Can I use your services to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Alcester even if I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for instance if I wish to acquire a shop in Alcester with a loan from ?

Our search tool is mainly there to find domestic conveyancing solicitors in Alcester but we have listed towards the bottom of this page a selection of Alcester commercial conveyancing firms. You should speak with the solicitors directly to see if they are also authorised to represent

My grandmother passed away 10 months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the house in Alcester. The house had a relatively small loan left on it of around £8000. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to , pay off the mortgage. Is this possible?

Given you intend to refinance then will insist on your using a conveyancer on the conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.

About to purchase a new build flat in Alcester. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Here are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Alcester

The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme.

I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £245,000 and found one round the corner in Alcester I like with amenity areas and railway links nearby, the downside is that it only has 51 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Alcester for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a lease with such few years left?

Should you require a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term will be a potential deal breaker. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current proprietor has owned the property for at least 2 years you can ask them to commence the lease extension formalities 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 lawyer concerning this.

I’m about to sell my ground floor apartment in Alcester. Conveyancing is yet to be initiated, however I have just had a half-yearly maintenance charge invoice – should I leave it to the buyer to sort out?

It best that you clear the invoice as usual given that all ground rent and service invoices should be apportioned on completion, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.

Alcester Leasehold Conveyancing - Sample of Questions you should ask before Purchasing

How much is the yearly service fee and ground rent? For most Alcester leaseholds the cost for major works tend not to be included within service charges, although some managing agents in Alcester obliged tenants to contribute towards a reserve fund created for the specific purpose of building a fund for major works. How many of the leaseholders are in arrears for their service charge payments?