Finally the sale completed on my house in Lakenham last December but the buyer keeps SMS messaging daily to moan that their lawyer is waiting to hear from mysolicitor. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?

Post completion of your house sale your lawyer is duty bound to send the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. Where appropriate, your lawyer should also send confirmation that the home loan has been repaid to the buyers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks specific conveyancing in Lakenham.

I have todaybecome aware that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in Lakenham for a purchase of a freehold house 12 months ago. How can I check that my home is in my name in the name of the former proprietor?

The quickest method to see if the property is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Lakenham conveyancing specialists.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Lakenham is the location of the property. Is there any advice you can give?

Flying freeholds in Lakenham are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Lakenham you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Lakenham may decide 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 residence.

Is it simple use the search app to locate a conveyancing lawyer in Lakenham on the approved list for my bank?

1st select a lender such as , or then type in your preferred area for instance Lakenham. Conveyancing organisations in Lakenham and across England and Wales will then be listed.

I own a garden flat in Lakenham, conveyancing was carried out 1995. Can you work out an approximate cost of a lease extension? Equivalent flats in Lakenham with over 90 years remaining are worth £165,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £45 levied per year. The lease comes to an end on 21st October 50

With only 50 years remaining on your lease the likely cost is going to be between £36,100 and £41,800 plus legals.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to provide the actual costs in the absence of comprehensive due diligence. Do not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt other issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you take any other action placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.