How do I check that the solicitor carrying out my conveyancing in Sowerby Bridge is on the mortgage lender’sapproved panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Bank of Ireland thus paying £187.00 plus VAT in further legal bill.

Please do make the most of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this site. Please choose the lender and type ‘Sowerby Bridge’ or your location and you will see a number of lawyer offices in Sowerby Bridge or nearest you.

My relative advised me that if I am buying in Sowerby Bridge I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

A search of this type is usually quoted for as part of the standard Sowerby Bridge conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Sowerby Bridge around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Sowerby Bridge Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Sowerby Bridge Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Sowerby Bridge.

I am buying a new build apartment in Sowerby Bridge. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Sowerby Bridge

Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company?

Over the last few months I have been searching for a flat up to £195,000 and identified one near me in Sowerby Bridge I like with a park and station nearby, the downside is that it's only got 52 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Sowerby Bridge suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a short lease?

If you need a home loan that many years will be an issue. Discount the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you can ask them to start the process of the extension and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this matter.

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Sowerby Bridge for my house move. Can I see a firm’s complaints history with the profession’s regulator?

Members of the public may see presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations resulting from investigations started on or after 1 January 2008. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For information about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's history, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For non-uk callers, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA could monitor telephone calls for training reasons.