Why is leasehold purchase conveyancing in Roath Park is more expensive?

In short, leasehold conveyancing in Roath Park and Cardiff usually involve extra hours of investigation compared to freehold transactions. This includes reviewing the lease, communicating with the landlord concerning the service of required notices, securing current service charge and management information, procuring the landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts. The obligations on both the landlord and the tenant in the lease need to be studied by the buyer’s conveyancing team and read from beginning to end – no matter how many different owners have owned the lease since it was first entered into.

I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Roath Park. My lender is Chelsea Building Society

Chelsea Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 26/10/2025, the requirements read as follows :

I have todaydiscovered that Action Conveyancing have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Roath Park for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 12 months ago. How can I establish that my home is registered correctly in the name of the former proprietor?

The quickest method to see if the property is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Roath Park conveyancing specialists.

How do I locate a Roath Park law firm on the Barclays Direct conveyancing panel? I have wheels and am prepared to travel upto 20kilometers to meet the solicitor.

You can use the search on this website. Please select a lender and your location and you will see a number of Roath Park conveyancing lawyers locally. We have listed some Roath Park conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can contact them to check if they are on the Barclays Direct member panel

I am on look out for some leasehold conveyancing in Roath Park. Before I get started I would like to find out the remaining lease term.

Assuming the lease is registered - and most are in Roath Park - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

Roath Park Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Questions you should consider before Purchasing

Be sure to enquire if there is anything that is prohibited in the lease. For example it is reasonably common in Roath Park leases that pets are not permitted in certain buildings in Roath Park. If you love the propertyin Roath Park yet your dog can’t live with you then you will be presented with a hard decision. Does the lease contain onerous restrictions?