IfI was to acquire a straightforward housein Oldham for cash and dispense with a survey and no local authority searches how much would I expect to to save on my conveyancing in Oldham?

Any savings you would achieve would be limited to the Oldham conveyancing searches. Your conveyancer still got to do everything else - money laundering, liaising with your vendors property lawyer, SDLT return, register the title etc. A marginal saving might be made by not needing to register a mortgage but it will not be a lot.

I used Wolstenholmes several years past for my conveyancing in Oldham. I now require my file however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

Do contact 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 Oldham 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 have been on the look out for a ground for flat up to £235,500 and identified one near me in Oldham I like with open areas and transport links nearby, the downside is that it's only got 61 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Oldham suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a lease with such few years left?

Should you require a mortgage that many years will be an issue. Reduce the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you could request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor regarding this.

I need to find a conveyancing solicitor for some conveyancing in Oldham. I've land on a web site which appears to be the ideal answer If it is possible to get all this stuff done via phone that would be preferable. Do I need to be concerned? What are the potential pitfalls?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?

Having had my offer accepted I require leasehold conveyancing in Oldham. Before I get started I want to be sure as to the unexpired term of the lease.

Assuming the lease is recorded at the land registry - and most are in Oldham - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

I inherited a 2 bed flat in Oldham, conveyancing formalities finalised 9 years ago. Can you let me have an estimated range of the fair premium for a lease extension? Equivalent flats in Oldham with an extended lease are worth £211,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £45 levied per year. The lease finishes on 21st October 2092

With just 67 years left to run we estimate the price of your lease extension to range between £10,500 and £12,000 plus plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.

The figure above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to provide a more accurate figure without more comprehensive due diligence. You should not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be other issues that need to be taken into account and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward placing reliance on this information without first seeking the advice of a professional.