The mortgage offer from HSBC for the refinancing of my 2 room flat is coming imminently. Can you suggest a cheap conveyancing practitioner in Audenshaw?

You have arrived at the wrong place to search for the cheapest conveyancing solicitors in Audenshaw. Our aim is to provide excellent value conveyancing but we do not work with the cheapest lawyers. Do not be seduced by organisations offering the bait of £100 conveyancing in Audenshaw. Optimistically, in deciding on cheap conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst you will end up invoiced for additional fees and still not end up with the service you were looking for.

I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in Audenshaw. I now require my papers but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Audenshaw of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

My husband and I are a couple of weeks into a residential purchase having been recommend to a firm by the local agent to carry out the conveyancing in Audenshaw. I am am very disappointed with the quality of service. Can you help me find new solicitors?

A solicitor would have to be very poor in order to consider diss instructing them. Has your loan offer been sent? In the event that it has you need to make them aware of the new contact details and have the offer are issued to the new lawyers. Your new solicitor ideally should be on the mortgage company panel to avoid escalating fees and delays. So that should be your starting point. The search tool will assist you in finding a lender approved solicitor for your conveyancing in Audenshaw

All being well we will complete the disposal of our £475,000 garden flat in Audenshaw in just under a week. The freeholder has quoted £420 for Landlord’s certificate, building insurance schedule and 3 years statements of service charge. Is the landlord entitled to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in Audenshaw?

Audenshaw conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes usually necessitates fees being levied by management companies :

Completing pre-exchange questions Where consent is required before sale in Audenshaw Supplying insurance information Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Audenshaw leasehold premises is £350. For Audenshaw conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are obliged to provide the information.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Audenshaw - Examples of Queries before Purchasing

The prefered form of lease arrangement is where the freehold reversion is in the ownership of the leaseholders. In this situation the leaseholders benefit from being in charge if their destiny and although a managing agent is frequently retained if the building is bigger than a house conversion, the managing agent is directed by the tenants. Plenty Audenshaw leasehold flats will incur a service bill for the upkeep of the block levied on behalf of the management company. Where you acquire the flat you will have to meet this amount, usually periodically accross the year. This can differ from several hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for buildings with lifts and large communal grounds. There will also be a ground rent for you to pay annual, ordinarily this is not a large amount, say around £25-£75 but you should to enquire as on occasion it can be many hundreds of pounds. Are there any major works on the horizon that will likely increase the service charges?

Do I cancel my mortgage payments with Bank of Ireland once a completion date for my home sale in Audenshaw has been set?

You are best advised to keep meeting any mortgage payments to Bank of Ireland until the mortgage is paid off on completion as part of your Audenshaw conveyancing.