We see that you have a post code search directory listing solicitors on the Skipton conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a commission if I retain them for our conveyancing in Bardsley?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Skipton conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Bardsley.

I purchased a 4 bedroom Victorian property in Bardsley. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and Santander. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are a couple of entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold with the matching address. I thought I was buying a freehold how can I check?

You need to read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Bardsley and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also check the situation with your conveyancing solicitor who conducted the purchase.

I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £235,500 and identified one round the corner in Bardsley I like with amenity areas and railway links in the vicinity, the downside is that it's only got 49 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Bardsley for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a short lease?

If you require a mortgage the shortness of the lease may be a potential deal breaker. Reduce the price by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the property for at least twenty four months 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 term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer concerning this matter.

We're novice buyers - had an offer accepted, yet the property agent advised that the seller will only issue a contract if we instruct their chosen solicitors as they want an ‘expedited deal’. My instinct tells me that we should use a local conveyancer who is accustomed to conveyancing in Bardsley

We suspect that the owner is unaware of this request. If they desire ‘a quick sale', turning down a serious buyer is counter productive. Speak to the vendors direct and explain that (a)you are motivated purchasers (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances arranged © you are chain free (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you intend to instruct your own,trusted Bardsley conveyancing firm - not the ones that will earn the negotiator at the agency a kickback or hit his conveyancing thresholds set by senior management.

I am in need of some leasehold conveyancing in Bardsley. Before I set the wheels in motion I require certainty as to the unexpired term of the lease.

If the lease is recorded at the land registry - and 99.9% are in Bardsley - 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.

I am the registered owner of a 1st floor flat in Bardsley, conveyancing formalities finalised January 2000. Can you please calculate a probable premium for a statutory lease extension? Comparable flats in Bardsley with over 90 years remaining are worth £180,000. The ground rent is £65 invoiced every year. The lease runs out on 21st October 2084

With only 59 years unexpired we estimate the price of your lease extension to span between £20,900 and £24,200 plus plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.

The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you a more accurate figure in the absence of comprehensive due diligence. You should not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt other issues that need to be considered and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not move forward placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.