I am assisting my niece sell her flat in Ilkeston. Will the conveyancing solicitor order an energy performance certificate or it is for the owner to see to?

Following the demise of Home Packs, EPC’s remained a mandatory element of selling a property. An energy assessment must be commissioned before the property is advertised. It is not a task that conveyancers normally arrange. Where you are instructing a Ilkeston conveyancing solicitor they may help arrange energy assessments given their contacts with long established Ilkeston providers

Is it the case that all Ilkeston solicitors on the Santander conveyancing panel are governed by the SRA?

As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Santander approved list of solicitors they would need to be regulated by the SRA. Many mortgage companies do list licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such practice would be overseen by the CLC.

We previously chose conveyancing lawyers with offices in Ilkeston on the Yorkshire BS solicitor approved list. They are now charging me a supplemental charge for dealing with the Yorkshire BS mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee specified by Yorkshire BS?

As unfair as it may seem, as long as it’s in their Terms and Conditions or Quote then yes your conveyancer is entitled to levy a fee for this. This charge is not set by Yorkshire BS but by your Ilkeston solicitor. Some firms on the Yorkshire BS panel will levy an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.

Have purchased a a semi-detached house in Ilkeston , how long will it take for the Land Registry to register my ownership? My Ilkeston conveyancing solicitor works at snail pace, so I want to be certain that my ownership is recorded.

As far as conveyancing in Ilkeston registration is no faster or slower than anywhere else in England and Wales. Rather than based on location, timescales can differ depending on who lodges the application, whether it is in order and if the Land registry have to notify any 3rd persons or bodies. Currently in the region of three quarters of submission are fully addressed within 12 days but occasionally there can be protracted delays. Registration is effected after the new owner has moved in to the premises so post completion formalities is not typically an essential issue yet if there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your lawyers should speak with the land registry and explain the circumstances.

Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Ilkeston in advance of appointing conveyancers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. The surveyor advised that some mortgage companies will not give a mortgage on a flying freehold house.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different requirements for example to Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can check via the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Ilkeston. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Ilkeston to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

My cousin has urged me to instruct his conveyancing solicitors in Ilkeston. Do I follow his guidance?

There are no two ways about it it’s preferable to select a conveyancing solicitor is to get recommendations from friends or relatives who have previously instructed the firm that you are considering.

My partner is buying a shared ownership flat in Ilkeston. He has received an estimate by the property lawyer connected to the estate agents totaling £1245 . It was 7 years ago I sold and bought a property and it cost was £just under six hundred pounds. Have fees really gone up that much?

What does the conveyancing estimate include? Is it just for the legal fees, or what you will be paying in total (for example Ilkeston searches, land registry fees, etc)