My friend's brother is a conveyancer. I suspect that I can be offered friends and family pricing for conveyancing, but if not, what kind of figure would I typically be looking at for conveyancing in Hanslope?

You should contrast pricing. Make use of our search tool on this page. You will notice that amounts seem to contrast greatly but service levels do differ between conveyancers as is the case with the vast majority of professional services.

The Hanslope conveyancing lawyers that I recently instructed on my house acquisition in Hanslope have without warning closed. I chose them because I had to have a firm on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel and my family Hanslope lawyer was not. I paid them funds on account. What are my options?

Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then let them know straight away so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers should be in a position to assist.

My wife and I own a semi-detached Georgian property in Hanslope. Conveyancing solicitor represented me and Accord Mortgages Ltd. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw a couple of entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold under the matching property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You need to assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Hanslope and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with lenders. You can also question the position with the conveyancing practitioner who conducted the conveyancing.

I've recently bought a leasehold flat in Hanslope. Do I have any liability for service charges relating to a period prior to completion of my purchase?

In a situation where the service charge has already been demanded from the previous lessee and they have not paid you would not usually be personally liable for the arrears. However, your landlord may still be able to take action to forfeit the lease. It is an essential part of leasehold conveyancing for your conveyancer to ensure to have an up to date clear service charge receipt before completion of your purchase. If you have a mortgage this is likely to be a requirement of your lender.

If you purchase part way through an accounting year you may be liable for charges not yet demanded even if they relate to a period prior to your purchase. In such circumstances your conveyancer would normally arrange for the seller to set aside some money to cover their part of the period (usually called a service charge retention).

Hanslope Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Questions you should consider before Purchasing

Who manages the building? What is the length of the lease? Be sure to discover if the the lease contains any unreasonable restrictions in the lease. For example it is fairly common in Hanslope leases that pets are not permitted in certain buildings in Hanslope. If you love the propertyin Hanslope however your cat is not allowed to make the move with you then you will be faced difficult choice.

I am looking to buy a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Hanslope who is on the mortgage company solicitor panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a Hanslope conveyancing firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for the mortgage company who do conveyancing in Hanslope. We dont recommend any particular solicitor.