I have 7378 less than 75 years remaining on my lease and need a lease extension for my flat in Ravenscourt Park. Conveyancing solicitors on the Chelsea Building Society panel can deal with such extensions correct?
Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are obtaining a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Chelsea Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 6/9/2026 the requirements read as follows :
The formalities of my purchase has taken place for my property in Ravenscourt Park. Conveyancing was of an acceptable standard but I would like to complain about the lender. How does one go about formally complaining?
Almost all lenders have complaints procedures. Your first point of contact should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Services Department at head office. We understand that complaints to a lender are resolved very quickly. However if you are not satisfied that the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service with full details of your complaint.
I am due to exchange contracts on my flat. I had a double glazing fitted in November 2007, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My purchaser’s lender, Lloyds are being problematic. The Ravenscourt Park solicitor who is on the Lloyds conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but Lloyds are insisting on a building regulation certificate. Why do Lloyds have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that Lloyds have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Lloyds may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.
My offer was accepted on an apartment in Ravenscourt Park on 24/7/2026, valuation was booked 2 days later, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer instructed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Skipton and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Skipton conveyancing panel. Are Skipton entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
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 Skipton to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Skipton conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
What will a local search inform me about the house my wife and I buying in Ravenscourt Park?
Ravenscourt Park conveyancing often commences with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search organisations such as Onsearch The local search is essential in every Ravenscourt Park conveyancing purchase; as long as you wish to avoid any unpleasant once you have moved into your property. The search will provide data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen subject sections.
Me and my brother own a semi-detached Edwardian property in Ravenscourt Park. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and National Westminster Bank. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are two entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold with the exact same property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You need to assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Ravenscourt Park and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with lenders. You can also enquire as to the position with your conveyancing solicitor who conducted the conveyancing.
Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Ravenscourt Park before retaining conveyancers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. Our surveyor advised that some lenders tend refuse to issue a loan on this type of premises.
It varies from the lender to lender. Lloyds has different requirements from Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further with the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Ravenscourt Park. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.
Is it simple use your search app to select a conveyancing lawyer in Ravenscourt Park on the approved list for my mortgage?
First choose a lender such as Nationwide Building Society, Skipton Building Society or Platform Home Loans Ltd then type in your location e.g. Ravenscourt Park. Conveyancing firms in Ravenscourt Park and nationally will then be shown.