I am helping my mother sell her flat in Linslade. Does the conveyancer order the energy assessment or it is for the seller to coordinate?

After the abolition of Home Information Packs, EPC’s remained a compulsory component of moving house. An energy performance certificate should be to hand prior to the property being advertised. It is not as aspect of the sale process that solicitors ordinarily arrange. Where you are instructing a Linslade conveyancing solicitor they might be able to arrange energy assessments due to their relationships with reputable local assessors

Is there a list of Yorkshire BS panel solicitors in Linslade on the Council of Mortgage Lender’s Website?

Unfortunately not yet. There is no such directory service on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association websites. Very few banks make their panel listings available on the web. If you are in need of a Linslade conveyancing practitioner on the Yorkshire BS please make the most of our tool.

Is it the case that all Linslade conveyancing solicitors on the Nationwide conveyancing panel are regulated by the SRA?

As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Nationwide approved list of solicitors they would need to be overseen by the SRA. The majority of lenders do list licenced conveyancers on their panel and in such a situation the organisation would be overseen by the CLC.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Linslade. Conveyancing is a frightening process 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.

Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Linslade

Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. 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.

I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £305k and found one close by in Linslade I like with open areas and transport links nearby, the downside is that it's only got 49 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Linslade for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a lease with such few years left?

Should you require a home loan that many years will be an issue. Reduce the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current proprietor has owned the property for at least 2 years you may request that they commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this matter.

I need to retain a conveyancing solicitor for leasehold conveyancing in Linslade. I've chance upon a web site which seems to have the perfect offering If there is a chance to get all this stuff completed via email that would be ideal. Should I be wary? What are the potential pitfalls?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?

I have just started marketing my garden flat in Linslade. Conveyancing is yet to be initiated, but I have recently received a quarterly maintenance charge invoice – Do I pay up?

Your conveyancing lawyer is likely to suggest that you should discharge the service charge as you normally would as all ground rent and service payments will be allotted as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.

I inherited a 2 bed flat in Linslade, conveyancing formalities finalised half a dozen years ago. Can you give me give me an indication of the likely cost of a lease extension? Comparable flats in Linslade with an extended lease are worth £190,000. The ground rent is £45 levied per year. The lease ends on 21st October 2086

You have 62 years left to run the likely cost is going to span between £17,100 and £19,800 as well as plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to advice on the actual costs in the absence of comprehensive due diligence. You should not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be other concerns that need to be taken into account and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not move forward based on this information before getting professional advice.