We were about to choose a conveyancing solicitor in Alsager endorsed by you but stumbled across alternative costs illustrations on the internet seem cheaper – how come?

You can find numerous conveyancing organisations advertising pretending to offer £99 conveyancing, unfortunately it’s common in such cases for additionalfees result in the final bill totally different to the one you expected. Conveyancers are obliged to make sure that fees set out in terms of business should be transparent and reasonable and be applied The conveyancers that we put forward for conveyancing in Alsager clearly state all legal fees for the property you plan tobuy.

I am assisting my step-mother sell her flat in Alsager. Does the conveyancer order the energy assessment or do I organise this?

After the demise of HIPs, EPC’s remained a mandatory element of selling a house. An EPC must be commissioned before the property is advertised. This is not as aspect of the sale process that lawyers ordinarily arrange. If you are using a Alsager conveyancing practitioner they may be willing to arrange energy performance certificates given their contacts with reputable Alsager accredited person

Is it the case that all Alsager CQS (Conveyancing Quality Scheme) solicitors are on the Aldermore conveyancing panel?

A selection of banks and building societies now utilise the accreditation scheme as the starting point for Panel approval such as HSBC and Santander. The Law Society’s CQS membership however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. Nevertheless,the CML have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for solicitors wishing to remain on their approved list of firms.

We previously selected conveyancing lawyers located in Alsager on the Lloyds solicitor panel. They are now charging me an additional charge for the legal aspects of the Lloyds mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee specified by Lloyds?

As unfair as it may seem, as long as it’s in their Terms and Conditions or estimate then yes your solicitor may charge a fee for this. This charge is not set by Lloyds but by your Alsager solicitor. Some firms on the Lloyds panel will charge ’dealing with mortgage’ fee and others do not.

It has been four months following my purchase conveyancing in Alsager took place. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £175,000 when infact I paid £215,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the property from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Alsager. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Alsager

Please supply a car parking plan. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease.

Taking into account that I will soon part with hundreds of thousands of pounds on a house in Alsager I would like to talk to a solicitor about myhouse move ahead of appointing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?

This is something that we encourage - we would be delighted to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you first talking to the solicitor who will be carrying out your property ownership legalities in Alsager.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is an important person, not a file number. The law firms that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are quoted for your conveyancing in Alsager should be the figure that you end up paying.