Please could you recommend a Platform Home Loans Ltd approved Chichester conveyancing solicitor finish our house move within two weeks? Would it be better to use a local Chichester solicitor or a national firm?

We would be happy to suggest some excellent Chichester conveyancing firms. You can also walk up the main road in Chichester. Visit two or three law practices and ask to see a conveyancing solicitor for a quote. Explain your deadline together with your reasons and ask for an assurance on your deadline. Select the lawyer that genuine.

I am considering mortgaging my apartment in Chichester, does my lawyer need to be on the Nationwide Solicitor panel?

In theory, you could use a solicitor that is not on the Nationwide conveyancing panel, but Nationwide would require one of their panel solicitors to be instructed to act in their interests, and you'd have to pay for this - so most people instruct a panel solicitor. It's also easier, as otherwise you'd have to deal with two solicitors for the same transaction.

I used Stirling Law a few years past for my conveyancing in Chichester. I now require my file however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Chichester of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

My father-in-law has recommend that I instruct his conveyancers in Chichester. Should I find my own conveyancer?

No doubt the ideal way to choose a conveyancing practitioner is to seek feedback from friends or family who have experience in using the solicitor you're contemplating using.

Expecting to exchange soon on a garden flat in Chichester. Conveyancing solicitors inform me that they report fully next week. Are there areas in the report that I should be focusing on?

Your report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Chichester should include some of the following:

What you can do if an adjoining owner breaches a clause of their lease? How long the lease is. You should be advised as what happens when the lease expires, and informed of the importance of the 80 year mark Who has the liability to repair and maintain the main walls and foundations. It is essential for you to know who is responsible the repair and maintenance of every part of the building Rent payments - what is payable and when you need to pay, and also know whether this will change in the future Setting out your legal entitlements in relation to common areas in the block.By way of example, does the lease include a right of way over an accessway or staircase?

I inherited a garden flat in Chichester, conveyancing formalities finalised 5 years ago. Can you let me have an estimate of the premium that my landlord can legally expect in return for granting a renewal of my lease? Corresponding flats in Chichester with a long lease are worth £181,000. The ground rent is £55 invoiced every year. The lease finishes on 21st October 2076

With only 50 years left to run we estimate the premium for your lease extension to range between £31,400 and £36,200 plus plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" 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 without more detailed due diligence. Do not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt other concerns that need to be considered and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.