Various web forums that I have frequented warn that are the primary reason for hinderance in Newhaven house deals. Is there any truth in this?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the determinations of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure amongst the top 10 causes of delays during the legal transfer of property. Searches are unlikely to feature in any delay in conveyancing in Newhaven.

Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Newhaven in advance of appointing solicitors. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. Our surveyor advised that some lenders will not issue a loan on such a house.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different requirements from Halifax. If you e-mail us we can investigate further via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Newhaven. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Newhaven to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

Is it possible to change conveyancer as I need to instruct one who is on the Accord Mortgages Ltd conveyancing list. I had appointed a local conveyancing solicitor in Newhaven five minutes from me but she is not accepted by Accord Mortgages Ltd

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Newhaven on the Accord Mortgages Ltd panel. Please note that the solicitors that we on the directory do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Newhaven. In making use of the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this site, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Newhaven.

Am I better off to use a Newhaven conveyancing practitioner in close proximity to the house I am buying? We have a good friend who can perform the conveyancing however her office is a couple of hundredkilometers drive away.

The benefit of a high street Newhaven conveyancing firm is that you can pop in to execute documents, present your identification documents and apply pressure on them where appropriate. Having local Newhaven know how is a bonus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust instructed your friend and they were happy that must trump using an unfamiliar Newhaven conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being Newhaven based.

Jane (my partner) and I may need to rent out our Newhaven garden flat for a while due to taking a sabbatical. We used a Newhaven conveyancing practice in 2001 but they have since shut and we did not have the foresight to seek any advice as to whether the lease prohibits the subletting of the flat. How do we find out?

Even though your last Newhaven conveyancing solicitor is no longer around you can review your lease to check if it allows you to sublet the property. The rule is that if the lease is non-specific, subletting is permitted. There may be a precondition that you are obliged to obtain permission via your landlord or other appropriate person prior to subletting. This means that you cannot sublet in the absence of prior consent. The consent must not not be unreasonably refused ore delayed. If the lease prohibits you from letting out the property you will need to ask your landlord for their consent.

Newhaven Leasehold Conveyancing - Sample of Queries before buying

How many of the leaseholders are in arrears for their maintenance charge payments? What is the service charge and ground rent on the flat?