We are looking to buy a flat and need a conveyancing solicitor in Clevedon who is on the conveyancing panel. Can you recommend a local solicitor?

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

My relative suggested that where I am buying in Clevedon I should 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 Clevedon conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Clevedon around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Clevedon Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Clevedon Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Clevedon.

I'm purchasing a new build house in Clevedon benefiting from help to buy. The sellers would not budge the price so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The sale representative advised me not inform my solicitor about this side-deal as it would jeopardize my mortgage with . Should I keep quiet?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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 leasehold apartment up to £235,500 and found one round the corner in Clevedon I like with a park and railway links nearby, however it's only got 52 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Clevedon for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a lease with such few years left?

Should you need a home loan that many years will likely be a potential deal breaker. Discount the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the property for at least 2 years you could ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor regarding this.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Clevedon - Examples of Queries Prior to Purchasing

What prohibitions are there in the Clevedon Lease? How long is the Lease? Are any of leasehold owners in dispute over their service charge liability?