I have given 2 months notice to my existing landlord and have to vacate my let out apartment in South Woodham Ferrers by 11/2/2026. Conveyancing on my purchase is underway. Is it possible to complete in 5 weeks as I wish to avoid having to move into temporary accommodation?

The normal practice is not to serve notice for your tenancy unless you have exchanged. If you have not previously done so, contact to your conveyancer and request that they cajole the other solicitors, try to a target completion date that all parties will look to achieve

I am looking to buy a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in South Woodham Ferrers who is on the Alliance & Leicester solicitor. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a solicitor?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Alliance & Leicester in certain locations such as South Woodham Ferrers. We dont recommend any particular firm.

We are buying a property and the conveyancer has raised the issue of Chancel Repair to which the property may be obligated to contribute to given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. He has suggested insurance. Is this strictly required for conveyancing in South Woodham Ferrers

Unless a prior acquisition of the property completed post 12 October 2013 you could assume that solicitors delivering conveyancing in South Woodham Ferrers to continue to propose a a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.

I'm buying a new build house in South Woodham Ferrers with the aid of help to buy. The sellers would not reduce the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The property agent suggested that I not inform my lawyer about this extras as it will adversely affect my loan with the lender. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

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 am looking for a flat up to £305k and identified one round the corner in South Woodham Ferrers I like with a park and railway links nearby, the downside is that it only has 61 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in South Woodham Ferrers for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a short lease?

Should you require a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term will be problematic. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for a minimum of twenty four months you may ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor concerning this matter.