveyancing solicitor liaise with the removal company on the completion day. As an aside, can you put forward a removal company in Harmondsworth. Conveyancing lawyer was chosen before I stumbled across this site.
On the day of completion you will need to collect the keys from your property agent but this can only take place once the previous owners conveyancers inform the agent that the monies to complete are in and the keys can be given over. After that you should advise the removal men that they can start moving you in. As a matter of policy we do not suggest a specific removal organisation but can help you choose a residential property solicitor in Harmondsworth or a legal practice with expertise in conveyancing in Harmondsworth.
I'm the only recipient of my late grandmother’s will and I have everything in my name now, including the my former home in Harmondsworth. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in May. I now wish to sell up. I understand that there is a Mortgage Lenders six month 'rule', meaning my property ownership could be regarded the same way as if I'd bought the house in May. Do I have to wait half a year to sell?
The CML handbook instructs conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you may be caught by that. How practical a view lenders take of it, depend on the lender as this clause is principally there to capture the purchase and immediately sell or the quick reselling of properties.
We had appointed conveyancing lawyers locally in Harmondsworth on the Co-operative solicitor approved list. They are now charging me an additional sum for handling the Co-operative mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee set by Co-operative?
As unfair as it may appear, as long as it’s in their Terms of Engagement or Quote then yes your conveyancing practitioner is entitled to charge a fee for this. This fee is not dictated by Co-operative but by your Harmondsworth conveyancer. Some firms on the Co-operative panel will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.
A relative suggested that if I am purchasing in Harmondsworth I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is usually included in the estimate for your Harmondsworth conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant information about Harmondsworth around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Harmondsworth Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Harmondsworth Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Harmondsworth.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a leasehold apartment up to £235,500 and identified one close by in Harmondsworth I like with amenity areas and transport links in the vicinity, the downside is that it's only got 51 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Harmondsworth suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a short lease?
Should you need a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term may be problematic. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you may request that they commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor concerning this matter.
I only have Fifty years unexpired on my lease in Harmondsworth. I now wish to get lease extension but my freeholder is can not be found. What are my options?
If you qualify, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the County Court for for permission to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will mean that your lease can be lengthened by the magistrate. You will be obliged to demonstrate that you or your lawyers have used your best endeavours to locate the freeholder. In some cases an enquiry agent may be useful to conduct investigations and to produce an expert document which can be accepted by the court as proof that the landlord can not be located. It is wise to seek advice from a conveyancer in relation to investigating the landlord’s absence and the application to the County Court covering Harmondsworth.
I inherited a ground flat in Harmondsworth. Given that I can not reach agreement with the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the sum due for a lease extension?
if there is a absentee freeholder or where there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to judgment on the amount due.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a Harmondsworth premises is 164 Nestles Avenue in October 2013. The tribunal agreed with the proposed price of £20,158 for the freehold and determined that that sum is the amount to be paid into court This case related to 2 flats. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 69 years.