Having sold my house in Bingley last August but our buyer keeps calling daily to say her lawyer needs to hear from myconveyancer. What are the post completion sale legalities now that I have sold?

After completion of your house sale your lawyer is committed to deliver the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your conveyancer must also send confirmation that the mortgage has been repaid to the purchasers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks specific conveyancing in Bingley.

I need some quick conveyancing in Bingley as I am under a deadline to sign on the dotted line inside 3 weeks. A home loan is not required. Can I escape the need for conveyancing searches to save fees and time?

As you are are a mortgage free buyer you have the choice not to do searches although no solicitor would advise that you don't. Drawing on our experience of conveyancing in Bingley the following are examples of issues that can crop up and therefore affect market value: Refused Planning Applications, Outstanding Fees, Outstanding Grants, Road Schemes,...

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our home can not be found. The lawyers who dealt with the conveyancing in Bingley 5 years ago no longer exist. What do I do?

Gone are the days when you need to hold title original deeds to establish that you are the registered proprietor of land or premises, given that the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.

I am selling my home. My previous solicitors has retired. I would be grateful for any recommendation of a conveyancing firm. I happen to live in Bingley if that affects matters.

Please use our search tool to help you choose a solicitor for your conveyancing in Bingley. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with regulated solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move goes smoothly.

I work for a busy estate agency in Bingley where we have experienced a few flat sales jeopardised as a result of leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have been given inconsistent advice from local Bingley conveyancing solicitors. Could you shed some light as to whether the seller of a flat can initiate 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 start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. This means that the buyer need not have to sit tight for 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 disposal of the property.

Alternatively, it may be possible to extend the lease informally by agreement with the landlord 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.

I invested in buying a basement flat in Bingley, conveyancing formalities finalised December 2003. Can you let me have an estimated range of the fair premium for a lease extension? Equivalent flats in Bingley with over 90 years remaining are worth £179,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £65 charged once a year. The lease ceases on 21st October 2082

With 57 years remaining on your lease the likely cost is going to range between £26,600 and £30,800 plus professional fees.

The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to supply the actual costs in the absence of detailed investigations. Do not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt additional issues that need to be considered and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not move forward placing reliance on this information without first seeking the advice of a professional.