My previous lawyer has sent a quote for just over a thousand pound for no sale no fee conveyancing in East Leake. I’m selling a Victorian property for £150,000. Are the quoted fees excessive? Is it in excess of the average fee for conveyancing in East Leake?

The charges are a little high. Where you are willing to spend time comparing costs you might trim some of the cost by perhaps £125. That being said, you maylive to rue choosing an an unknown lawyer. Don't forget to ensure the solicitor can represent your lender. You can use our comparison tool to get a quote a East Leake conveyancing company on the lender’s conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in East Leake.

When it comes to mortgage companies such as Aldermore, do East Leake lawyers have to pay a fee to be on the conveyancing panel?

We are not aware of any lender fees to be on their list of approved firms, although some do levy an administration fee to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel submission.

I'm at the point of looking at apartments in East Leake and I am about to put in an offer. Is it wise to have my lawyer on ‘stand by’? I intend to finance via a home loan with Kent Reliance.

You should start obtaining conveyancing quotes from solicitors ASAP. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their contact information on to the selling agent. As you are seeking a mortgage with Kent Reliance, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.

I currently have a mortgage with Aldermore for my property in East Leake. Conveyancing has been completed a year ago. Should I wish to rent out the flat and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a buy-to-let mortgage or inform Aldermore?

You must advise Aldermore in advance of renting your property as this is likely to be a breach of Aldermore’s mortgage conditions. In many cases banks or building societies will permit you to let out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Aldermore directly. You need not do this via a Aldermore conveyancing panel firm.

My friend advised me that where I am purchasing in East Leake I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

This is a search is usually included in the estimate for your East Leake conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing significant information about East Leake 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 House Prices, Crime details, East Leake Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding East Leake.

I opted to have a survey carried out on a property in East Leake in advance of retaining conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the house. Our surveyor has said that some lenders may not grant a loan on such a home.

It varies from the lender to lender. HSBC has different requirements from Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further via the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in East Leake. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in East Leake especially if they are acquainted with such properties in East Leake.

I have just appointed agents to market my basement flat in East Leake. Conveyancing is yet to be initiated, however I have just received a quarterly maintenance charge invoice – what should I do?

Your conveyancing lawyer is likely to suggest that you should clear the invoice as you normally would as all rents and service charges should be allotted as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.

East Leake Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Sample of Questions you should consider before buying

What is the the remaining lease term? The answer will be helpful as a) areas may cause problems for the block as the common areas may start to deteriorate if services are not paid for b) if the leaseholders have an issue with the managing agents you will want to have full disclosure Are any of leasehold owners in dispute over their service charge liability?