Can you explain why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Fortis Green is more expensive?
The conveyancing fees for a leasehold property in Fortis Green is inevitably greater than on a freehold property. This is because there is an amount of supplemental time necessary in liaising with the landlord and management company to collate the evidence concerning whether the rent and maintenance fee have been paid and whether there are any significant expenditure in the foreseeable future on repairs or maintenance of the block.
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Fortis Green. My lender is Tesco Bank
Tesco Bank have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 28/7/2025, the requirements read as follows :
When it comes to mortgage companies such as Leeds Building Society, do Fortis Green lawyers incur a fee to be on the list of approved solicitors?
We are not aware of any lender fees to be on their list of approved firms, although some do charge an administration fee to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel application.
I am currently in the process of buying my council flat in Fortis Green. I have a mortgage offer with Clydesdale. Conveyancing is not something I have any knowledge of. Can I proceed without a solicitor easily? I think we can but we keep being told I should use one. Any advice?
It is not advisable to proceed with a house purchase without a solicitor. The council's solicitor are not acting for you. You need a solicitor for a number reasons. One of which is to verify what plans the Council have for repairs and refurbishment for the next five years. Many leaseholders have been stung for contributions of thousands of pounds. In any event, if you are getting a mortgage with Clydesdale, you will need to appoint a solicitor on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel.
After weeks of negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Fortis Green. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £200. A couple of days later, the property lawyer contacted me to say that they were not on the Clydesdale 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 Clydesdale 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.
A friend recommended that if I am buying in Fortis Green I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Fortis Green conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Fortis Green around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Fortis Green 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 regarding Fortis Green.
I have todayfound out that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in Fortis Green for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 9 months ago. How can I be sure that my home is not still registered in the name of the previous owner?
The quickest way to see if the property is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Fortis Green conveyancing specialists.
To what extent are Fortis Green conveyancing solicitors under an obligation to the Law Society to issue clear conveyancing costs?
Inbuilt into the Solicitors Code of Conduct are specific rules and regulations as to how the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) allow solicitors to publicise their charges to clients.The Law Society have a practice note giving advice on how to publicise transparent charges to avoid breaching any such rule. Practice notes are not legal advice issued by the Law Society and is not to be interpreted as the only standard of good practice a conveyancing solicitor should adhere to. The Practice Note does, nevertheless, represent the Law Society’s view of acceptable practice for publicising conveyancing charges, and accordingly it’s a recommended read for any solicitor or conveyancer in Fortis Green or or elsewhere in the country.