Having been recommended your web site we were about to go ahead with a conveyancing solicitor in Helsby recommended using your comparison tool but stumbled across some other quotes on the internet seem cheaper – why is this?

There are many firms of conveyancers marketing theoretically looks to be the cheapest conveyancing in Helsby. Our advice is to give due consideration about how important this transaction is to you that you are willing to take 'cheap' risks over the quality of the conveyancing. Many of them list a cheap quote to catch your eye but plant supplemental charges in the small print..

We see that you have a search directory identifying solicitors on the RBS conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a commission if I appoint them for our conveyancing in Helsby?

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

I used Stirling Law several years ago for my conveyancing in Helsby. I now require my file but the law firm has closed. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Helsby of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I have been advised by a few estate agents in Helsby to choose a solicitor on your site. What’s the financial inducement for Estate Agents to recommend your site over and above another?

We refuse to make any financial incentive for sending work in our direction. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission because home movers will think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

I only have Seventy years remaining on my flat in Helsby. I need to extend my lease but my landlord is can not be found. What should I do?

If you meet the appropriate requirements, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the County Court for for permission to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will mean that your lease can be extended by the Court. However, you will be required to prove that you have done all that could be expected to find the freeholder. On the whole a specialist would be useful to carry out a search and to produce an expert document which can be accepted by the court as evidence that the freeholder can not be located. It is advisable to get professional help from a conveyancer both on devolving into the landlord’s absence and the application to the County Court covering Helsby.

I invested in buying a 1st floor flat in Helsby, conveyancing having been completed in 2004. Can you work out an approximate cost of a lease extension? Similar properties in Helsby with a long lease are worth £185,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £65 yearly. The lease runs out on 21st October 2084

With 60 years unexpired we estimate the premium for your lease extension to range between £20,000 and £23,000 plus professional fees.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to advice on a more accurate figure without more detailed due diligence. Do not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt other issues that need to be considered and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you take any other action based on this information before getting professional advice.