I require conveyancing for an apartment in a fairly new development (five years built) in Little Hampton. Almost all the appartments are already occupied. Do I need carry out the conveyancing searches for my conveyancing in Little Hampton?

Where you are obtaining a loan, your bank will insist on some (many) of the searches so you'll have no choice. If not, then Little Hampton conveyancing searches are optional. Your lawyer, will 'advise', perhaps strongly, that you should have the searches done, but he or she has a professional duty to do this. One thing to bear in mind; if you are likely to sell the house one day, it may be of interest to your future buyer what the searches contain. Sometimes houses with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. But if you insist that your lawyer to proceed without searches then your lawyer will have to follow your instructions or ask you to appoint a different lawyer for your conveyancing in Little Hampton.

My husband and I are hoping to buy a purpose built flat in Little Hampton with a mortgage from .We have a Little Hampton conveyancing lawyer but advised that his firm is not on their approved list of member firms. we are left little option but to use a panel firm or retain our local solicitor and fork out for one of their panel ones to act for them. We feel as though this is unjust; Can we not simply insist that use our lawyer?

No, not really. The loan offered to you contains terms and conditions, one of which will be that conveyancers needs to be on the approved list. in the past, most lenders had large numbers of law firms on their panels: a borrower could find one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your solicitors to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Little Hampton. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Little Hampton

If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided.

I opted to have a survey done on a house in Little Hampton ahead of instructing solicitors. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. Our surveyor has said that some banks will not give a mortgage on this type of home.

It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different requirements from Birmingham Midshires. If you contact us we can look into this further via the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Little Hampton. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Little Hampton to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

I inherited a ground floor flat in Little Hampton, conveyancing having been completed 1995. Can you give me give me an indication of the likely cost of a lease extension? Similar properties in Little Hampton with an extended lease are worth £165,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £45 invoiced every year. The lease terminates on 21st October 50

With 50 years unexpired the likely cost is going to range between £36,100 and £41,800 as well as plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to supply the actual costs in the absence of detailed due diligence. You should not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt other issues that need to be considered and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you take any other action placing reliance on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.