AssumingI were to purchase a freehold housein Chase Side for cash and have no survey and no local authority searches how much should I expect to to save on my conveyancing in Chase Side?

The sole saving you would achieve is the costs for searches. A conveyancer still be obliged to do everything else - money laundering, correspond with your vendors lawyer, stamp duty submission, register the title etc. A marginal saving might be made by not having to register a charge however it won't be meaningful.

My uncle passed away 10 months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the house in Chase Side. The house had a small mortgage left on it of around £5k. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Coventry BS, pay off the mortgage. Is this allowed?

Where you plan to re-mortgage then Coventry BS will require that you use a conveyancer on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Coventry BS conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Coventry BS mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.

We expect to receive a OIP from Barclays this week so we know how much we could potentially offer as otherwise we only have online calculators to go by (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc). Do Barclays recommend any Chase Side solicitors on the Barclays conveyancing panel, or is it better to go independently?

You will need to appoint Chase Side solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the Barclays conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and Barclays through the process.

I recently had an offer agreed on a house in Chase Side. My mortgage broker suggested a property lawyer. I paid an advanced payment of £150. Shortly after, the conveyancer called me to say that they were not on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Clydesdale panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

I had an offer accepted on a house in Chase Side on 1/8/2025, valuation was booked 3 days after, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer retained, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Principality and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Principality conveyancing panel. Are Principality entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?

Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Principality to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Principality conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Chase Side?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Chase Side. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

I wish to sublet my leasehold apartment in Chase Side. Conveyancing solicitor who did the purchase is retired - so can't ask him. Do I need to ask my freeholder for their consent?

Notwithstanding that your last Chase Side conveyancing lawyer is not available you can check your lease to check if it allows you to sublet the property. The rule is that if the lease is non-specific, subletting is permitted. There may be a precondition that you must seek consent via your landlord or other appropriate person prior to subletting. The net result is you not allowed to sublet in the absence of prior consent. Such consent is not allowed to be unreasonably withheld. If the lease prohibits you from letting out the property you should ask your landlord for their consent.

I inherited a second floor flat in Chase Side. In the absence of agreement between myself and the landlord, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the sum due for the purchase of the freehold?

You certainly can. We are happy to put you in touch with a Chase Side conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a Chase Side property is 23 Beaconsfield Road in July 2013. The Tribunals decided that the amount payable was £31,203 for the freehold. This case affected 2 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 70.31 years.