Are you able to suggest a Chelsea Building Society sanctioned Blakeney conveyancing conveyancer finish our home move within less than a month? Would it be better to use a high street Blakeney firm or a national conveyancer?

We would be happy to suggest some excellent Blakeney conveyancing firms. Another option is to visit the high street in Blakeney. Visit a couple of firms and ask to see a conveyancing solicitor for a costs illustration. Explain your expectations together with the reasons and ask for a commitment on speed. Select the one that appears most efficient.

Can you explain why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Blakeney costs more?

In short, leasehold conveyancing in Blakeney and elsewhere usually requires additional work compared to freehold transactions. This includes lease investigation, communicating with the landlord concerning the service of appropriate notices, procuring current service charge and management information, securing the freeholder’s consents and reviewing management accounts. The obligations on both the landlord and the tenant in the lease need to be studied by the buyer’s conveyancing team and read from beginning to end – no matter how many different proprietor have owned the lease since it was first entered into.

I am looking for a ground for flat up to £245,000 and found one round the corner in Blakeney I like with open areas and station nearby, the downside is that it only has 51 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Blakeney in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a lease with such few years left?

If you need a home loan the shortness of the lease will be problematic. Reduce the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing owner has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you could ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer about this matter.

Is it possible to transfer to a new firm as I have to choose a firm on the Alliance & Leicester conveyancing panel. I hired a family conveyancing solicitor in Blakeney five minutes from me but the firm is not approved by Alliance & Leicester

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Blakeney on the Alliance & Leicester panel. Please note that the solicitors that we list do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are under regulation of the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Blakeney. Using search facility on this page, you can scrutinise fees for conveyancing solicitors in Blakeney and throughout England and Wales.

All being well we will complete our sale of a £275,000 apartment in Blakeney next Monday. The managing agents has quoted £312 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and previous years statements of service charge. Is the landlord entitled to charge exorbitant fees for a leasehold conveyance in Blakeney?

Blakeney conveyancing on leasehold flats usually requires the buyer’s lawyer submitting questions for the landlord to address. Although the landlord is under no legal obligation to respond to these enquiries the majority will be content to do so. They may invoice a reasonable charge for answering questions or supplying documentation. There is no set fee. The average costs for the paperwork that you are referring to is over three hundred pounds, in some cases it is in excess of £800. The management information fee demanded by the landlord must be accompanied by a summary of entitlements and obligations in respect of administration fees, without which the invoice is not strictly payable. Reality however dictates that one has little choice but to pay whatever is requested of you if you want to complete the sale of your home.

I am the registered owner of a basement flat in Blakeney, conveyancing having been completed February 1997. Can you let me have an estimated range of the fair premium for a lease extension? Comparable flats in Blakeney with a long lease are worth £180,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £65 invoiced annually. The lease terminates on 21st October 2083

You have 58 years remaining on your lease we estimate the premium for your lease extension to span between £22,800 and £26,400 plus costs.

The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to supply a more accurate figure in the absence of detailed investigations. Do not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt additional concerns that need to be considered and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward based on this information without first getting professional advice.