My wife and I are hoping to buy a property in Hartlebury and have instructed a Hartlebury conveyancing firm. Within the past 48 hours our conveyancer has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through with a view to exchanging next week. Nottingham Building Society have this morning contacted us to inform me that they have now hit a problem as our Hartlebury lawyer is not on their approved list of lawyers. Is this a problem?

Where you are buying a property with the assistance of a mortgage it is usual for the purchasers' lawyers to also represent the mortgage company. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme. Your property lawyer should contact your mortgage company and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the bank's conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Hartlebury lawyers, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it will likely delay the transaction as you have another set of people involved.

Have purchased a a semi-detached house in Hartlebury , how long should it take for the Land Registry to deal with the formalities evidencing my proprietorship? My Hartlebury conveyancing solicitor works at snail pace, so I want to be sure the land registry aspects are addressed.

There is nothing unique about conveyancing in Hartlebury registration formalities. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timescales can vary depending on who lodges the application, whether there are errors and whether the Land registry need to notify any interested persons or bodies. At present in the region of three quarters of such applications are fully addressed within 12 days but occasionally there can be longer hold-ups. Registration is effected after the new owner is living at the property so registration formalities is not typically primary concern yet where it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your lawyers could communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for an expedited registration.

Are there any apps to assist me to locate a Hartlebury solicitor on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel? I drive a motor bike and am happy to travel upto 25miles to meet the lawyer.

You can use the tool on this website. Please select a mortgage company and your location and you will see a number of Hartlebury conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have listed some Hartlebury conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can ring them to check if they are on the Virgin Money member panel

As co-executor for the estate of my aunt I am selling a property in Monmouth but live in Hartlebury. My lawyer (who is 200 miles from meneeds me to sign a stat dec before completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Hartlebury to attest and place their company stamp on the document?

strictly speaking you should not need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are located in Hartlebury

I have just started marketing my 2 bed apartment in Hartlebury. Conveyancing has not commenced, however I have just had a yearly service charge invoice – what should I do?

Your conveyancing lawyer is likely to suggest that you should discharge the maintenance contribution as normal as all ground rent and service invoices will be allotted as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer unless 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. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.

I bought a leasehold flat in Hartlebury, conveyancing having been completed 7 years ago. Can you shed any light on how much the price could be for a 90 year extension to my lease? Equivalent properties in Hartlebury with a long lease are worth £197,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £55 invoiced every year. The lease finishes on 21st October 2080

With 55 years remaining on your lease the likely cost is going to span between £31,400 and £36,200 plus legals.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs without more comprehensive investigations. You should not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt 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 placing reliance on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.