My partner’s brother is a solicitor. I expect that I will receive friends and family pricing for conveyancing, but if not, what kind of costs would I typically be looking at for conveyancing in Mossley?

Do contrast pricing. Do use our comparison tool on this page. The estimates may vary but service levels do differ between solicitors as is the case with the vast majority of professional services.

I have a renovated Edwardian house in Mossley. Conveyancing solicitor acted for me and Bank of Scotland. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are a couple of entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold with the exact same property. I thought I was buying a freehold how can I check?

You need to review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Mossley and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they remortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also enquire as to the situation with the conveyancing solicitor who carried out the work.

I am looking for a ground for flat up to £195,000 and identified one round the corner in Mossley I like with open areas and station nearby, however it's only got 49 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Mossley for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a lease with such few years left?

If you require a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term will likely be problematic. Discount the price by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you can request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor regarding this.

Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my ground floor flat in Mossley. Conveyancing lawyers have not yet been instructed, however I have recently received a yearly service charge invoice – Do I pay up?

It best that you pay the invoice as normal given that all ground rent and maintenance invoices should be allotted on completion, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.

I own a studio flat in Mossley, conveyancing was carried out half a dozen years ago. Can you let me have an estimate of the premium that my landlord can legally expect in return for granting a renewal of my lease? Corresponding flats in Mossley with over 90 years remaining are worth £216,000. The ground rent is £50 levied per year. The lease comes to an end on 21st October 2096

With just 70 years remaining on your lease the likely cost is going to be between £9,500 and £11,000 plus professional fees.

The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to advice on the actual costs without more detailed due diligence. You should not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt other concerns that need to be taken into account and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward based on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.

Being a tenant I am liable for a service charge for my property in Mossley. Due to redundancy and personal issues I fell behind with payments. I negotiated a clearance schedule but there remains a couple of currently due.

I am under pressure to sell and I am panicking this may hold me back if I have to pay off the amount due first. I'd like to sell up and then pay them back with the completion monies - is this achievable?

Your conveyancer will hopefully be in a position to negotiate with the management company, with a new to seeing if they would accept settlement out of the sale proceeds. Here is indicative of why it is sensible to instruct a conveyancer in Mossley as they are likely to have an established relationship with the parties.