It has taken forever and a day but a mortgage offer from HSBC for the refinancing of my single room maisonette is expected imminently. Are you able to put forward a cheap conveyancing law firm in Hounslow?

This site is not designed to help those in pursuit of cut-price fees for conveyancing solicitors in Hounslow. Our goal is to offer excellent value conveyancing but we do not aim to work with the cheapest lawyers. Resist the temptation to appoint brokers offering £100 conveyancing in Hounslow. In your best case scenario, in deciding on cheap conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst it will result in you with a surprising uplift in additional fees and still not end up with the service expected.

I have given 2 months notice to my existing landlord and must be out of my let out apartment in Hounslow by 16/3/2026. Conveyancing for my house purchase is progressing. Can I complete in a couple of weeks as I wish to avoid having to move into short term accommodation?

Generally one should not serve notice for your lease until your lawyer suggests that you should. Assuming that you have not previously done so, contact to your conveyancer and urge them to they seek the assistance the sellers side, try to an agreed time frame that all parties will aim to achieve

I am purchasing a property in Hounslow. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Virgin Money have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?

Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with Virgin Money your lawyer must comply with the conveyancing requirements contained in Section two of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Virgin Money. The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook includes minimum requirements for solar panel roof-space leases, and solicitors are required to report to Virgin Money where a lease does not satisfy these requirements. The conditions relate to the installation of panels on properties countrywide and is not restricted to Hounslow.

I have decided to exercise my right to buy my property in Hounslow off the council. I have a mortgage offer with Aldermore. Conveyancing is not something I have any knowledge of. Can I proceed without a solicitor easily? I think we can but we keep being told I should use one. Any advice?

It is not advisable to proceed with a house purchase without a solicitor. The council's solicitor are not acting for you. You need a solicitor for a number reasons. One of which is to verify what plans the Council have for repairs and refurbishment for the next five years. Many leaseholders have been stung for contributions of thousands of pounds. In any event, if you are getting a mortgage with Aldermore, you will need to appoint a solicitor on the Aldermore conveyancing panel.

I have a mortgage with Santander for my property in Hounslow. Conveyancing was finalised 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 Santander?

Your original mortgage agreement with Santander will provide that you need their approval prior to renting your property as this is likely to be a breach of Santander’s mortgage conditions. It may be that Santander 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 Santander directly. You need not do this via a Santander conveyancing panel lawyer.

I moved into my house on 12 August and the transaction details is yet to be on the land registry website. Should I be concerned? My conveyancing solicitor in Hounslow advises it would be dealt with in a couple of weeks. Are properties in Hounslow uniquely lengthy to register?

As far as conveyancing in Hounslow registration is no quicker or slower than the rest of the country. Rather than based on location, timescales can vary according to who lodges the application, whether there are errors and if the Land registry must send notices to any 3rd parties. Currently in the region of 80% of submission are completed in less than three weeks but some can be subject to protracted hold-ups. Registration takes place once the buyer has moved in to the premises so post completion formalities is not usually top priority but if there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your solicitor must communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for the application to be prioritised.

I am a negotiator for a busy estate agent office in Hounslow where we see a number of flat sales put at risk due to short leases. I have been given inconsistent advice from local Hounslow conveyancing solicitors. Please can you confirm whether the owner of a flat can commence the lease extension process for the buyer?

As long as the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the buyer can avoid having to wait 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done prior to, or at the same time as completion of the sale.

An alternative approach is to agree the lease extension with the freeholder either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the buyer.

Following years of negotiations we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Hounslow. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

if there is a absentee freeholder or where there is dispute about what the lease extension should cost, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to make a decision on the price.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Hounslow premises is Ground Floor Flat 91 Bath Road in May 2009. in a case where the freeholder could not be traced, the Brentford County Court ordered that the Lease be surrendered in return for the grant of a new lease of the Premises at a premium determined by the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal. The tribunal concluded that the price payable by the Applicant for the new lease of the premises be £15,900 This case affected 1 flat. The remaining number of years on the lease was 60.45 years.