Recently contacted my conveyancing lawyer in Flackwell Heath who conducted the legals two years ago asking for a conveyancing estimate based on an identical type of house move (a leasehold premises and a freehold property) of similar values with a mortgage from Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. I am now being quoted twice the amount. Am I right to be tempted to shop around for an alternative conveyancer?
The estimate does seem a tad steep. If you shop around you might get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by as much as a hundred pounds. On the other hand, providing that you were satisfied with the legal work the firm provided you maylive to rue choosing an an unknown conveyancer. If is important to enquire the firm can also act for Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. Do use our search tool to choose a Flackwell Heath conveyancing firm on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society approved list of lawyers, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Flackwell Heath.
We are looking to buy a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Flackwell Heath who is on the Skipton approved panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Skipton . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Flackwell Heath.
We're in Flackwell Heath, FTBs purchasing with a mortgage (lender is Barclays , and our solicitor is on the Barclays conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the Barclays conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancing practitioner should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.
Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my ground floor apartment in Flackwell Heath. Conveyancing lawyers have not yet been instructed, but I have just had a yearly service charge invoice – should I leave it to the buyer to sort out?
Your conveyancing lawyer is likely to suggest that you should discharge the service charge as usual because all rents and maintenance charges will be apportioned on completion, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.
I own a 1 bedroom flat in Flackwell Heath, conveyancing having been completed half a dozen years ago. Can you please calculate a probable premium for a statutory lease extension? Comparable properties in Flackwell Heath with an extended lease are worth £176,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £50 yearly. The lease ends on 21st October 2104
With just 80 years left to run we estimate the price of your lease extension to span between £8,600 and £9,800 plus legals.
The suggested premium range above a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs without more comprehensive due diligence. Do not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be other issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward based on this information without first seeking the advice of a professional.
I have been informed by many estate agents that it should take up to two months for Flackwell Heath conveyancing to complete.This was a month ago. The draft contract was only received to my lawyer a couple of days ago so does the time start running now?
You need to be realistic about timelines. Moving home in Flackwell Heath usually takes about ten weeks. This timeframe is not because solicitor are slow and willfully delay matters. The level of money involved in purchasing any property is so high, the buyer’s solicitor having to carry out a wide range of questions, searches and further checks to protect the buyer and their mortgage company (if there is to be a mortgage) from expensive, avoidable problems. These investigations involves getting information from various different parties, including other property lawyer, local councils, private companies, lenders. Many of these are well organised. Others aren't. Finally, it doesn't matter how quickly your property lawyer do their job, if the people you are purchasing from or are selling to aren't ready, nothing can go ahead until they are up to speed.