I am due to move property in April. Does my conveyancing solicitor update the removal company on the day of completion. As an aside, can you put forward a removal company in East Croydon. Conveyancing lawyer was chosen prior to coming across this site.

On the day of completion you can pick up the keys from your estate agent however this can only be done when the previous owners conveyancers advise the agent that they acknowledge receipt of the completion payment and the keys can be released. After that you can advise the removal company that they can start moving you in. We do not suggest a particular removal organisation but can help you find a residential property solicitor in East Croydon or a solicitor with expertise in conveyancing in East Croydon.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Nationwide. I assume I don't need a East Croydon solicitor on the Nationwide panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Nationwide mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Nationwide mortgage from the register. Nationwide, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

1. but are not moving to another property
2. where Nationwide has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
3. Nationwide has instructed the Land Registry to do so

I have a mortgage with TSB for my property in East Croydon. Conveyancing was finalised 12 months ago. In the event that I decide to rent out my property and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a buy-to-let mortgage or inform TSB?

TSB must be informed of your intention prior to letting out your property as this is likely to be a breach of TSB’s mortgage conditions. It may be that TSB will allow you to rent out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact TSB directly. You need not do this via a TSB conveyancing panel lawyer.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in East Croydon. Conveyancing is necessary evil 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.

Here are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in East Croydon

The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. 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. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company?

My business partner and I are intending to take an assignment of a lease of an office on a shopping parade. Can you recommend solicitors offering no-move-no charges for commercial conveyancing in East Croydon for under 1500k?

We are happy to recommend firms who host a wealth of experience of commercial conveyancing in East Croydon, including the disposal and acquisition of businesses as well as simply premises. If you are intending to buy or dispose of a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a complete business we will find you the right firm. Regarding the charges this will depend on the structure and terms of the proposed transaction. Let us have your contact information or email so as to enable us to furnish you with a detailed commercial conveyancing quote.

My husband and I may need to let out our East Croydon 1st floor flat for a while due to a career opportunity. We used a East Croydon conveyancing firm in 2002 but they have since shut and we did not have the foresight to get any advice as to whether the lease permits subletting. How do we find out?

Your lease dictates the relationship between the landlord and you the leaseholder; in particular, it will indicate if subletting is prohibited, or permitted but only subject to certain caveats. The accepted inference is that if the lease contains no expres ban or restriction, subletting is permitted. Most leases in East Croydon do not contain strict prohibition on subletting – such a provision would undoubtedly devalue the flat. Instead, there is usually a basic requirement that the owner notifies the freeholder, possibly supplying a copy of the sublease.

We have reached the end of our tether in trying to reach an agreement for a lease extension in East Croydon. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?

Where there is a absentee landlord or where there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation it is possible to make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to decide the premium.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a East Croydon residence is 29 Woodstock Road in April 2014. the Tribunal determined that the premiums to be paid into court in respect of the purchase of the freehold registered at HMLR under Title N0.SY3997 should be £7,217. This case was in relation to 4 flats. The unexpired term was 98 years.

I acquired a flat in East Croydon last 27/11/2024 and to date it is still not registered with HMLR. It is part of a new estate and my property lawyer told me that it can take 12 months to complete the registration formalities. I have spoken with the Land Registry directly and they have informed me the original application was cancelled due to questions not being addressed in time. Should I be concerned?

Call your property lawyer - Where you are unsatisfied with the responses, look up their firm’s complaints process and escalate your problem to a Partner. Registrations for East Croydon conveyancing are not known to be especially complex.