We note that you have a search directory listing firms on the Aldermore conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I instruct them for our own conveyancing in Eaglescliffe?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Aldermore conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Eaglescliffe.

I used Stirling Law a few years past for my conveyancing in Eaglescliffe. Now, I need the documents but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

Do 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 Eaglescliffe of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Eaglescliffe. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Eaglescliffe

Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore.

We are 17 days into a residential purchase having been directed to solicitors by the estate agent to perform conveyancing in Eaglescliffe. I am not happy. Can you help me find new conveyancers?

They would need to be really bad in order to consider replacing them. Has the loan offer been sent? In the event that it has you will need to advise them of the replacement conveyancer and ensure the loan are issued to the new lawyers. The solicitor ideally should be on the mortgage company panel to avoid supplemental fees and delays. That should be your first question of the new solicitors. Our search tool should assist you in finding a lender approved conveyancer for your home move in Eaglescliffe

Due to exchange soon on a ground floor flat in Eaglescliffe. Conveyancing solicitors assured me that they are sending me a report on Monday. What should I be looking out for?

Your report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Eaglescliffe should include some of the following:

The total ownership of the property. This may be the apartment itself but might incorporate a loft or cellar if applicable. What options are open to you if an adjoining owner breaches a clause of their lease? Where does the liability rest for maintaining the window frames Setting out your rights in relation to common areas in the block.For example, does the lease grant a right of way over a path or staircase? Whether your lease caters for for a slush fund for major works?

Eaglescliffe Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Queries before buying

What is the service charge and ground rent on the apartment? Many Eaglescliffe leasehold apartments will be liable to pay a service charge for maintenance of the building set by the management company. If you buy the property you will have to meet this contribution, usually in instalments throughout the year. This may be anything from two or three hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for buildings with lifts and large communal grounds. There will also be a rentcharge to be met annual, ordinarily this is not a significant figure, say about £50-£100 but you should to check it because on occasion it can be many hundreds of pounds. Are any of leasehold owners in arrears of their service charge liability?