Can you explain why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Common Edge is more expensive?
Common Edge leasehold conveyancing transactions usually involve additional investigations than freeholds including investigating the Lease, liaising with the Landlord such as serving relevant notices on the Landlord or managing agent, obtaining up-to-date service charge and management information, obtaining Landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts and formation documents.
I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Common Edge. My lender is Tesco Bank
Tesco Bank have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 10/10/2025, the requirements read as follows :
I am assisting my step-mother sell her flat in Common Edge. Will the conveyancer order an EPC or it is for me to coordinate?
Following the abolition of HIPs, energy assessments was retained a compulsory element of moving property. An energy performance certificate needs to be to hand before the property is advertised. This is not as aspect of the sale process that law firms ordinarily organise. Where you are instructing a Common Edge conveyancing practitioner they might be able to arrange energy assessments due to their contacts with long established local assessors
A colleague advised me that in purchasing a property in Common Edge there may be various restrictions affecting the ability to carry out external changes to a property. Is this right?
There are anumerous of properties in Common Edge which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to execute external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Common Edge should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
I recently had an offer accepted on an apartment in Common Edge. My financial adviser suggested a conveyancing practitioner. I paid an upfront payment of £225. Soon after, the property lawyer contacted me to say that they were not on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Coventry BS panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
Do commercial conveyancing searches reveal planned roadworks that may impact a commercial estate in Common Edge?
Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Common Edge will order a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers spend in looking into accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Common Edge. The search result provides definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Common Edge.
For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Common Edge it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately can result in delays to Common Edge commercial conveyancing transactions as well as present a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not conducted for domestic conveyancing in Common Edge.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a leasehold apartment up to £245,000 and identified one near me in Common Edge I like with open areas and railway links in the vicinity, the downside is that it's only got 49 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Common Edge in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a short lease?
Should you need a mortgage the shortness of the lease will likely be an issue. Reduce the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the premises for at least 2 years you can request that they start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer about this.
My brother has suggested that I instruct his conveyancing solicitors in Common Edge. Do I take his recommendation?
Much as we are happy to recommend a Common Edge conveyancing lawyer the best way to select a conveyancing practitioner is to have referrals from friends or relatives who have experience in using the firm you're considering.