I am selling our home in Chingford and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being constructed land that was not decontaminated. A high street Chingford lawyer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers are using an internet conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Chingford. Having lived in Chingford for six years we know that this is a non issue. Is it a good idea to get in touch with our local Authority to get confirmation that the buyers are looking for.

It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing lawyer already. Are they able to advise? You should check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same illness)

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Chingford. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Chingford

The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. 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. Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease.

I decided to have a survey done on a house in Chingford in advance of appointing lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the property. My surveyor has said that some lenders tend refuse to give a mortgage on this type of property.

It varies from the lender to lender. HSBC has different requirements from Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further with the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Chingford. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Chingford especially if they are accustomed to such properties in Chingford.

In my capacity as executor for the estate of my grandfather I am disposing of a house in Monmouth but reside in Chingford. My lawyer (based 250 miles from merequires that I execute a stat dec prior to completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Chingford who can attest this legal document for me?

Technically speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are located in Chingford

The lawyers undertaking our conveyancing in Chingford has sent documents to review that show the land is unregistered with epitome documents. How can it be that the property not registred at the Land Registry?

Although the vast majorities of properties in Chingford are now registered with HMLR there are still some that are unregistered. Any property in Chingford that has been remortgaged since the late 1980’s will have been registered at the Land Registry under the compulsory ‘first registration’ scheme. However, if a Chingford property has not changed hands in that time then it’s likely the old fashioned title deeds will be the only evidence of ownership.Many Chingford conveyancing lawyers should be able to handle this type of conveyancing but in the event that uncertainty prevails the conventional guidance these days is for the current owners to register it first and subsequently sell - this will have a knock on effect to result in a drawn-out conveyancing.