Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Woburn even if I’m not buying or selling a house, for example if I want to acquire a shop in Woburn with a mortgage from Alliance & Leicester ?

Our comparison service is mainly there to help choose residential conveyancing solicitors in Woburn but we have set out at the bottom of this page a few Woburn commercial conveyancing firms. You should speak with the firm directly to see if they can also act for Alliance & Leicester

Should commercial conveyancing searches reveal proposed roadworks that could affect a commercial estate in Woburn?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Woburn will order a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers expend in sourcing accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Woburn. The search result provides definitive data on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Woburn.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Woburn it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately can cause delays to Woburn commercial conveyancing deals as well as present a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not conducted for residential conveyancing in Woburn.

I have been on the look out for a ground for flat up to £235,500 and identified one near me in Woburn I like with amenity areas and railway links nearby, however it only has 51 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Woburn for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a short lease?

If you require a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will likely be problematic. Reduce the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the premises for at least 2 years you can request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor concerning this.

Is it possible to swap firm as I need to find one who is on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society conveyancing panel. I instructed a local conveyancing solicitor in Woburn round the corner but she is not accepted by Norwich and Peterborough Building Society

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Woburn on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society panel. Please note that the law firms that we list do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Woburn. Using the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can scrutinise costs for conveyancing solicitors in Woburn and throughout England and Wales.

Having checked my lease I have discovered that there are only Fifty years remaining on my flat in Woburn. I now want to extend my lease but my freeholder is absent. What options are available to me?

On the basis that you meet the appropriate requirements, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can submit an application to the County Court for an order to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will enable the lease to be lengthened by the magistrate. You will be obliged to prove that you have done all that could be expected to track down the lessor. In some cases an enquiry agent may be helpful to try and locate and prepare an expert document to be used as evidence that the landlord can not be located. It is wise to seek advice from a property lawyer in relation to devolving into the landlord’s absence and the application to the County Court overseeing Woburn.

Woburn Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Queries before buying

The majority of Woburn leasehold properties will incur a service bill for maintenance of the building invoiced on behalf of the management company. If you acquire the apartment you will have to pay this contribution, normally in instalments during the year. This may vary from a few hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for blocks with lifts and large common areas. In all probability there will be a rentcharge for you to pay yearly, this is usually not a exorbitant figure, say approximately £25-£75 but you need to enquire as on occasion it could be prohibitively expensive. On the whole the cost for major works tend not to be included within service charges, albeit that some managing agents in Woburn obliged tenants to contribute towards a reserve fund and this is used to offset against major works. This information is useful as a) areas may result in problems in the block as the communal areas may start to deteriorate where maintenance are not paid for b) if the leaseholders have a dispute with the managing agents you will need to know about it