My family solicitor has given a fee calculation of £1350 for no sale no fee conveyancing in Barnard Castle. I am hoping to sell a Victorian house for £275,000. This sounds too much. Is it in excess of the norm for conveyancing in Barnard Castle?

The charges are a tad high. Where you are content to expend time scrutinising prices you might reduce the fees slightly by as much as £100 plus VAT. That being said, you maylive to regret choosing an a cheaper conveyancer. Remember to check the solicitor can represent your mortgage company. You can use our search tool to locate a Barnard Castle conveyancing firm on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Barnard Castle.

I am purchasing a house and the solicitor has raised the issue of Chancel Repair to which the house may be liable because it falls into the area of such a church. He has mentioned insurance. Is this strictly necessary for conveyancing in Barnard Castle

Unless a prior acquisition of the house took place post 12 October 2013 you can assume that conveyancing practitioners delivering conveyancing in Barnard Castle to remain encouraging a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

I used Wolstenholmes several years past for my conveyancing in Barnard Castle. I now require my papers however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Barnard Castle of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

About to purchase a new build apartment in Barnard Castle. Conveyancing is daunting 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 conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Barnard Castle

Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? 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. Please supply a car parking plan. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants.

I own a leasehold house in Barnard Castle. Conveyancing and Nottingham Building Society mortgage are in place. I have received a letter from someone claiming to own the reversionary interest in the property. Attached was a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1991. The conveyancing solicitor in Barnard Castle who previously acted has long since retired. What should I do?

First make enquiries of the Land Registry to be sure that the individual claiming to own the freehold is indeed the new freeholder. There is no need to incur the fees of a Barnard Castle conveyancing firm to do this as it can be done on-line for less than a fiver. Rest assured that regardless, even if this is the rightful landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Barnard Castle - Examples of Queries before Purchasing

Generally speaking the outlay for major works tend not to be wrapped into the maintenance charges, although some managing agents in Barnard Castle obliged leasehold owners to pay into a sinking fund created for the specific purpose of building a fund for larger repairs or maintenance. Does the lease include onerous restrictions? The majority of Barnard Castle leasehold properties will be liable to pay a service charge for the upkeep of the block invoiced by the freeholder. Where you purchase the apartment you will have to pay this liability, normally periodically throughout the year. This may be anything from a couple of hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for buildings with lifts and large common grounds. There will also be a rentcharge for you to pay yearly, normally this is not a large figure, say approximately £25-£75 but you need to enquire as occasionally it can be many hundreds of pounds.