I have given 8 weeks notice to my current landlord and must vacate my let out apartment in Blakeney by the end of next month. Conveyancing for my house purchase has just started. Can I complete in three weeks as I wish to avoid having to find short term accommodation?

Generally one should not give notice for your tenancy unless your lawyer suggests that you should. If you have not previously done so, contact to your solicitor and urge them to they seek the assistance the sellers side, try to a target completion date that everyone will work to achieve

I am buying a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in Blakeney who is on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing. Can you recommend a local solicitor?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Birmingham Midshires in certain locations such as Blakeney. We dont recommend any particular firm.

My relative suggested that where I am purchasing in Blakeney I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Blakeney conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Blakeney around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Blakeney.

I'm buying a new build house in Blakeney with a loan from HSBC Bank. The developers would not move on the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The property agent advised me not disclose to my conveyancer about the side-deal as it could affect my loan with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer 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.

I have been on the look out for a ground for flat up to £245,000 and found one close by in Blakeney I like with open areas and transport links in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 61 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Blakeney suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a lease with such few years left?

Should you require a mortgage that many years will likely be an issue. Reduce the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for at least twenty four months you could request that they start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor about this.