Having been told to check out your site we were about to appoint conveyancing solicitor in Lechlade endorsed using your search tool but stumbled across some other estimates via the web appear cheaper – why is this?

You can find numerous conveyancing outfits offering at first sight what seems to be very low prices. We would urge you to think long and hard as to how important this transaction is to you that want to take 'cheap' risks over the standard of the legal work. Many of them list a budget quote as a headline but plant extra costs in the small print..

Having sold my house in Lechlade last August but our buyer keeps e-mailing every few hours to say her lawyer needs to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?

After completion of your sale your conveyancer should deliver the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor should also confirm that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been repaid to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion procedures just for conveyancing in Lechlade.

I am intent on selling our property in Lechlade and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was constructed land that was not decontaminated. Any local conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. It does beg the question why the buyers instructed an online conveyancing outfit rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Lechlade. Having lived in Lechlade for 5 years we know of no issue. Is it a good idea to get in touch with our local Authority to seek clarification that there is no issue.

It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing lawyer already. What do they say? You need to enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same sickness)

Our conveyancer has advised that he intends to complete and exchange simultaneously on the sale of our £425,000 maisonette in Lechlade in 10 days. The management company has quoted £312 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and 3 years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge exorbitant fees for a flat conveyance in Lechlade?

Lechlade conveyancing on leasehold apartments usually necessitates the buyer’s solicitor submitting enquiries for the landlord to answer. Although the landlord is under no legal obligation to address such questions most will be willing to do so. They are entitled to levy a reasonable administration fee for responding to enquiries or supplying documentation. There is no upper cap for such fees. The average costs for the information that you are referring to is over three hundred pounds, in some situations it is above £800. The management information fee invoiced by the landlord must be sent together with a summary of rights and obligations in respect of administration charges, otherwise the charge is technically not due. In reality you have little option but to pay whatever is requested of you if you want to exchange contracts with the buyer.

Lechlade Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Questions you should ask Prior to buying

The prefered form of lease arrangement is a share of the freehold. In this arrangement the leaseholders benefit from being in charge if their destiny and even though a managing agent is usually retained where the building is bigger than a house conversion, the managing agent acts for the leaseholders themselves. The answer will be important as a) areas may cause problems for the building as the common areas may begin to deteriorate if services remain unpaid b) if the leasehold owners have a dispute with the managing agents you will need to have all the details Who are the managing agents?

Why am I unable to complete our conveyancing in Lechlade on Easter Monday?

This is due to the fact that on completion the money will be transferred electronically between the banks of the purchaser and seller's property lawyer and at present this can only take place on a working day. So you can't complete on a saturday or sunday either.