It has taken forever and a day but a loan offer from HSBC for the remortgage of my 2 room flat is due by the end of next week. Are you able to recommend a cheap conveyancing law firm in Bellingham?

This site is not designed to help those in their quest for a cheap conveyancing in Bellingham. We can offer you cost effective conveyancing but we do not work with the cheapest lawyers. Do not be swayed by brokers teasing you with low cost conveyancing in Bellingham. At best, in deciding on low cost conveyancing, you will end up with what you pay for and at worst you will end up paying a lot in additional fees and still not receive the service you were hoping for.

Would the conveyancing solicitors that you recommend execute attended exchange conveyancing in Bellingham?

We do have a number of conveyancing specialists who can conduct one day exchanges. You should e-mail us to receive a costs illustration and details as to availability.

What is the best way to find out if the solicitor conducting my conveyancing in Bellingham is on the mortgage lender’sapproved panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Coventry Building Society thus spending £192.00 in supplemental conveyancing charges.

Please do make use of the search tool on this site. Pick the mortgage company and type ‘Bellingham’ or your location and you will see a number of lawyer based in Bellingham or near you.

I am buying a new build flat in Bellingham. Conveyancing is daunting 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 enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Bellingham

Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? 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. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants.

There are only 68 years left on my flat in Bellingham. I now wish to extend my lease but my freeholder is missing. What options are available to me?

If you meet the appropriate requirements, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the County Court for for permission to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will enable the lease to be extended by the magistrate. You will be obliged to prove that you have done all that could be expected to locate the landlord. In some cases a specialist may be useful to carry out a search and to produce an expert document which can be used as proof that the landlord can not be located. It is advisable to get professional help from a property lawyer both on proving the landlord’s disappearance and the application to the County Court overseeing Bellingham.

I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord for a lease extension without getting anywhere. Can I apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a Bellingham conveyancing firm to assist?

if there is a missing landlord or if there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant legislation it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to calculate the price payable.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a Bellingham flat is 75 Woolstone Road in February 2012. the decision of the Tribunal was that the appropriate amount to be paid to purchase the freehold was the sum of £17,711 . This case was in relation to 2 flats. The remaining number of years on the lease was 68.28 and 158.