I am need of leasehold conveyancing for an apartment in a fairly new development (6 years old) in Bucklesham. 95% of the properties are already occupied. Do I need carry out the local searches as part of conveyancing in Bucklesham?

A big part of the Bucklesham conveyancing process is the conveyancing searches. There are hundreds search providers who offer Bucklesham conveyancing searches, as well direct from the local authority. These are known collectively as personal search providers due to them carrying out, personal searches. However, all Local Authority Search conveyancing products have one thing in common - they must secure their information from the local authoritative source.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our home are lost. The conveyancers who conducted the conveyancing in Bucklesham 10 years ago no longer exist. What are my options?

Assuming you have a registered title the information relating to your ownership will be held by HMLR with a Title Number. It is easy to carry out a search at the Land Registry, identify your property and obtain current copies of the Registered Entries for a small fee. Where the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will also normally retain a certified duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be retrieved for £20 inclusive of VAT.

I am looking for a flat up to £235,500 and found one close by in Bucklesham I like with open areas and railway links in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 51 years on the lease. There is not much else in Bucklesham suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?

Should you need a mortgage that many years may be problematic. Discount the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you can ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this matter.

I have been pointed in your direction by a number of property agents in Bucklesham to find a property lawyer using your seach tool. What’s the financial inducement for Estate Agents to offer your lawyers rather than another?

We refuse to make any commission for pointing buyers and sellers to this site. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission because home movers will think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

I am the registered owner of a garden flat in Bucklesham, conveyancing having been completed half a dozen years ago. Can you work out an approximate cost of a lease extension? Corresponding properties in Bucklesham with over 90 years remaining are worth £165,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £45 invoiced annually. The lease ceases on 21st October 50

With just 50 years unexpired we estimate the premium for your lease extension to span between £36,100 and £41,800 as well as costs.

The suggested premium range above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs without more comprehensive investigations. Do not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be additional issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward placing reliance on this information without first seeking the advice of a professional.