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Find a Hertfordshire Conveyancing Solictior on Your Lender’s Panel

Ready to buy a new home in Hertfordshire? Failing to check that a lawyer is on your lender’s list of approved solicitors can put your Hertfordshire conveyancing at risk of delay or failure.

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Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Hertfordshire

Do lawyers request money on account for my conveyancing in Hertfordshire?

If you are buying a property in Hertfordshire your lawyer will request that you to provide them with monies to cover the the cost of the conveyancing searches. Normally this is asked for to cover the fees of the Local Authority Search. When the down payment is as part of the total price then this will be needed shortly prior to contracts are exchanged. The closing balance that is needed will be payable a couple of days prior to the day of completion.

My bank has recommended a law firm on their panel based in Hertfordshire but I would rather choose a conveyancing lawyer in Hertfordshire round the corner to me. Can you help?

It is by no means the case that all Hertfordshire conveyancing practitioners are approved and listed on all lender’s conveyancing panel. Use our find an approved solicitor tool to locate a Hertfordshire conveyancing firm on the on the lender panel.

My colleague recommended that where I am purchasing in Hertfordshire I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

A search of this type is sometimes included in the estimate for your Hertfordshire conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Hertfordshire around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Hertfordshire Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Hertfordshire.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my house can not be found. The solicitors who dealt with the conveyancing in Hertfordshire 4 years ago no longer exist. Will I be able to sell the house?

Assuming the title is registered the information relating to your proprietorship will be documented by the Land Registry with a Title Number. It is possible to carry out a search at the Land Registry, locate your house and order current copies of the Registered Entries for less than a fiver. Where the title is Leasehold then the Land Registry will also normally retain a file duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be retrieved for a small fee.

I am looking at a two apartments in Hertfordshire which have in the region of 50 years remaining on the lease term. Will this present a problem?

There are plenty of short leases in Hertfordshire. The lease is a legal document that entitles you to use the property for a prescribed time frame. As the lease gets shorter the marketability of the lease deteriorates and results in it becoming more expensive to extend the lease. For this reason it is generally wise to extend the lease term. It is often difficult to sell a property with a short lease as mortgage companies may be reluctant to lend money on such properties. Lease enfranchisement can be a difficult process. We advise that you get professional help from a solicitor and surveyor with experience in this area.

I own a garden flat in Hertfordshire, conveyancing having been completed in 1995. Can you shed any light on how much the price could be for a 90 year extension to my lease? Similar properties in Hertfordshire with an extended lease are worth £192,000. The ground rent is £55 invoiced annually. The lease ends on 21st October 2078

With 54 years left to run the likely cost is going to span between £32,300 and £37,400 as well as costs.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to supply a more accurate figure without more detailed due diligence. You should not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt additional issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not move forward placing reliance on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.

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