At long last a mortgage offer from NatWest for the remortgage of my 2 room flat is to be issued by the end of next week. Are you able to suggest a low cost conveyancing law firm in Locksbottom?

You are on the wrong site if you are in need of the lowest fares for conveyancing in Locksbottom. Our aim is to provide cost effective conveyancing but we do not aim to advertise as being the cheapest. Avoid the trap of appointing companies enticing you with low cost conveyancing in Locksbottom. In your best case scenario, in being led by cheap conveyancing, you will earn what you pay for and at worst it will result in you with a hefty uplift in extras and still not end up with the service expected.

At what point can the exchange of contracts take place for domestic conveyancing in Locksbottom and am I required to be at the conveyancers office?

If you are in close proximity to our conveyancing solicitors in Locksbottom you are invited in to sign documents. That being said, the lender approved solicitors we work with supply countrywide coverage for conveyancing and provide just as comprehensive and professional a job for you when dealing with you by post or email. The signing of the contract is not when everything is set in stone. A signed contract simply enables the solicitor to address the formalities when the time is right, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The exchange process is is usually a five minute process, although where a lengthy "chain" is in play, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Locksbottom)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

I had intended to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Locksbottom for our house purchase. Our financial adviser informed us that our bank Aldermore won't deal with them. Surely this is unfair competition?

Banks ordinarily restrict either the type or the number of conveyancing solicitors on their member panel. A common example of such criteria being that a firm must have two or more partners. In addition to restricting the type of firm, a few banks have reduced the number of firms they allow to act for them. You should note that Aldermore have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any member of Aldermore Conveyancer Panel. Mortgage fraud was a key driver in the reduction of conveyancing panels a few years ago even though there remains mixed views concerning the extent of solicitor engagement in some of that fraud. Figures from the Land Registry indicate that hundreds of law firms, including some in or near Locksbottom only conduct one or two conveyances a year.

My step-father has suggested that I use his conveyancers in Locksbottom. Do I follow his recommendation?

There are no two ways about it the best way to find a conveyancing solicitor is to have recommendations from friends or relatives who have actually previously instructed the conveyancer that you are considering.

There are only Fifty years left on my lease in Locksbottom. I now wish to extend my lease but my freeholder is missing. What are my options?

On the basis that you meet the appropriate requirements, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can submit an application to the County Court for for permission to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will mean that your lease can be granted an extra 90 years by the Court. However, you will be required to demonstrate that you have made all reasonable attempts to track down the landlord. In some cases an enquiry agent would be useful to try and locate and to produce a report which can be used as proof that the freeholder is indeed missing. It is advisable to get professional help from a property lawyer in relation to devolving into the landlord’s disappearance and the vesting order request to the County Court overseeing Locksbottom.

I have given up trying to purchase the freehold in Locksbottom. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on premiums?

Absolutely. We can put you in touch with a Locksbottom conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Locksbottom flat is 1 Southlands Court Southlands Road in September 2013. The Leasehold Valuation Tribunal determined that the premium to be paid by the tenant on the grant of a new lease, in accordance with section 56 and Schedule 13 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 was £30,541 This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 50.57 years.