My fiance’s brother is a solicitor. I suspect that I will receive preferential fee for conveyancing, but if not, what level of costs would I typically be looking at for conveyancing in Brook Green?

It’s wise to obtain multiple conveyancing estimates. Do use our comparison tool on this site. You will notice that estimates seem to be different but service levels do are distinct between property lawyers as is the case with the vast majority of professional services.

I have been referred to a conveyancing solicitor in Brook Green. I I would like to check whether they are on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Could you or the lender confirm if they are on the panel?

The first thing you should do is e-mail the conveyancer and enquire if they are on the lender panel. Alternatively you should get in touch with Barclays who may be able to assist.

It has been three months following my purchase conveyancing in Brook Green completed. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £180,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the asset from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Brook Green and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Brook Green. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Brook Green area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Brook Green. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

Partway through the sale of a leasehold flat in Brook Green. Conveyancing is fine but we are being charged a fortune from the managing agents. To date we have paid £250 for a leasehold management pack and then a further £200 plus VAT for responses to questions supplied by the buyers conveyancing practitioner.

Your conveyancer will unlikely have any say over the level of the fee for this information however the average fee for the information for Brook Green leasehold property is £360. For Brook Green conveyancing transactions it is usual for the seller to cover the charges. The landlord or their agents are not duty bound to answer such questions although many will be willing to do so - albeit often at high prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires capped charges for administrative tasks. Nor is there any statutory time limit by which they are obliged to issue answers.