Is there a reason to use a Aldershot conveyancing firm when online conveyancers are more affordable?
To take your time to find scrutinise conveyancing costs in Aldershot and you should seek a reasonable estimate but don’t expend your energy sourcing the lowest priced Aldershot conveyancer. Finding the right conveyancer can be the difference between a seamless and a stressful house move. It is important that you ensure that you have expert advice from a specialist solicitor. Emails can't replace a telephone call and are no substitute for a one to one appointment. The firms that we work with will appoint you a qualified and top rated conveyancing solicitor who can tackle your conveyancing from from the outset to completion, giving the sort of personalised service that you rarely receive from an web based conveyancer. He or She will contact you regularly to update you as to progress and keep you informed. Should it ever be necessary to phone the office you will know who to ask for and they will endeavour to make sure that you're not left wondering what's going on.
My grandson is purchasing a house that has just been built in Aldershot with a home loan from UBS. His conveyancer has said that there is a delay in receiving the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. What is this document - I have never come across this before?
The form is intended to provide information to the main parties involved in the transaction. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the UBS conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer when requested. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the UBS conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
A relative suggested that if I am purchasing in Aldershot I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is usually quoted for as part of the standard Aldershot conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Aldershot around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Aldershot.
I used Stirling Law a few years past for my conveyancing in Aldershot. I now require my file however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Aldershot 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.
My company is planning to take an assignment of a lease of a shop on the high street. Can you recommend lawyers offering competitive fees for non-domestic conveyancing in Aldershot for under £1,200?
We are happy to recommend firms who have an in-depth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Aldershot, including the disposal and purchase of businesses as well as simply property. If you are intending to purchase or lease a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a complete business we can find you the right firm. Regarding the fees this will depend on the structure and complexity of the proposed transaction. Please provide us with your contact information or phone so as to enable us to supply you with a detailed commercial conveyancing calculation.
There are only Sixty One years remaining on my lease in Aldershot. I need to extend my lease but my landlord is absent. What are my options?
On the basis that you qualify, 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 enable the lease to be lengthened by the Court. However, you will be required to prove that you or your lawyers have done all that could be expected to locate the freeholder. In some cases an enquiry agent would be useful to try and locate and to produce a report which can be accepted by the court 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 application to the County Court overseeing Aldershot.
I own a ground floor flat in Aldershot, conveyancing was carried out 6 years ago. How much will my lease extension cost? Equivalent properties in Aldershot with over 90 years remaining are worth £171,000. The ground rent is £50 yearly. The lease ceases on 21st October 2105
With 79 years remaining on your lease we estimate the premium for your lease extension to range between £8,600 and £9,800 as well as professional fees.
The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you a more accurate figure in the absence of detailed due diligence. You should not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt other concerns that need to be taken into account and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not take any other action placing reliance on this information without first getting professional advice.