What can a local search tell me concerning the house we're buying in Bartley Green?

Bartley Green conveyancing often commences with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search organisations for instance Searches UK The local search is essential in every Bartley Green conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any unpleasant once you have moved into your property. The search will supply information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen subject areas.

I am purchasing my first flat in Bartley Green with a mortgage from Coventry Building Society. The builders refused to move on the price so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The sale representative told me not reveal to my lawyer about the deal as it could impact my mortgage with Coventry Building Society. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Given that I will soon spend 450k on 3 bedroom house in Bartley Green I wish to talk to a conveyancer regarding thehome move prior to giving the go ahead to the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?

Absolutely - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you speaking to the lawyer who will be conducting your conveyancing in Bartley Green.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is an important person, not a case number. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are calculated and presented to you for your conveyancing in Bartley Green should be the amount on the final invoice that you are charged.

In my capacity as executor for the will of my father I am selling a residence in Cardiff but I am based in Bartley Green. My solicitor (who is 235 kilometers awayrequires that I sign a stat dec prior to the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Bartley Green who can attest this legal document for me?

strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Bartley Green based

I today plan to offer on a house that seems to meet my requirements, at a reasonable figure which is making it all the more appealing. I have since been informed that it's a leasehold rather than freehold. I would have thought that there are particular concerns purchasing a house with a leasehold title in Bartley Green. Conveyancing advisers have are soon to be instructed. Will they explain the issues?

The majority of houses in Bartley Green are freehold and not leasehold. This is one of the situations where having a local conveyancer used to dealing with such properties who can help the conveyancing process. We note that you are buying in Bartley Green so you should seriously consider looking for a Bartley Green conveyancing practitioner and check that they have experience in advising on leasehold houses. First you will need to check the number of years remaining. Being a tenant you will not be entirely free to do whatever you want to the property. The lease will likely included provisions for example requiring the freeholder’spermission to conduct alterations. You may also be required to pay a service charge towards the maintenance of the estate where the property is located on an estate. Your conveyancer will appraise you on the various issues.

I own a split level flat in Bartley Green, conveyancing was carried out in 2007. Can you let me have an estimated range of the fair premium for a lease extension? Equivalent flats in Bartley Green with an extended lease are worth £201,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £45 levied per year. The lease ends on 21st October 2090

With just 64 years unexpired we estimate the premium for your lease extension to range between £15,200 and £17,600 as well as professional fees.

The suggested premium range above a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to advice on a more accurate figure in the absence of detailed due diligence. Do not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt other issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not take any other action based on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.