Having sold my house in Rawdon last August yet the purchaser is Skype messaging every few hours to say his lawyer needs to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done following completion?

Following your sale your lawyer is obliged to deliver the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. Where relevant, your solicitor should also confirm that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been paid off to the buyers lawyers. There are no post completion steps peculiar conveyancing in Rawdon.

Various internet forums that I have visited warn that are a common reason for delay in Rawdon conveyancing transactions. Is this right?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the top 10 causes of delays during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are not likely to feature in any delay in conveyancing in Rawdon.

I'm buying a new build house in Rawdon with the aid of help to buy. The developers would not budge the price so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The sale representative told me not to tell my conveyancer about the side-deal as it would put at risk my loan with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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 flat up to £195,000 and found one round the corner in Rawdon I like with open areas and railway links in the vicinity, however it's only got 49 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Rawdon for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a short lease?

If you need a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will likely be a potential deal breaker. Discount the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you could ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer concerning this matter.

Rawdon Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Queries Prior to Purchasing

How much is the ground rent and service charge? For most Rawdon leaseholds the outlay for major works tend not to be incorporated into the maintenance charges, although some managing agents in Rawdon ask tenants to contribute towards a sinking fund created for the specific purpose of building a fund for major repairs or maintenance. The answer will be important as a) areas may result in problems in the block as the common areas may start to deteriorate where repairs are not paid for b) if the leasehold owners have an issue with the managing agents you will need to have all the details