It is a dozen years since I acquired my house in Chadwell Heath. Conveyancing lawyers have recently been retained on the sale but I am unable to find my title documents. Will this cause complications?

Don’t worry too much. Firstly there is a possibility that the deeds will be kept by your lender or they could stored with the lawyers who oversaw the purchase. Secondly the chances are that the title will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to prove you are the registered owner by your conveyancing solicitors acquiring current official copies of the land registers. The vast majority of conveyancing in Chadwell Heath relates to registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is not registered it is more problematic but is resolvable.

I have been told that property searches are a common cause of stalling in Chadwell Heath house deals. Is there any truth in this?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published findings of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the most frequent causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Local searches are unlikely to be the root cause of slowing down conveyancing in Chadwell Heath.

I have justdiscovered that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Chadwell Heath for a purchase of a leasehold flat 12 months ago. How can I be sure that my home is in my name in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest method to check if the property is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Chadwell Heath conveyancing specialists.

I need to instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Chadwell Heath for my home move. Is there any facility to review a solicitor's record with the profession’s regulator?

One can review published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations arising from investigations started on or after Jan 2008. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For records about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors record, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA could recorded telephone calls for training requirements.

I acquired a 1st floor flat in Chadwell Heath, conveyancing was carried out half a dozen years ago. Can you please calculate a probable premium for a statutory lease extension? Comparable flats in Chadwell Heath with a long lease are worth £165,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £45 yearly. The lease comes to an end on 21st October 50

With just 50 years remaining on your lease the likely cost is going to span between £36,100 and £41,800 as well as plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to advice on a more accurate figure without more detailed investigations. You should not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be other concerns that need to be considered and you obviously should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward based on this information before getting professional advice.