The Wood Green conveyancing firm that I appointed last week on my purchase in Wood Green have without warning closed. I only went with them because I needed a firm on the conveyancing panel and my previous Wood Green lawyer was not. I issued them a cheque for two hundred pounds in advance. What should be my next steps?

If you have an estate agent involved then let them know straight away so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors should be in a position to assist.

My wife and I buying a 3 bedroom semi in Wood Green. The intention is to an extension at the rear at the house.Will legal work on the property involve investigations to see if these alterations were previously refused?

Your property lawyer will check the registered title as conveyancing in Wood Green can occasionally identify restrictions in the title deeds which restrict categories of alterations or require the consent of another owner. Certain additions call for local authority planning permissions and approval in accordance building regulations. Many areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or impact extensions. You should check these issues with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.

I recently had an offer agreed on an apartment in Wood Green. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £150. A couple of days later, the called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

After shopping around on the internet I have found a Wood Green having made sure that they are on the conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?

will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. Your will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by your Wood Green postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with , you could contact them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors in Wood Green.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Wood Green. Conveyancing is necessary evil 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 conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Wood Green

Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry.

I have been on the look out for a ground for flat up to £245,000 and identified one near me in Wood Green I like with amenity areas and transport links in the vicinity, however it only has 61 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Wood Green suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?

If you need a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will be problematic. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you can ask them to start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor concerning this matter.

My company is wishing to take an assignment of a lease of a shop on the high street. Can you recommend conveyancers offering no-sale-no charges for commercial conveyancing in Wood Green for under £1,200?

We are happy to recommend firms who have an in-depth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Wood Green, including the disposal and acquisition of businesses as well as simply premises. If you are intending to purchase or dispose of a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit or a complete business we can put you in touch with the right lawyer. Regarding the charges this will depend on the structure and terms of the deal. Let us have your contact information or phone us so that we may provide you with comprehensive commercial conveyancing calculation.