My lawyer in Killay has never been on on the Leeds Building Society Approved Panel. Can I still continue with my family solicitor even though they are excluded from the Leeds Building Society panel?

Your options are as follows:

1. Complete the purchase with your preferred Killay lawyers but Leeds Building Society will need to retain a conveyancer on their list of acceptable firms. This will result in additional total conveyancing charges as well as cause delays.
2. Find an alternative lawyer to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the Leeds Building Society panel

I used Stirling Law several years past for my conveyancing in Killay. I now require my papers however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

You should 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 Killay of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Killay is the location of the property. Is there any advice you can impart?

Flying freeholds in Killay are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Killay you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Killay may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.

I have been recommended by three or four local estate agents in Killay to get a quote from a solicitor on your site. What’s the financial advantage for Estate Agents to market your services ahead of another?

We refuse to give any financial incentive for pointing buyers and sellers our way. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission because members of the public would think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

Due to sign contracts shortly on a basement flat in Killay. Conveyancing solicitors inform me that they report fully within the next couple of days. Are there areas in the report that I should be focusing on?

The report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Killay should include some of the following:

The physical extent of the property. This could be the property itself but might incorporate a roof area or basement if applicable. What options are open to you if a neighbour is in violation of a provision in their lease? It needs to be made clear to you whether the lease allows you to add or improve anything in the property- you must know whether it applies to all alterations or just structural alteration, and whether permission is mandated necessary Specifying your legal entitlements in respect of the communal areas in the building.E.G., does the lease permit a right of way over a path or staircase? An explanation concerning the obligations in the lease to pay service charges - in respect of the block, and the more general rights a lessee has

Leasehold Conveyancing in Killay - Examples of Questions you should consider before buying

This information is useful as a) areas could result in problems in the building as the communal areas may begin to deteriorate where maintenance remain unpaid b) if the leaseholders have a dispute with the running of the building you will wish to know about it Generally speaking the outlay for major works tend not to be wrapped into the maintenance charges, although there some managing agents in Killay require leaseholders to contribute towards a sinking fund and this is used to offset against major works. Can you inform me if there are any major works anticipated that will likely add a premium to the maintenance fees?