Our family solicitor has sent a quote for just over a thousand pound for leasehold conveyancing in Petersfield. I am hoping to sell a purpose built detached home for £125,000. Is this over the top? Is it above the norm for conveyancing in Petersfield?

The charges are a little high. Where you are content to invest time scrutinising charges you could reduce the fees marginally by say a hundred pounds. That being said, you couldlive to regret opting for an an unknown conveyancer. Remember to check that the solicitor can also act for your bank. Do utilise our search tool to choose a Petersfield conveyancing firm on the banks approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Petersfield.

When can the exchange of contracts happen for residential conveyancing in Petersfield and am I required to attend the solicitors office?

Where you are local to our conveyancing solicitors in Petersfield you are welcome to attend to sign documents. However, the law practices we work with provide countrywide coverage for conveyancing and provide as equally detailed and professional a job for you when communicating with you electronically. The executing of the purchase agreement is not the important part. Signing on the dotted line simply enables the conveyancer to address the formalities when the time is right, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The exchange process is nowadays normally dealt with by telephone and can be very rapid, although where an extended "chain" is in play, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Petersfield)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

My wife and I have recently appointed a conveyancing solicitor in Petersfield. I I am struggling to find out whether they are on the Yorkshire Building Society approved list of lawyers. Could you or the lender confirm if they are on the panel?

The first thing to do is e-mail your solicitor and ask them whether they are on the lender panel. Alternatively please call Yorkshire Building Society who may be able to assist.

I understand that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I require chancel insurance when purchasing a house in Petersfield? or Apparently there is a law dating back centuries that could mean that homeowners living in a parish church boundary will be compelled to contribute towards repairs towards the chancel within the church. Is this relevant for conveyancing in Petersfield?

Unless a prior acquisition of the house completed after 12 October 2013 you may assume that lawyers handling conveyancing in Petersfield to remain encouraging a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

I only have Fifty years left on my flat in Petersfield. I now want to get lease extension but my landlord is absent. What should I do?

On the basis that you qualify, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the County Court for for permission to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will enable the lease to be extended by the magistrate. However, you will be required to prove that you or your lawyers have made all reasonable attempts to find the lessor. In some cases a specialist should be useful to conduct investigations and prepare a report to be accepted by the court as evidence that the landlord is indeed missing. It is wise to seek advice from a property lawyer both on investigating the landlord’s absence and the application to the County Court overseeing Petersfield.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Petersfield - Examples of Queries before buying

Is the freehold reversion owned collectively by the tenants? Does the lease have onerous restrictions? Does this lease have in excess of 85 years left?