At long last a loan offer from NatWest for the refinancing of my 2 room apartment is to be issued within the next few days. Are you able to recommend a low cost conveyancing solicitor in Great Missenden?

This site is not designed to assist those in their quest for the lowest fares for conveyancing in Great Missenden. Our intention is to offer affordable conveyancing but we do not work with the cheapest lawyers. Avoid the trap of appointing organisations enticing you with £100 conveyancing in Great Missenden. Optimistically, in choosing a lawyer for low cost conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst you will end up invoiced for additional fees and still not get the service required.

I am buying a 4 bedroom semi-detached house in Great Missenden. We would like to convert the garage to a playroom at the property.Will the conveyancing process involve enquiries to ascertain if these alterations are permitted?

Your conveyancer will check the registered title as conveyancing in Great Missenden will occasionally identify restrictions in the title deeds which prevent categories of works or require the permission of another owner. Some additions need local authority planning permissions and approval under the building regulations. Many areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or impact extensions. It would be prudent to check these issues with a surveyor prior to committing yourself to a purchase.

I have paid off my mortgage with Nottingham. I assume I don't need a Great Missenden solicitor on the Nottingham panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Nottingham mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Nottingham mortgage from the register. Nottingham, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

1. but are not moving to another property
2. where Nottingham has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
3. Nottingham has instructed the Land Registry to do so

At last I have had an offer on an apartment in Great Missenden agreed to, the vendors do nevertheless have a tied purchase. The sellers have put an offer on somewhere, but it’s not yet agreed to, and are looking at other flats in the pipeline. I have chosen a nearby conveyancing solicitor in Great Missenden. What do I do now? At what stage should I apply for the mortgage with Barclays?

It is understandable to have apprehensions where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to incur costs prematurely (mortgage application is approx £1k, then survey, Great Missenden conveyancing search fees, etc). First, you must ensure that your conveyancing practitioner is on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Regarding the next phase this very much dictated by the uniqueness of your case, motivation for this property and on the state of the market. In a hot market some buyers would apply for a home loan with Barclays and pay for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they ask their property lawyer to move forward with searches.

About to purchase a new build flat in Great Missenden. Conveyancing is a frightening process 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 legal work.

Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Great Missenden

There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Please supply a car parking plan. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified.

Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Great Missenden in advance of instructing solicitors. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the property. The surveyor advised that some banks tend not issue a mortgage on a flying freehold home.

It varies from the lender to lender. Bank of Scotland has different requirements from Nationwide. If you contact us we can look into this further with the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Great Missenden. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Great Missenden especially if they are accustomed to such properties in Great Missenden.

We have been advised by many estate agents that it can take six to eight weeks for Great Missenden conveyancing to complete.This was four weeks ago. The property information was only received from the vendors conveyancer yesterday so does the time start running now?

It would be unwise rely on counting down a two month period. Addressing precisely how how many weeks Great Missenden conveyancing will take is virtually impossible. Without fail every property will have it’s bespoke set of concerns. Accordingly your conveyancer will find it difficult to give representations as to how long it will take to conclude conveyancing in Great Missenden.