The solicitor who helped my last purchase has sent a quote for £1700 for no sale no fee conveyancing in Woodhall Spa. I’m selling a modern house for £300,000. Is this expensive? Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in Woodhall Spa?

The quote is slightly on the expensive side. If you are prepared to expend time comparing quotes you may be able to decrease the fees marginally by perhaps £100 plus VAT. That being said, you couldlive to regret opting for an an untested lawyer. Remember to be sure that the conveyancer can also act for your bank. Do make use of our search tool to get a quote a Woodhall Spa conveyancing practice on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Woodhall Spa.

Our Woodhall Spa conveyancer has identified an inconsistency when comparing the surveyor’s assumptions in the home valuation survey and what is revealed within the title deeds. My lawyer has advised that he needs to ensure that the bank is happy with this discrepancy and is still content to lend. Is my lawyer’s stance right?

Your solicitor must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook specifications which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.

Finally the sale completed on my house in Woodhall Spa last April yet the purchaser is SMS messaging me to say her solicitor is waiting to hear from mylawyer. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?

Following your sale your conveyancer is obliged to deliver the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. If applicable, your conveyancer should also evidence that the home loan has been redeemed to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion formalities just for conveyancing in Woodhall Spa.

We are purchasing a house and the conveyancer has referenced Chancel Repair for which the house could be obligated to contribute to given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. She has mentioned insurance. Is this really necessary for conveyancing in Woodhall Spa

Unless a prior acquisition of the house took place post 12 October 2013 you could take it that conveyancing practitioners carrying out conveyancing in Woodhall Spa to continue to propose a a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

I am in need of some leasehold conveyancing in Woodhall Spa. Before diving in I want to be sure as to the number of years remaining on the lease.

If the lease is recorded at the land registry - and most are in Woodhall Spa - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars 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.

Woodhall Spa Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Sample of Queries before Purchasing

This information is important as a) areas can result in problems in the block as the communal areas may begin to deteriorate where repairs are not paid for b) if the leaseholders have an issue with the managing agents you will need to have complete disclosure It is important to be aware whether redecorating or some other major work is due in the foreseeable future that will be shared amongst the leasehold owners and may well materially increase the the service fees or require a specific invoice. If a Woodhall Spa lease has fewer than eighty years it will have adverse implications on the marketability of the property. It is worth checking with your bank that they are content with the length of the lease. A short lease means that you will probably need a lease extension sooner rather than later and you need to have some idea of how much this would cost. For most Woodhall Spalease extensions you would need to own the premises for a couple of years before you are entitled to extend the lease.