Do the conveyancing practitioners that you recommend handle right to buy conveyancing in Whitby?

We do have plenty of conveyancing lawyers carrying out right to buy conveyancing matters Please contact the solicitors listed in order to get a costs illustration.

How up to date is your database of Whitby solicitors on the Co-operative conveyancing panel? Do Co-operative send you an updated list?

Whitby conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Co-operative conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Co-operative directly.

Our bank has recommended solicitors on their panel based in Whitby but I would rather use a conveyancing lawyer in Whitby or nearer to where I live. Are you able to assist?

The minority of Whitby conveyancing firms are approved and listed on all banks conveyancing panel. Use the above search tool to locate a Whitby conveyancing conveyancer on the on the bank panel.

I used Action Conveyancing several years past for my conveyancing in Whitby. Now, I need my documents but the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Whitby of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

There are only Sixty One years left on my flat in Whitby. I now want to extend my lease but my landlord is absent. What should I do?

On the basis that you qualify, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the County Court for an order to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will mean that your lease can be granted an extra 90 years by the magistrate. You will be obliged to prove that you or your lawyers have done all that could be expected to find the lessor. For most situations an enquiry agent may be helpful to carry out a search and to produce a report to be used as evidence that the landlord is indeed missing. It is wise to seek advice from a conveyancer both on proving the landlord’s disappearance and the vesting order request to the County Court covering Whitby.

I inherited a basement flat in Whitby, conveyancing having been completed April 2003. Can you work out an approximate cost of a lease extension? Similar properties in Whitby with a long lease are worth £185,000. The ground rent is £65 charged once a year. The lease ceases on 21st October 2086

With 61 years remaining on your lease the likely cost is going to be between £18,100 and £20,800 plus professional fees.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to provide a more accurate figure in the absence of comprehensive investigations. Do not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be other concerns that need to be taken into account and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not take any other action placing reliance on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.