My husband and I are buying a new build apartment in Abertridwr and my solicitor is advising me that she has to the mortgage company to reveal incentives from the seller. The Estate Agents are hassling me to sign contracts and I don't want to prolong matters. is my lawyer playing by the book?

You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your conveyancing practitioner. A precondition to being on a bank panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.

How do I find out if the solicitor conducting my conveyancing in Abertridwr is on the bank’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Bank of Scotland thus paying £187.00 plus VAT in another set of legal bill.

Feel free to make use of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this page. Please choose the mortgage company and type ‘Abertridwr’ or your location and you will see a number of lawyer located in Abertridwr or by proximity to you.

I have justdiscovered that Wolstenholmes have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in Abertridwr for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 9 months ago. How can I check that my home is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest method to see if the property is in your name, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Abertridwr conveyancing specialists.

Are there any apps to help search for a Abertridwr solicitor on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel? I have a car and am happy to travel upto 20miles to meet the conveyancer.

You can use the facility on this page. Please select a bank and your location and you will see a number of Abertridwr conveyancing lawyers locally. We have detailed some Abertridwr conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can call them to see if they are on the Clydesdale member panel

Can you provide any top tips for leasehold conveyancing in Abertridwr with the aim of saving time on the sale process?

• A significant proportion of the delay in leasehold conveyancing in Abertridwr can be reduced where you get in touch lawyers the minute you market your property and ask them to put together the leasehold information needed by the buyers’ lawyers.
Many landlords or Management Companies in Abertridwr charge for supplying management packs for a leasehold premises. You or your lawyers should find out the actual amount of the charges. The management information can be applied for on or before finding a buyer, thus accelerating the process. The typical amount of time it takes to receive management information is three weeks. It is the most frequent reason for frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Abertridwr. If you have had any disputes with your freeholder or managing agents it is very important that these are settled before the property is marketed. The purchasers and their solicitors will be reluctant to purchase a property where there is an ongoing dispute. You will have to accept that you will have to pay any arrears of service charge or resolve the dispute prior to the buyers completing the purchase. It is therefore preferable to have any dispute settled prior to the contract papers being issued to the buyers’ solicitors. You are still duty bound to disclose details of the dispute to the purchasers, but it is better to reveal the dispute as over rather than ongoing. If you are supposed to have a share in the freehold, you should ensure that you are holding the original share certificate. Arranging a duplicate share certificate can be a time consuming process and slows down many a Abertridwr conveyancing transaction. If a new share is required, do contact the company officers or managing agents (where applicable) for this sooner rather than later.

I purchased a 1st floor flat in Abertridwr, conveyancing was carried out half a dozen years ago. Can you let me have an estimated range of the fair premium for a lease extension? Equivalent properties in Abertridwr with over 90 years remaining are worth £185,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £65 invoiced every year. The lease expires on 21st October 2083

With just 60 years left to run the likely cost is going to span between £20,000 and £23,000 as well as costs.

The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you a more accurate figure without more detailed due diligence. Do not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be additional issues that need to be taken into account and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you take any other action based on this information without first getting professional advice.