I have Fifty Six years remaining on my lease and require a lease extension for my flat in Llanfechain. Conveyancing solicitors on the Chelsea Building Society panel can deal with such extensions right?
Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are getting a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Chelsea Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 14/2/2026 the requirements read as follows :
Forgive me if this question is silly but I am wet behind the ears as FTB of a garden flat in Llanfechain. Do I pick up the keys to the premises on completion from my conveyancer? If so, I will use a local conveyancing solicitor in Llanfechain?
On the day of completion you will not be required to attend the conveyancers office in Llanfechain. Conveyancing lawyers for you will electronically transfer the completion advance to the owner’s solicitors, and once they have received this, you should be called to collect the keys from the selling Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.
I am buying a detached bungalow in Llanfechain. Our aim is to an extension at the rear at the house.Will the conveyancing process include enquiries to ascertain if these works are permitted?
Your property lawyer will review the deeds as conveyancing in Llanfechain will sometimes reveal restrictions in the title deeds which prohibit certain alterations or require the permission of another owner. Some works call for local authority planning consent and approval under the building regulations. Some locations are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or affect extensions. It would be wise to check these issues with a surveyor before you commit yourself to a purchase.
We are getting a further advance on our home loan from UBS as we intend to conduct a loft conversion to our house in Llanfechain. Do we need to choose a bricks and mortar Llanfechain solicitor on the UBS conveyancing panel to handle the legals?
UBS would not normally require firms on their approved list of lawyers to handle such a matter. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the UBS list.
I am buying a property and the solicitor has identified Chancel Repair to which the property could be liable because it falls into the area of such a church. She has recommended insurance. Is this strictly appropriate for conveyancing in Llanfechain
Unless a previous acquisition of the premises completed post 12 October 2013 you may take it that conveyancing practitioners carrying out conveyancing in Llanfechain to remain encouraging a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
Me and my brother own a semi-detached Edwardian house in Llanfechain. Conveyancing lawyer represented me and Aldermore. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are a couple of entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold with the matching property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You should assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Llanfechain and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also enquire as to the position with the conveyancing lawyer who conducted the purchase.
I'm purchasing my first flat in Llanfechain with a loan from Yorkshire Building Society. The developers would not budge the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of extras instead. The property agent advised me not disclose to my solicitor about the extras as it may put at risk my mortgage with the lender. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer 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.
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