Are you able to recommend a Godiva Mortgages Ltd allowed Aylesbury conveyancing conveyancer who can have us moved in within under 3 weeks? Am I best advised to go for a local Aylesbury practice or an internet firm?

We would be happy to suggest some excellent Aylesbury conveyancing firms. Another option is to visit the high street in Aylesbury. Visit some well established law practices and ask to speak with a conveyancing solicitor for a fee estimate. Explain your time frames together with the reasons and ask for an assurance on speed. Appoint the lawyer that you trust.

Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Aylesbury even if I’m not buying or selling a house, for instance where I intend to buy a shop in Aylesbury with a mortgage from Leeds Building Society?

Our comparison service is mainly utilised to find domestic conveyancing solicitors in Aylesbury but we have listed at the bottom of this page a selection of Aylesbury commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to enquire with the company directly to check if they are also authorised to represent Leeds Building Society

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on two weeks back in what was supposed to be a quick, chain free conveyancing. Aylesbury is the location of the property. Is there any guidance you can impart?

Flying freeholds in Aylesbury are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Aylesbury you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Aylesbury may determine 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 property.

I work for a busy estate agency in Aylesbury where we have witnessed a few flat sales jeopardised as a result of leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have been given contradictory information from local Aylesbury conveyancing firms. Could you shed some light as to whether the vendor of a flat can commence the lease extension formalities for the purchaser on completion of the sale?

Provided that the seller has been the owner for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to commence the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the proposed purchaser can avoid having to wait 2 years for a lease extension. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed 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 purchaser.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Aylesbury - A selection of Queries before buying

Best to be warned whether fixing the lift or some other major work is due in the foreseeable future that will be shared between the tenants and may well materially increase the the service charges or result in a specific invoice. Does the lease contain onerous restrictions? Many Aylesbury leasehold properties will have a service charge for maintenance of the block set by the landlord. Should you buy the property you will have to meet this charge, usually quarterly during the year. This could vary from a few hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for large purpose-built blocks. In all probability there will be a rentcharge to be met annual, this is usually not a large amount, say around £25-£75 but you should to check as sometimes it can be prohibitively expensive.

How easy is it to change a solicitor as I need to find a Aylesbury based one who is on the lender conveyancing panel. Is it advisable to appoint a new law firm?

If you haven't yet instructed a conveyancer to start work and have just received an estimate as to costs, you're perfectly free to choose a different solicitor to carry out your work for you. The best way is to get recommendations from friends or family who have actually used the solicitor or conveyancer in Aylesbury that you're thinking of instructing.