Can you help? My Shenley Church End conveyancer is informing me me that he has toapply for Shenley Church End conveyancing searches becausethe firm are on the Lloydssolicitor panel. Do I not have any say here?
Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. As you are obtaining a mortgage with a mortgage company your lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your lawyer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your lender’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook provisions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Shenley Church End conveyancing searches.
Finally the sale completed on my house in Shenley Church End last November but the buyer keeps Skype messaging every few hours to say her solicitor needs to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?
After completion of your sale your lawyer is duty bound to send the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer must also confirm that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been redeemed to the buyers solicitors. There are no post completion tasks just for conveyancing in Shenley Church End.
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Shenley Church End. My lender is Virgin
Virgin have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 13/7/2025, the requirements read as follows :
What does a local search reveal about the house I am buying in Shenley Church End?
Shenley Church End conveyancing often commences with the applying for local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search company such as Xpress Legal The local search plays a central role in most Shenley Church End conveyancing purchase; that is if you don’t want any nasty once you have moved into your new home. The search should reveal information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 subject headings.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Shenley Church End?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Shenley Church End. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my 2 bed flat in Shenley Church End. Conveyancing is yet to be initiated, however I have just had a quarterly service charge invoice – should I leave it to the buyer to sort out?
It best that you pay the maintenance contribution as usual as all ground rent and service payments should be allotted as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you will be reimbursed by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.
I bought a split level flat in Shenley Church End, conveyancing having been completed 7 years ago. How much will my lease extension cost? Similar properties in Shenley Church End with a long lease are worth £181,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £55 charged once a year. The lease runs out on 21st October 2075
With 50 years unexpired we estimate the price of your lease extension to be between £32,300 and £37,400 plus legals.
The figure above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs 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 clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not take any other action based on this information before getting professional advice.