Would the conveyancing lawyers indexed on your site handle right to buy conveyancing in Alton?
We do have a variety of conveyancing experts who can service right to buy conveyancing Do call the conveyancers listed in order to get a costs illustration.
I am helping my niece sell her property in Alton. Does the conveyancer order an energy performance certificate or it is for the owner to coordinate?
After the demise of Home Information Packs, energy assessments became a compulsory part of moving house. An EPC must be to hand in advance of the property being placed on the market. It is not as aspect of the sale process that conveyancers ordinarily arrange. If you are using a Alton conveyancing practitioner they might help arrange energy performance certificates due to their relationships with reputable local accredited person
Can you point me to a directory of Clydesdale panel conveyancers in Alton on the Council of Mortgage Lender’s Website?
Unfortunately not yet. There is no such facility on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association websites. A small selection of lenders make their panel listings open the public online. If you are seeking to appoint a Alton solicitor on the Clydesdale please make the most of our facility.
My offer was accepted on a house in Alton on 19/8/2025, valuation was booked 4 days after, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer retained, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Co-operative and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Co-operative to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
A friend recommended that where I am buying in Alton I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Alton conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Alton 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 demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Alton.
I'm buying a new build house in Alton with a loan from Birmingham Midshires. The builders would not move on the amount so I negotiated 6k of extras instead. The estate agent told me not inform my solicitor about the side-deal as it may affect my mortgage with Birmingham Midshires. Should I keep quiet?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
Having checked my lease I have discovered that there are only Sixty One years left on my flat in Alton. I now want to get lease extension but my freeholder is can not be found. What options are available to me?
If 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 Court. However, you will be required to prove that you have done all that could be expected to find the lessor. On the whole a specialist should be helpful to try and locate and to produce a report which can be used as proof that the freeholder is indeed missing. It is wise to seek advice from a solicitor in relation to proving the landlord’s absence and the vesting order request to the County Court overseeing Alton.
I purchased a 2 bed flat in Alton, conveyancing having been completed in 2001. Can you work out an approximate cost of a lease extension? Equivalent properties in Alton with over 90 years remaining are worth £222,000. The ground rent is £50 charged once a year. The lease runs out on 21st October 2095
With 70 years unexpired the likely cost is going to span between £9,500 and £11,000 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 cannot give you a more accurate figure in the absence of comprehensive investigations. You should not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt other concerns that need to be taken into account and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not move forward based on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.
I am an executor of my recently deceased mother’s Will, with a bungalow in Alton which will be marketed. The bungalow has never been registered at the Land Registry and I'm advised that many purchasers will insist that it is done before they'll proceed. What's the procedure for this?
In the circumstances that you have set out it seems sensible to seek to register in the names of the personal representative(s) as named in the probate and in their capacity as PRs. HMLR’s online guidance explains how to register for the first time and what is required re the deeds and forms. You would need to include and official copy of the probate as well and complete the form FR1 to refer to the PRs as the applicant.