Much to our surprise we have been told by our broker that my Bingley solicitor is not on the mortgage company Conveyancing panel. How can I check?
The sensible course of action for you to take is to call your Bingley conveyancer. You lawyer should advise you what has happened. Where they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the approved list of lawyers for your mortgage company.
We see that you have a post code search directory listing law firms on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for our own conveyancing in Bingley?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Bingley.
The deeds to our property are lost. The lawyers who did the conveyancing in Bingley 10 years ago have long since closed. What are my options?
As long as the title is registered the information relating to your ownership will be recorded by the Land Registry under a Title Number. It is possible to execute a search at the Land Registry, identify your property and obtain up to date copies of the Registered Entries for a small fee. Where the title is Leasehold then the Land Registry will usually hold a file duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be obtained for £20 inclusive of VAT.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my uncle I am selling a house in Cardiff but I am based in Bingley. My solicitor (approximately 235 miles awayrequires that I sign a statutory declaration before completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in Bingley who can witness this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in Bingley
Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my basement flat in Bingley. Conveyancing has not commenced, but I have recently received a quarterly maintenance charge invoice – what should I do?
Your conveyancing lawyer is likely to suggest that you should discharge the service charge as usual because all ground rent and service charges should be allotted as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.
I bought a garden flat in Bingley, conveyancing formalities finalised September 2000. Can you shed any light on how much the price could be for a 90 year extension to my lease? Corresponding properties in Bingley with a long lease are worth £190,000. The ground rent is £45 yearly. The lease comes to an end on 21st October 2088
With only 62 years left to run we estimate the premium for your lease extension to span between £17,100 and £19,800 as well as plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.
The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you a more accurate figure in the absence of comprehensive investigations. Do not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be other issues that need to be taken into account and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward placing reliance on this information without first getting professional advice.
Our financial adviser has suggested using their lawyer for our conveyancing in Bingley - Surely it’s easier to just use them?
It is worth checking if the selling agent is recommending a lawyer or introducing to a lawyer. There are plenty of Bingley selling agents who recommend two or three Bingley conveyancing firms purely based on those lawyers offering a great service.