We are buying a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Bletchley who is on the HSBC approved panel. Can you recommend a local firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for HSBC . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Bletchley.

A relative recommended that where I am buying in Bletchley I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

A search of this type is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Bletchley conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Bletchley around the property and the people living there. It includes 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 Property Price, Crime details, Bletchley Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Bletchley.

How does conveyancing in Bletchley differ for newly converted properties?

Most buyers of new build premises in Bletchley approach us having been asked by the seller to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the residence is built. This is because new home sellers in Bletchley usually buy the land, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancing solicitors as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Bletchley or who has acted in the same development.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a ground for flat up to £305k and identified one close by in Bletchley I like with open areas and transport links nearby, however it only has 49 years on the lease. There is not much else in Bletchley suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a short lease?

Should you require a home loan that many years may be an issue. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you can ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor concerning this.

I am on look out for some leasehold conveyancing in Bletchley. Before I get started I would like to find out the number of years remaining on the lease.

Assuming the lease is recorded at the land registry - and 99.9% are in Bletchley - 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.

Bletchley Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Questions you should ask Prior to Purchasing

Best to be warned whether window replacement or some other significant cost is due in the near future to be shared between the leasehold owners and will materially increase the the maintenance fees or necessitate a one off payment. How many years remain on the lease? What prohibitions are there in the Bletchley Lease?