We were just about to sign contracts for a freehold house in West Ealing. We have hit a stumbling block. Our loan offer with Platform Home Loans Ltd expires on 5/11/2026 but the sellers are putting forward a completion date of 9/11/2026. Can one prolong the mortgage expiry date?
The best person to address this issue is your conveyancer who should calculate whether he or she is should be discussing with the mortgage company, seller’s conveyancers, property agents or indeed all three taking into account the circumstances your transaction as of today.
Do banks and building societies provide you with an approved list of West Ealing conveyancing solicitors? How do you know who is on the Lloyds conveyancing panel?
West Ealing conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Lloyds conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Lloyds directly.
Me and my partner are buying a property in West Ealing. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a lawyer? At some point we have to deposit money into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our deposit?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
We are purchasing a 4 bedroom semi-detached house in West Ealing. The intention is to carry out a loft conversion at the house.Will the conveyancing process involve enquiries to see if these alterations were previously refused?
Your solicitor should check the deeds as conveyancing in West Ealing can occasionally identify restrictions in the title documents which prevent categories of changes or necessitated the consent of another owner. Some works require local authority planning permissions and approval in compliance with building regulations. Some locations are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or affect extensions. It would be prudent to check these things with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.
We previously chose conveyancers with offices in West Ealing on the Aldermore solicitor approved list. They are now charging me a separate charge for the legal aspects of the Aldermore mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee set by Aldermore?
Provided it is contained in their Terms of Engagement or Quote then yes your solicitor is entitled to charge a fee for this. The charge is not set by Aldermore but by your West Ealing solicitor. Some firms on the Aldermore panel will levy ’dealing with mortgage’ fee and others do not.
The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in West Ealing. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.
Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in West Ealing
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Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants.
Is it possible to change solicitor as I have to instruct one who is on the Barclays Direct conveyancing list. I hired a family conveyancing solicitor in West Ealing five minutes from me but the firm is not approved by Barclays Direct
We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in West Ealing on the Barclays Direct panel. Please note that the law firms that we work with do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in West Ealing. In making use of search facility on this page, you can compare costs for conveyancing solicitors in West Ealing and beyond.
I work for a long established estate agency in West Ealing where we have witnessed a number of flat sales derailed due to short leases. I have received inconsistent advice from local West Ealing conveyancing solicitors. Please can you confirm whether the owner of a flat can commence the lease extension process for the purchaser on completion of the sale?
Provided that the seller has been the owner for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to kick-start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. This means that the proposed purchaser need not have to sit tight for 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done prior to, or at the same time as completion of the disposal of the property.
An alternative approach is to agree the lease extension with the freeholder either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the buyer.
I am the registered owner of a garden flat in West Ealing. In the absence of agreement between myself and the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal make a decision on the amount due for the purchase of the freehold?
You certainly can. We can put you in touch with a West Ealing conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a West Ealing property is 6 Jessamine Road in August 2013. The Tribunals valuation (as annexed to the decision) calculated the amount payable as £18,355 for the freehold reversion This case affected 2 flats. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 72.39 years.