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The owners have very pushy sellers who has recommended a preliminary agreement with a down payment 10k. Are such agreements sensible?

There are a couple of main downsides with signing a lock out agreement (occasionally known as a shut-out contract) is that it diverts attention away from making progress with the conveyancing transaction itself, so unless it requires little or no negotiation then it may transpire to be a hindrance. It is not particularly popular amongst Great Ayton conveyancing practitioners for this reason. The other main negative is the extent of the remedies available - an aggrieved purchaser is extremely unlikely to be granted an injunctive ruling by a court to prohibit the seller completing the sale to a third party, so the only remedy open via the contract will be the reimbursement of wasted charges and, in rare situations, the additional payment of damages.

My friend advised me that if I am buying in Great Ayton I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

A search of this type is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Great Ayton conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Great Ayton around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Great Ayton.

2 months have elapsed following my purchase conveyancing in Great Ayton completed. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £170,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the property from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

I opted to have a survey completed on a house in Great Ayton before instructing solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the property. Our surveyor advised that some lenders may refuse to issue a mortgage on a flying freehold premises.

It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different instructions from Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further via the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Great Ayton. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Great Ayton to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

What does commercial conveyancing in Great Ayton cover?

Great Ayton conveyancing for business premises covers a broad array of services, supplied by regulated solicitors, relating to business premises. By way of example, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more commonly, the transfer of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial mortgages and the termination of leases.

Completion is due on our sale of a £175,000 apartment in Great Ayton next week. The freeholder has quoted £336 for Landlord’s certificate, building insurance schedule and previous years statements of service charge. Is the landlord entitled to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in Great Ayton?

Great Ayton conveyancing on leasehold flats normally necessitates fees being invoiced by management companies :

Completing pre-exchange enquiries Where consent is required before sale in Great Ayton 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 lawyer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Great Ayton leasehold property is £350. For Great Ayton 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 obliged to supply answers.

Great Ayton Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Queries Prior to buying

What restrictions are contained in the Great Ayton Lease? The majority of Great Ayton leasehold apartments will incur a service bill for maintenance of the building set by the management company. Where you acquire the property you will have to pay this liability, normally in instalments accross the year. This may vary from several hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for blocks with lifts and large common areas. In all probability there will be a ground rent to be met yearly, ordinarily this is not a large amount, say around £25-£75 but you need to check as sometimes it can be many hundreds of pounds. Be sure to find out if there are any onerous restrictions in the lease. By way of example it is fairly common in Great Ayton leases that pets are not allowed in certain buildings in Great Ayton. If you love the flatin Great Ayton however your dog can’t live with you then you will be faced difficult compromise.