We are planning to acquire a flat and require a conveyancing solicitor in Waterbeach who is on the Santander approved panel. Can you recommend a local firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Santander . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Waterbeach.

I know that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I require this when buying a house in Waterbeach? or I am told that there is historic law that means some owners of property living in a parish church boundary may be liable to contribute towards repairs towards the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this relevant for conveyancing in Waterbeach?

Unless a previous acquisition of the premises took place post 12 October 2013 you could expect conveyancing practitioners handling conveyancing in Waterbeach to continue to advocate a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

Just bought a detached house in Waterbeach , how long should it take for the Land Registry to register my ownership? My Waterbeach conveyancing solicitor works at snail pace, so I want to check the registration is concluded.

There is nothing unique about conveyancing in Waterbeach registration formalities. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timeframes can vary subject to who lodges the application, whether it is in order and whether the Land registry communicate with any interested persons or bodies. As of today roughly three quarters of submission are fully addressed within two weeks but occasionally there can be protracted hold-ups. Historically registration takes place after the purchaser is living at the premises so an expedited registration is not always an essential issue yet where it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your lawyers could contact the land registry and explain the circumstances.

I have been pointed in your direction by three or four local selling agents in Waterbeach to locate a property lawyer using your seach tool. What’s the financial upside for Estate Agents to promote your services over and above another?

We don’t give any commission for pointing buyers and sellers in our direction. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission as members of the public would think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

My husband and I may need to let out our Waterbeach ground floor flat for a while due to taking a sabbatical. We used a Waterbeach conveyancing firm in 2002 but they have since shut and we did not have the foresight to get any guidance as to whether the lease permits subletting. How do we find out?

Notwithstanding that your last Waterbeach conveyancing lawyer is no longer around you can review your lease to see if you are permitted to let out the apartment. The rule is that if the lease is non-specific, subletting is allowed. There may be a precondition that you are obliged to seek consent from your landlord or other appropriate person prior to subletting. This means that you cannot sublet without prior permission. Such consent should not be unreasonably refused ore delayed. If the lease prohibits you from subletting the property you will need to ask your landlord for their consent.

Waterbeach Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Questions you should ask before buying

Where a Waterbeach lease has no more than 80 years it will have adverse implications on the value of the property. It is worth checking with your bank that they are content with remaining years on the lease. A short lease means that you will probably need a lease extension at some point and you need to have some idea of what this will be. For most Waterbeachlease extensions you would be be obliged to have owned the property for two years in order to be eligible to carry out a lease extension. What restrictions are there in the Waterbeach Lease?