My previous solicitor has given a fee estimate just over a thousand pound for no sale no fee conveyancing in Freezywater. I’m looking to sell a modern detached home for £225,000. This seems expensive. Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in Freezywater?
The estimate does seem marginally overpriced. If you shop around you might shave off some of the cost by perhaps £125. That being said, you mightcome to regret choosing an an unknown solicitor. Remember to be sure the conveyancer can act for your bank. Do employ our search tool to locate a Freezywater conveyancing company on the banks conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Freezywater.
My solicitor has uncovered a a problem with the lease for the property we are buying in Freezywater. The other side have suggested title insurance as a workaround. We are happy with insurance and will pay for it. Our conveyancing practitioner has advised that he must be satisfied that the lender is content with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the bank?
The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the potential for a conflict of interest, you and the bank are the client. Your solicitor must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects with the lease so that the lender can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your conveyancer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.
I am about to put a bid on a leasehold apartment in Freezywater. The estate agents say that it is standard for flats in Freezywater to have less than 75 years remaining. I am getting a loan with Platform. Will the property be mortgageable given that the lease has 72 years to go.
Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are securing a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Platform have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 24/11/2025 the requirements read as follows :
Should our lawyer be making enquiries regarding flooding during the conveyancing in Freezywater.
Flooding is a growing risk for lawyers carrying out conveyancing in Freezywater. Plenty of people will purchase a property in Freezywater, fully expectant that at some time, it may be flooded. However, leaving to one side the physical destruction, where a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, satisfactory insurance cover, or dispose of the property. Steps can be carried out during the course of a house purchase to forewarn the buyer.
Conveyancers are not best placed to give advice on flood risk, but there are a number of searches that can be undertaken by the purchaser or by their solicitors which can figure out the risks in Freezywater. The standard completed inquiry forms given to a purchaser’s lawyer (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) includes a standard question of the seller to determine whether the premises has ever been flooded. If flooding has previously occurred and is not revealed by the owner, then a buyer may commence a legal claim for losses as a result of such an misleading reply. The buyer’s solicitors will also conduct an enviro search. This will indicate whether there is a recorded flood risk. If so, more detailed investigations will need to be carried out.
About to purchase a new build apartment in Freezywater. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.
Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Freezywater
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Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore.
I have been recommended by a few property agents in Freezywater to locate a conveyancer on your site. Is there a financial inducement for Estate Agents to offer your site rather than a competitor’s?
We refuse to make any financial incentive for pointing buyers and sellers in our direction. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission because a client could think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.