We are planning to purchase with Melton Mowbray Building Society. I called into 3 or 4 local solicitors but cant to find a Blythe Bridge conveyancing firm on the Melton Mowbray Building Society approved list. Could you assist?

Please do take advantage of the find a conveyancing panel solicitor tool on this site. Please choose the lender and type Blythe Bridge or your location and you will discover a number of lawyer offices in Blythe Bridge or nearest you.

I have been told that property searches are the number one reason for obstruction in Blythe Bridge house deals. Is this right?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published findings of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the most frequent causes of delays in the conveyancing process. Local searches are unlikely to be the root cause of slowing down conveyancing in Blythe Bridge.

I'm purchasing my first flat in Blythe Bridge with a loan from HSBC Bank. The builders would not budge the amount so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep advised me not disclose to my lawyer about this deal as it would impact my mortgage with HSBC Bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what should have been a quick, no chain conveyancing. Blythe Bridge is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Blythe Bridge are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Blythe Bridge you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Blythe Bridge may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.

Can you provide any advice for leasehold conveyancing in Blythe Bridge with the intention of speeding up the sale process?

• A significant proportion of the frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Blythe Bridge can be avoided where you get in touch lawyers as soon as your agents start advertising the property and ask them to collate the leasehold documentation needed by the purchasers’ solicitors.
If you have had conflict with your landlord or managing agents it is very important that these are resolved prior to the flat being marketed. The buyers and their solicitors will be reluctant to purchase a property where there is a current dispute. You may need to swallow your pride and discharge any arrears of service charge or resolve the dispute prior to completion of the sale. It is therefore preferable to have any dispute settled prior to the contract papers being issued to the buyers’ solicitors. You will still have to reveal details of the dispute to the buyers, but it is better to present the dispute as over as opposed to unsettled. In the event that you altered the property did you need the Landlord’s consent? In particular have you installed wooden flooring? Blythe Bridge leases often stipulate that internal structural alterations or installing wooden flooring calls for a licence issued by the Landlord approving such alterations. Where you dont have the consents in place you should not communicate with the landlord without contacting your conveyancer before hand. The majority of landlords or Management Companies in Blythe Bridge levy fees for supplying management packs for a leasehold premises. You or your lawyers should discover the fee that they propose to charge. The management pack can be applied for as soon as you have a buyer, thus accelerating the process. The typical amount of time it takes to receive management information is three weeks. It is the most usual reason for frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Blythe Bridge.

Blythe Bridge Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Questions you should ask Prior to Purchasing

Is the freehold owned jointly by the tenants? Best to be warned if window replacement or some other major work is anticipated to be shared by the leasehold owners and could well dramatically increase the the service costs or necessitate a specific invoice. If a Blythe Bridge lease has fewer than eighty years it will affect the salability of the flat. Check with your bank that they are content with residual term of the lease. Leases with fewer than 80 years remaining means that you will probably have to extend the lease sooner rather than later and it is worth finding out what this will be. For most Blythe Bridgelease extensions you will need to own the premises for 24 months in order to be eligible to extend the lease.