Having been told to check out your organisation we were going to appoint conveyancing solicitor in Harbury endorsed using your search tool but stumbled across alternative costs illustrations via the web appear less expensive – why is this?

You can find plenty of websites advertising supposedly cut-price conveyancing, but supplementalcharges result in the completion bill being inflated. Solicitors are duty bound to ensure charges listed in terms of business should be honest and reasonable raised The law firms that we list for conveyancing in Harbury set out all charges for a residential conveyancing transaction.

I need some quick conveyancing in Harbury as I am faced with a deadline to sign on the dotted line within one month. Luckily I do not need a mortgage. Is it possible to escape the need for conveyancing searches to save money and time?

As you are not getting a home loan you are at liberty not to do searches although no lawyer would suggest that you don't. Drawing on years of experience of conveyancing in Harbury the following are instances of what can be revealed and therefore affect the marketability of the property: Enforcement Actions, Outstanding Charges, Outstanding Grants, Road Schemes,...

I used Arc property Solicitors a few years past for my conveyancing in Harbury. I now require my file however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Harbury of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I decided to have a survey completed on a house in Harbury in advance of retaining lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the house. My surveyor advised that some lenders tend not give a mortgage on this type of property.

It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different requirements for example to Halifax. Should you wish to call us we can check via the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Harbury. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Harbury to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

We expect to complete the disposal of our £375,000 garden flat in Harbury on Thursday in a week. The management company has quoted £420 for Landlord’s certificate, building insurance schedule and 3 years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge such fees for a leasehold conveyance in Harbury?

Harbury conveyancing on leasehold apartments nine out of ten times results in fees being invoiced by management companies :

Answering pre-contract enquiries Where consent is required before sale in Harbury Supplying insurance information Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your solicitor will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Harbury leasehold property is £350. For Harbury conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to provide the information.

Harbury Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Sample of Questions you should consider Prior to Purchasing

Plenty Harbury leasehold flats will incur a service charge for the upkeep of the building invoiced by the management company. Where you purchase the property you will have to pay this liability, usually quarterly accross the year. This can be anything from a couple of hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for buildings with lifts and large communal areas. In all probability there will be a ground rent to be met annual, this is usually not a significant amount, say about £50-£100 but you need to check as occasionally it could be many hundreds of pounds. How much is the ground rent and service charge? This information is helpful as a) areas can result in problems for the building as the communal areas may begin to deteriorate where services remain unpaid b) if the leasehold owners have an issue with the managing agents you will want to know about it