Do the conveyancing practitioners highlighted through your search tool handle right to buy conveyancing in Colyers?

We work with plenty of conveyancing lawyers carrying out right to buy transactions You should contact the conveyancers listed with a view to secure a costs calculation.

When does exchange of contracts occur in purchase conveyancing in Colyers and do I need to be at the solicitors office?

Where you are round the corner to our conveyancing solicitors in Colyers you are welcome to come in to sign contracts. However, the law practices we recommend supply a national conveyancing service and provide as equally detailed and professional a job for you when communicating with you electronically. The executing of the contract is not the critical part. Signing on the dotted line is necessary for the solicitor to exchange contracts when the time is right, which will usually be very shortly after signing. The procedure is nowadays normally dealt with by telephone and can be very rapid, although where an extended "chain" is in play, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Colyers)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

I am a fortnight into a leasehold purchase having been directed to conveyancers by the high street agent to do our conveyancing in Colyers. We are not happy. Can you you assist me in finding new solicitors?

They would need to be very bad in order to consider changing them. Has your loan offer been issued? In the event that it has you will need to advise them of the replacement conveyancer and have the mortgage documents are re-issued. The conveyancer needs to be on the banks approved list to avoid added expenses and delays. So that should be your first question of the new conveyancers. Our search tool will assist you in finding a bank approved lawyer for your home move in Colyers

Do you have any advice for leasehold conveyancing in Colyers with the intention of speeding up the sale process?

• Much of the delay in leasehold conveyancing in Colyers can be reduced if you get in touch lawyers the minute your agents start advertising the property and request that they start to collate the leasehold documentation needed by the purchasers’ lawyers.
If you have the benefit of shareholding in the Management Company, you should ensure that you have the original share certificate. Organising a duplicate share certificate is often a lengthy formality and delays many a Colyers conveyancing deal. If a new share is needed, do contact the company director and secretary or managing agents (if applicable) for this at the earliest opportunity. You believe that you know the number of years remaining on your lease but it would be wise to verify this by asking your solicitors. A purchaser's lawyer will be unlikely to recommend their client to to exchange contracts if the lease term is below 80 years. It is therefore essential at an early stage that you identify whether the lease term for your property needs extending. If it does, contact your solicitors before you put your property on the market for sale. A minority of Colyers leases require Licence to Assign from the landlord. If this is the case, it would be prudent to place the estate agents on notice to make sure that the purchasers put in hand bank and professional references. The bank reference will need to confirm that the buyers are able to meet the annual service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the actual amount of the service charge so that they can pass this information on to the buyers or their solicitors. In the event that you altered the property did you need the Landlord’s consent? Have you, for example installed wooden flooring? Colyers leases often stipulate that internal structural alterations or installing wooden flooring calls for a licence from the Landlord acquiescing to such works. Where you fail to have the consents to hand do not communicate with the landlord without checking with your lawyer first.

Having spent years of negotiations we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Colyers. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?

You certainly can. We are happy to put you in touch with a Colyers conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Colyers flat is Various @ Colombus Square in January 2012. the Tribunal calculated the premiums to be paid for new leases for each of the flats in Mariners Walk to be £3822 and the premium to be paid for the new lease of 2 Knights Court to be £4439. This case related to 13 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 76 years.

I am contemplating choosing a web based conveyancing practitioner rather than a Colyers conveyancing practice. Am I making a mistake?

There are advantages of being able to attend a local Colyers conveyancing solicitor for example

• signing documents on short notice
• often being able to see someone face-to-face can make a huge difference, particularly for more complex transactions
• the ability to raise concerns if matters are not going as expected

When comparing estimates, look carefully for hidden extras. Most decent Colyers high street solicitors give an all-inclusive figure. Often online agents seem to offer low cost prices, yet have hidden 'extras' in the in the terms and conditions.