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We're in Garforth, FTBs purchasing with a mortgage (lender is Coventry BS , and our lawyer is on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?

The fact that your lawyer is on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancer should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.

I am assisting my niece sell her property in Garforth. Will the solicitor commission the energy performance certificate or it is for me to coordinate?

After the abolition of HIPs, energy performance certificates was retained a compulsory part of selling a property. An energy assessment must be commissioned prior to the property being placed on the market. This is not as aspect of the sale process that lawyers ordinarily arrange. If you are instructing a Garforth conveyancing lawyer they might help arrange energy assessments due to their contacts with reputable Garforth accredited person

I just acquired a house at auction in Garforth. Conveyancing is required. What happens now?

Given that you are now to in every practical sense signed on the dotted line you should instruct a conveyancing solicitor quickly as you are faced with a tight a fixed date to complete the purchase. All auction property will ordinarily have an associated legal pack. This should include most,if not all of the paperwork that your lawyer will need. In the case of leasehold premises the auction pack should include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation pertinent to leasehold premises. You must give this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor as soon as possible. You also need to ensure that you have funds in place to complete on the on the contractual date .

I have paid off my mortgage with Aldermore. I assume I don't need a Garforth conveyancer on the Aldermore panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Aldermore mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Aldermore mortgage from the register. Aldermore, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

1. but are not moving to another property
2. where Aldermore has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
3. Aldermore has instructed the Land Registry to do so

The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Aldermore mortgage has been paid off.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our house are lost. The conveyancers who conducted the conveyancing in Garforth 5 years ago are no longer around. What are my next steps?

Assuming the title is registered the information relating to your proprietorship will be retained by the Land Registry under a Title Number. It is possible to perform a search at the Land Registry, locate your property and order current copies of the property title for less than a fiver. If the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will usually hold a file copy of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be ordered for £20 inclusive of VAT.

I am purchasing a new build house in Garforth benefiting from help to buy. The sellers refused to budge the price so I negotiated 6k of extras instead. The estate agent told me not disclose to my solicitor about the extras as it will impact my loan with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

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.

We expect to complete the sale of our £150,000 flat in Garforth next Tuesday. The management company has quoted £336 for Certificate of Compliance, building insurance schedule and 3 years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in Garforth?

For the majority of leasehold sales in Garforth conveyancing will involve, queries regarding the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :

Completing pre-contract enquiries Where consent is required before sale in Garforth Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Garforth leasehold property is £350. For Garforth conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to provide the information.

I am the registered owner of a studio flat in Garforth, conveyancing having been completed 10 years ago. Can you shed any light on how much the price could be for a 90 year extension to my lease? Corresponding flats in Garforth with an extended lease are worth £260,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £50 levied per year. The lease terminates on 21st October 2100

You have 75 years left to run the likely cost is going to range between £8,600 and £9,800 as well as professional fees.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to supply a more accurate figure in the absence of comprehensive due diligence. You should not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be additional issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not move forward based on this information without first seeking the advice of a professional.

Finally our conveyancing in Garforth is set to complete on Friday, yet the vendors I am purchasing from wants to move out on the Saturday at 2pm. Should I agree to this?

Where you need a bank loan then your lawyer will demand that you have vacant possession on Friday - the lender will compel it.