My wife and I have a semi-detached Georgian house in Bucknall. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and . I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw two entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold under the matching address. Is it worth asking to clarify?

You should review 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 proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Bucknall and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also question the situation with the conveyancing practitioner who completed the work.

I'm purchasing a new build house in Bucknall benefiting from help to buy. The builders refused to reduce the price so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The property agent told me not reveal to my conveyancer about the side-deal as it would adversely affect my mortgage with . Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a flat up to £195,000 and found one round the corner in Bucknall I like with amenity areas and station nearby, the downside is that it only has 52 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Bucknall in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a short lease?

If you need a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term may be problematic. Reduce the price by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the premises for a minimum of twenty four months you can ask them to start the process of the extension and pass 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 solicitor regarding this.

As co-executor for the estate of my father I am selling a house in Cardiff but I am based in Bucknall. My solicitor (approximately 260 kilometers from mehas requested that I execute a statutory declaration prior to completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Bucknall who can witness and place their company stamp on the document?

strictly speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are based in Bucknall

I need to find a bank panel solicitor in Bucknall. Can you assist?

It is not clear why you need a Bucknall panel solicitor but in any event, if you can not find one on our search tool you will need to speak directly to the bank to find out which solicitors in Bucknall are on their panel . If you do find such a firm in Bucknall not listed please direct them to our site to list. At a fee of one pound per month it is not expensive to register on the site