Can your site be used to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Aylesbury even where I’m not purchasing or selling a house, for instance where I wish to buy an office in Aylesbury with a mortgage from Aldermore?

The service is predominantly there to locate domestic conveyancing solicitors in Aylesbury but we have recorded at the end of this page some Aylesbury commercial conveyancing firms. You should enquire with the firm directly to establish if they can also act for Aldermore

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Aylesbury. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions 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 Aylesbury

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. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified.

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor for some conveyancing in Aylesbury. I happened to stumble across a site which appears to be the perfect offering If it is possible to get all this stuff completed via phone that would be ideal. Should I be wary? What are the potential pitfalls?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?

I am employed by a reputable estate agent office in Aylesbury where we see a few flat sales jeopardised due to leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have been given conflicting advice from local Aylesbury conveyancing firms. Can you clarify whether the owner of a flat can commence the lease extension formalities for the purchaser on completion of the sale?

As long as the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to kick-start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. This means that the buyer can avoid having to sit tight for 2 years for a lease extension. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done prior to, or at the same time as completion of the disposal of the property.

Alternatively, it may be possible to agree the lease extension with the freeholder either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the buyer.

I own a leasehold flat in Aylesbury, conveyancing was carried out 9 years ago. How much will my lease extension cost? Corresponding properties in Aylesbury with over 90 years remaining are worth £211,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £50 charged once a year. The lease ceases on 21st October 2093

With 68 years remaining on your lease we estimate the price of your lease extension to range between £9,500 and £11,000 as well as professional fees.

The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs without more detailed due diligence. You should not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be additional issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.

My husband and I are acquiring a studio flat in Aylesbury. When we first instructed solicitor, they told us that they were on all mainstream mortgage company panels. The financial adviser contacted us yesterday to say that they don't appear to be on the Clydesdale approved list. Were it to be true, what should we do? Do we just choose a different solicitor that is on their approved list or do we pay for separate representation, with Clydesdale selecting their own approved property lawyer.

When acquiring a property with the benefit of a mortgage it is normal for the buyer’s solicitors to also represent the mortgage company. In order to act for a bank or building society a conveyancing practitioner has to be on that lender's list of approved lawyers. An application has to be made by the conveyancing practitioner to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the solicitor has to meet. Some banks now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme. Your conveyancer should call Clydesdale to discover if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own solicitors to act. You don't have to instruct a firm on Clydesdale's conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Aylesbury lawyers, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it may delay matters as you are adding another solicitor into the equation.