We are buying a flat and require a conveyancing solicitor in Brecon who is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a solicitor?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Clydesdale . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Brecon.

I am helping my step-mother sell her property in Brecon. Will the conveyancer order an energy performance certificate or should I organise this?

After the abolition of HIPs, energy assessments was kept a compulsory component of selling a house. An EPC should be commissioned prior to the property being placed on the market. This is not something that conveyancers normally arrange. If you are instructing a Brecon conveyancing lawyer they may help arrange energy performance certificates due to their relationships with reputable Brecon providers

I am purchasing a property in Brecon. One unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. RBS have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?

Given that your lender is RBS your lawyer must check the formal instructions contained in Section two of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for RBS. The CML Handbook includes minimum provisions for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancers are required to report to RBS where a lease does not comply with these provisions. The conditions relate to the installation of panels on properties nationwide and is not isolated to Brecon.

The formalities of my purchase has taken place for my property in Brecon. Conveyancing was a necessary evil but I feel I should register my dissatisfaction about the lender. How does one go about formally complaining?

Most banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first point of contact should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Services Team at head office. Ordinarily complaints to a lender are sorted out very quickly. However if you are not satisfied that the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service, South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR with full details of your complaint.

My wife and I purchased a 4 bedroom Victorian property in Brecon. Conveyancing lawyer represented me and Godiva Mortgages Ltd. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are two entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold with the exact same address. I'd like to know for sure, how can I find out??

You need to read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Brecon and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also question the situation with your conveyancing solicitor who conducted the purchase.

I am selling my property. My former solicitors closed down. I am in need of a recommendation of a conveyancing firm. I happen to live in Brecon if that makes a difference.

Do use our search tool to help you find a solicitor for your conveyancing in Brecon. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with lender approved solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move goes smoothly.

Having had my offer accepted I require leasehold conveyancing in Brecon. Before diving in I require certainty as to the remaining lease term.

Assuming the lease is recorded at the land registry - and 99.9% are in Brecon - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

Brecon Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Queries before Purchasing

Is there a share of the freehold? How much is the ground rent and service charge? The best form of lease structure is where the freehold title is in the ownership of the leaseholders. In this arrangement the tenants benefit from control and even though a managing agent is frequently retained where the building is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent is directed by the tenants.