Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Godmanchester even if I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for instance where I intend to buy an office in Godmanchester with a loan from Nottingham Building Society?

Our comparison service is mainly utilised to select domestic conveyancing solicitors in Godmanchester but we have recorded towards the end of this page a few Godmanchester commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to speak with the firm directly to check if they are also authorised to represent Nottingham Building Society

I am purchasing a house and the solicitor has identified Chancel Repair for which the house may be obligated to contribute to as it falls into the area of such a church. He has recommended insurance. Is this strictly required for conveyancing in Godmanchester

Unless a prior acquisition of the property took place post 12 October 2013 you could assume that lawyers conducting conveyancing in Godmanchester to remain encouraging a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.

I opted to have a survey completed on a property in Godmanchester before appointing solicitors. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the property. Our surveyor advised that some lenders tend not grant a loan on such a property.

It varies from the lender to lender. HSBC has different requirements for example to Nationwide. If you contact us we can check with the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Godmanchester. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.

We are 17 days into a leasehold purchase having been recommend to a firm by the high street agent to execute conveyancing in Godmanchester. I am am very disappointed with the level of service. Can you help me find new conveyancers?

A conveyancer 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 need to inform them of the new contact details and ensure the mortgage documents are re-issued. The solicitor ideally should be on the mortgage company panel to avoid supplemental expenses and frustration. That should be your first question of the new solicitors. The search tool will assist you in finding a lender approved solicitor for your conveyancing in Godmanchester

My wife and I purchased a leasehold house in Godmanchester. Conveyancing and Nottingham Building Society mortgage are in place. A letter has just been received from someone saying they have taken over the freehold. Attached was a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1992. The conveyancing solicitor in Godmanchester who previously acted has long since retired. What should I do?

The first thing you should do is contact the Land Registry to be sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is in fact the new freeholder. There is no need to incur the fees of a Godmanchester conveyancing practitioner to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for £3. Rest assured that regardless, even if this is the legitimate landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Godmanchester - A selection of Queries Prior to Purchasing

Where a Godmanchester lease has no more than eighty years it will affect the salability of the property. Check with your lender that they are willing to lend given the lease term. A short lease means that you will most likely have to extend the lease at some point and you need to have some idea of what this will be. For most Godmanchesterlease extensions you would need to own the property for a couple of years before you are entitled to extend the lease. Are any of leasehold owners in arrears of their service charge liability? Generally speaking the cost for major works tend not to be wrapped into the service charges, although there some managing agents in Godmanchester ask leasehold owners to contribute towards a reserve fund created for the specific purpose of establishing a fund for major repairs or maintenance.