Finally, a loan offer from NatWest for the remortgage of my single bedroom garden flat is due any day now. Can you suggest a low cost conveyancing practitioner in Bicester?

This site is not designed to assist those in pursuit of the cheapest conveyancing solicitors in Bicester. Our intention is to offer excellent value conveyancing but we do not advertise as being the cheapest. Resist the temptation to appoint brokers seducing you with £99 conveyancing in Bicester. The optimum outcome, in deciding on cheap conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst it will result in you invoiced for additional fees and still not receive the service required.

The Bicester conveyancing firm handling our Bicester conveyancing has uncovered a difference when comparing the surveyor’s assumptions in the home valuation survey and what is in the title deeds. My solicitor has advised that he needs to ensure that the lender is happy with this discrepancy and is still content to lend. Is my conveyancer’s stance legitimate?

Your conveyancing practitioner must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook specifications which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.

The Bicester conveyancing lawyers that I appointed last week on my purchase in Bicester have without warning closed. They were on acting for me because I had to have a lawyer on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel and my preferred Bicester lawyer was not. I paid them funds in advance. What do I do now?

Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then let them know straight away so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors should be in a position to assist.

As co-executor for the will of my uncle I am selling a property in Neath but live in Bicester. My lawyer (approximately 200 miles awayneeds me to execute a stat dec ahead of completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Bicester to witness and place their company stamp on the document?

Technically speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Bicester based

Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my 2 bed apartment in Bicester. Conveyancing is yet to be initiated, however I have just had a yearly service charge invoice – Do I pay up?

It best that you pay the invoice as normal given that all ground rent and maintenance invoices will be apportioned on completion, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Bicester - A selection of Queries Prior to Purchasing

The prefered form of lease structure is where the freehold title is in the ownership of the leaseholders. In this scenario the lessees have control and notwithstanding that a managing agent is frequently retained where it is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent acts for the leaseholders themselves. The answer will be useful as a) areas can result in problems for the building as the common areas may begin to deteriorate if repairs are not paid for b) if the tenants have an issue with the running of the building you will wish to have full disclosure How much is the ground rent and service charge?