I am acquiring a ground floor flat in Fulwood and Elston. My Conveyancer is not listed on the mortgage company approved panel. Am I still permitted to appoint my Fulwood and Elston conveyancing solicitor even though they are excluded from the mortgage company panel?

You have a number of options available to you here

• Carry on with your preferred Fulwood and Elston conveyancing practitioner but your mortgage company will no doubt appoint a conveyancing practitioner from their approved list. This will result in additional fees together with potential interruption.
• Get a new property lawyer to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the bank conveyancing panel.
• Convince your solicitor to seek to join the mortgage company panel

We were just about to sign contracts for a semi detached house in Fulwood and Elston. We encountered a stumbling block. The mortgage offer with Leeds Building Society expires on 15/10/2025 but the owners are insisting on a completion date of 17/10/2025. Can one extend the loan offer?

The best person to address this issue is your lawyer who is in a position to calculate whether they better off negotiating with the lender, owner’s lawyers, selling agents or indeed all three based on what has gone on in your conveyancing to date.

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Am I better off to instruct a Fulwood and Elston conveyancing lawyer based in the area that I am purchasing? We have a good friend who can conduct the legal work but her office is 400kilometers away.

The primary upside of using a high street Fulwood and Elston conveyancing practice is that you can visit the firm to sign paperwork, present your ID and apply pressure on them where appropriate. Having local Fulwood and Elston know how is a bonus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If other friends have used your friend and in the main were impressed that should outweigh using an unknown Fulwood and Elston conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being local.

I have just appointed agents to market my ground floor flat in Fulwood and Elston. Conveyancing is yet to be initiated, however I have recently received a half-yearly maintenance charge invoice – should I leave it to the buyer to sort out?

The sensible thing to do is clear the invoice as you normally would as all rents and maintenance charges will be apportioned as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you will be reimbursed by the purchaser 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.

Fulwood and Elston Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Sample of Questions you should consider Prior to buying

You should be aware if it is fewer than eighty years it will impact the marketability of the apartment. Check with your lender that they are willing to lend given the lease term. A short lease means that you will most likely require a lease extension sooner rather than later and it is worth discovering how much this will be. For most Fulwood and Elstonlease extensions you would be be obliged to have owned the residence for two years before you are eligible to extend the lease. What restrictions are contained in the Fulwood and Elston Lease? This question is useful as a) areas may result in problems in the block as the communal areas may begin to deteriorate where maintenance remain unpaid b) if the leasehold owners have a dispute with the running of the building you will need to know about it