Can the conveyancing practitioners identified through your search tool execute auction conveyancing in Nottinghamshire?

There are a number of niche solicitors we can put you in touch with those specialising in auction conveyancing. Nottinghamshire is just one of hundreds of locations in which our lawyers are based.

I am the registered owner of a freehold property in Nottinghamshire yet charged rent, why is this and what is this?

It is rare for properties in Nottinghamshire and has limited impact for conveyancing in Nottinghamshire but some freehold properties in England (particularly common in North West England) pay an annual sum known as a Chief Rent or a Rentcharge to a third party who has no other legal interest in the land.

Rentcharge payments are usually between £2.00 and £5.00 per year. Rentcharges date back hundreds of years, but the Rent Charge Act 1977 barred the creation of fresh rentcharges from 1977 onwards.

Old rentcharges can now be extinguished by making a one off payment under the Act. Any rentcharges that are still in existence after 2037 is to be extinguished.

I'm buying a new build house in Nottinghamshire with the aid of help to buy. The developers refused to budge the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The house builders rep told me not inform my conveyancer about this side-deal as it would impact my loan with the lender. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

I have been on the look out for a ground for flat up to £195,000 and found one near me in Nottinghamshire I like with amenity areas and railway links in the vicinity, however it's only got 51 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Nottinghamshire for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a lease with such few years left?

Should you require a mortgage the shortness of the lease may be problematic. Discount the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing owner has owned the property for at least 2 years you may ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor about this matter.

As co-executor for the estate of my grandfather I am selling a residence in Swansea but I am based in Nottinghamshire. My solicitor (who is 260 miles awayneeds me to sign a statutory declaration ahead of the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Nottinghamshire who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?

strictly speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Nottinghamshire based