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

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

How does conveyancing in Hurst Green differ for newly converted properties?

Most buyers of new build or newly converted property in Hurst Green approach us having been asked by the developer to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the property is built. This is because new home sellers in Hurst Green usually buy the real estate, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancing solicitors as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Hurst Green or who has acted in the same development.

My step-father has suggested that I appoint his conveyancers in Hurst Green. Do I follow his guidance?

Much as we are happy to recommend a Hurst Green conveyancing lawyer it’s preferable to find a conveyancing solicitor is to seek recommendations from friends or relatives who have used the solicitor that you are are thinking of instructing.

We expect to complete the sale of our £400,000 apartment in Hurst Green next Thursday. The landlords agents has quoted £300 for Certificate of Compliance, insurance certificate and previous years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge exorbitant fees for a flat conveyance in Hurst Green?

Hurst Green conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes typically necessitates fees being invoiced by landlords agents :

Addressing pre-exchange enquiries Where consent is required before sale in Hurst Green Copies of the building insurance and schedule 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 Hurst Green leasehold premises is £350. For Hurst Green 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 obliged to provide answers.

Hurst Green Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Queries before buying

How much is the service charge and ground rent on the property? Who manages the block? What prohibitions are contained in the Hurst Green Lease?

Been reading online that Hurst Green solicitors are more costly than licensed conveyancers in Hurst Green when it comes to purchasing a property. Am I better off using a conveyancer or a solicitor where I am purchasing a house in Hurst Green.

When it comes to conveyancing in Hurst Green the costs are unlikely to vary dramatically depending on whether the legal expert is a licenced conveyancer or solicitor.