Our family lawyer has sent a quote for £1200 for no completion no fee conveyancing in Heaviley and Offerton. I’m looking to sell a Edwardian property for £300,000. This sounds expensive. Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in Heaviley and Offerton?

The charges are a tad high. If you shop around you may be able to shave off some of the cost by perhaps £100 plus VAT. On the other hand, you mightlive to regret choosing an an unknown lawyer. If is important to enquire that the solicitor can also act for your mortgage company. You can make use of our search tool to find a Heaviley and Offerton conveyancing firm on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Heaviley and Offerton.

Can the conveyancing solicitors identified via your search tool carry out conveyancing in Heaviley and Offerton by way of an attended exchange?

We do have a number of conveyancing experts who can conduct attended exchanges. You should call us to obtain a fee calculation and details as to dates.

Is there a reason why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Heaviley and Offerton is more expensive?

Heaviley and Offerton leasehold conveyancing transactions usually involve additional investigations than freeholds including investigating the Lease, liaising with the Landlord such as serving appropriate notices on the Landlord or managing agent, obtaining up-to-date service charge and management information, obtaining Landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts and formation documents.

How easy is it to switch firm as I need to choose one who is on the Santander conveyancing panel. I had appointed a local conveyancing solicitor in Heaviley and Offerton round the corner but she is not accepted by Santander

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Heaviley and Offerton on the Santander panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we work with do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are registered with the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Heaviley and Offerton. Using the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Heaviley and Offerton.

My wife and I purchased a leasehold flat in Heaviley and Offerton. Conveyancing and Birmingham Midshires mortgage are in place. A letter has just been received from someone claiming to own the freehold. Attached was a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1993. The conveyancing practitioner in Heaviley and Offerton who previously acted has now retired. Do I pay?

The first thing you should do is make enquiries of the Land Registry to make 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 Heaviley and Offerton 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 rightful landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.

Heaviley and Offerton Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Queries Prior to buying

What prohibitions are contained in the Heaviley and Offerton Lease? How much is the service charge and ground rent on the flat? Plenty Heaviley and Offerton leasehold flats will be liable to pay a service bill for the upkeep of the block set on behalf of the landlord. Where you buy the property you will have to pay this liability, usually periodically during the year. This may vary from a couple of hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for blocks with lifts and large communal grounds. In all probability there will be a rentcharge to be met yearly, this is usually not a large figure, say approximately £25-£75 but you need to check it because sometimes it can be many hundreds of pounds.