We were about to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Beaconsfield found using your comparison tool but stumbled across some other estimates via the web appear less pricey – why is this?

One can find many firms of conveyancing organisations promoting self styled cut-price conveyancing, but supplementalcharges end up with the final bill mounting up beyond all recognition. Solicitors are duty bound to ensure costs outlined in terms of business should be fair and reasonable invoiced The conveyancers that we put forward for conveyancing in Beaconsfield genuinely set out all costs for the property you plan topurchase.

Our god-son is about to exchange on a newly built flat in Beaconsfield with a home loan from Skipton. His lawyer has said that there is a delay in receiving the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. What is this document - I have never come across this before?

The document is intended to provide information to the main parties involved in the transaction. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Skipton conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer when requested. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Skipton conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.

I was pointed in your direction by two or three local selling agents in Beaconsfield to locate a conveyancer using your seach tool. What’s the financial inducement for Estate Agents to market your site rather than another?

We don’t give any commission for directing people our way. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission because a client could think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

As co-executor for the will of my grandmother I am selling a house in Newport but I am based in Beaconsfield. My solicitor (who is 235 miles awayhas requested that I execute a statutory declaration before the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Beaconsfield who can witness this legal document for me?

strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Beaconsfield based

I wish to rent out my leasehold flat in Beaconsfield. Conveyancing solicitor who did the purchase is retired - so can't ask her. Is permission from the freeholder required?

The lease governs the relationship between the freeholder and you the leaseholder; specifically, it will set out if subletting is not allowed, or permitted but only subject to certain conditions. The accepted inference is that if the lease contains no expres ban or restriction, subletting is allowed. The majority of leases in Beaconsfield do not prevent an absolute prevention of subletting – such a clause would undoubtedly devalue the property. Instead, there is usually a basic requirement that the owner notifies the freeholder, possibly supplying a copy of the sublease.

I bought a ground floor flat in Beaconsfield, conveyancing formalities finalised in 1995. Can you shed any light on how much the price could be for a 90 year extension to my lease? Comparable flats in Beaconsfield with over 90 years remaining are worth £176,000. The ground rent is £50 charged once a year. The lease runs out on 21st October 2073

You have 50 years remaining on your lease we estimate the price of your lease extension to be between £31,400 and £36,200 as well as costs.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to supply 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 considered and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not move forward based on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.