IfI were to buy a freehold propertyin Chalfont St Giles mortgage fee and dispense with a survey and no conveyancing searches how much should I expect to have to pay for conveyancing in Chalfont St Giles?

Any savings you would gain will be isolated to the Chalfont St Giles conveyancing searches. A lawyer is obliged to do the vast majority of work - money laundering, communicating with your sellers conveyancer, stamp duty return, register the property etc. A slight saving might be made by not having to register a mortgage however it won't be meaningful.

My grandfather passed away last year and as sole heir and executor I was left the house in Chalfont St Giles. The house had a small mortgage remaining of approximately £8000. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Nottingham, pay off the mortgage. Is this possible?

Given you plan to re-mortgage then Nottingham will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Nottingham conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Nottingham conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Nottingham mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.

I used Stirling Law a few years ago for my conveyancing in Chalfont St Giles. I now require my papers however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Chalfont St Giles of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

My partner and I may need to rent out our Chalfont St Giles ground floor flat temporarily due to a career opportunity. We used a Chalfont St Giles conveyancing practice in 2003 but they have since shut and we did not think at the time seek any guidance as to whether the lease prohibits the subletting of the flat. How do we find out?

Even though your last Chalfont St Giles conveyancing lawyer is not around you can review your lease to check if you are permitted to let out the apartment. The rule is that if the deeds are non-specific, subletting is permitted. There may be a precondition that you need to seek consent via your landlord or some other party before subletting. The net result is you not allowed to sublet in the absence of first obtaining consent. Such consent must not not be unreasonably withheld. If the lease does not allow you to sublet you will need to ask your landlord if they are willing to waive this restriction.

I am the registered owner of a 2 bed flat in Chalfont St Giles, conveyancing was carried out 8 years ago. How much will my lease extension cost? Equivalent flats in Chalfont St Giles with an extended lease are worth £202,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £60 charged once a year. The lease finishes on 21st October 2081

With only 57 years left to run we estimate the price of your lease extension to span between £28,500 and £33,000 plus costs.

The figure above a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to provide the actual costs in the absence of comprehensive due diligence. Do not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt additional concerns that need to be taken into account and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not take any other action based on this information before getting professional advice.

How up-to-date is your search tool for the bank conveyancing panel in Chalfont St Giles? Do the lenders send you an updated list?

Chalfont St Giles law firm practices and firms conducting conveyancing in Chalfont St Giles themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the lender conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from the bank directly.