We see that you have a post code search directory identifying firms on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I instruct them for our conveyancing in Hawes?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Lloyds conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Hawes.

We're in Hawes, First timers purchasing with a mortgage (lender is UBS , and our solicitor is on the UBS conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?

The fact that your lawyer is on the UBS 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.

We are selling our property in Hawes and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was built on contaminated land. Any local conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. It does beg the question why the buyers are using an internet conveyancing practice as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Hawes. We have lived in Hawes for 5 years we know that this is a non issue. Is it a good idea to contact our local Authority to obtain confirmation need.

It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing solicitor already. Are they able to advise? You need to check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same ailment)

Is it possible to change solicitor as I need to retain one who is on the Barnsley Building Society conveyancing panel. I hired a local conveyancing solicitor in Hawes five minutes from me but he is not accepted by Barnsley Building Society

It would be our pleasure to help you find a conveyancing solicitor in Hawes on the Barnsley Building Society panel. Please note that the solicitors that we on the directory do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are registered with the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Hawes. In making use of the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can contrast fees for conveyancing solicitors in Hawes and throughout England and Wales.

If all goes to plan we aim to complete our sale of a £325,000 flat in Hawes on Tuesday in a week. The freeholder has quoted £312 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and previous years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge such fees for a flat conveyance in Hawes?

For most leasehold sales in Hawes conveyancing will involve, queries regarding the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :

Completing pre-exchange questions Where consent is required before sale in Hawes Supplying insurance information Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your lawyer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Hawes leasehold property is £350. For Hawes conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to provide answers.

I bought a split level flat in Hawes, conveyancing formalities finalised half a dozen years ago. Can you please calculate a probable premium for a statutory lease extension? Equivalent properties in Hawes with a long lease are worth £265,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £50 levied per year. The lease terminates on 21st October 2101

With 76 years remaining on your lease we estimate the price of your lease extension to be between £8,600 and £9,800 as well as professional fees.

The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to supply the actual costs without more comprehensive due diligence. You should not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. 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. Please do not move forward based on this information without first seeking the advice of a professional.