We were about to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in The Ridgeway listed using your comparison tool but stumbled across some other estimates on the internet seem less pricey – why is this?
One can find hundreds of conveyancers marketing what appear to be extremely cheap conveyancing in The Ridgeway. We would encourage you to think long and hard about how important this transaction is to you that want to be penny wise pound foolish with regard to the quality of the conveyancing. Many of them accentuate a budget fee to catch your eye but plant extra costs in the fine print..
I am about to put an offer on a leasehold flat in The Ridgeway. The estate agents assure me that it is the norm for flats in The Ridgeway to have less than 75 years unexpired on the lease. I am getting a mortgage with Accord Mortgages. Is this going to be a problem if the lease has 72 years left.
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. Accord Mortgages have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 9/5/2025 the requirements read as follows :
My friend suggested that where I am buying in The Ridgeway 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 occasionally quoted for as part of the standard The Ridgeway conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about The Ridgeway around the property and the people living there. It includes 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 Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding The Ridgeway.
I used Stirling Law a few years ago for my conveyancing in The Ridgeway. Now, I need my documents however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in The Ridgeway of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in last month in what was supposed to be a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. The Ridgeway is the location of the property. Is there any advice you can give?
Flying freeholds in The Ridgeway are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside The Ridgeway you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in The Ridgeway may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.
Can you provide any advice for leasehold conveyancing in The Ridgeway from the perspective of expediting the sale process?
- Much of the delay in leasehold conveyancing in The Ridgeway can be bypassed if you appoint lawyers the minute your agents start advertising the property and ask them to collate the leasehold documentation which will be required by the purchasers’ solicitors. You may think that you are aware of the number of years left on your lease but you should double-check via your solicitors. A purchaser's lawyer will be unlikely to recommend their client to to exchange contracts if the lease term is under 80 years. It is therefore important at an early stage that you consider whether the lease term requires a lease extension. If it does, contact your solicitors before you put your premises on the market for sale. If you have the benefit of shareholding in the Management Company, you should ensure that you have the original share certificate. Arranging a new share certificate can be a lengthy process and slows down many a The Ridgeway conveyancing transaction. If a duplicate share is required, you should approach the company director and secretary or managing agents (where applicable) for this as soon as possible. The majority of freeholders or managing agents in The Ridgeway levy fees for providing management packs for a leasehold premises. You or your lawyers should discover the fee that they propose to charge. The management pack can be applied for as soon as you have a buyer, thus accelerating the process. The average time it takes to receive management information is three weeks. It is the most usual cause of delay in leasehold conveyancing in The Ridgeway. A minority of The Ridgeway leases require Landlord’s consent to the sale and approval of the buyers. If this applies to your lease, it would be prudent to place the estate agents on notice to make sure that the purchasers put in hand bank and professional references. Any bank reference should make it clear that the buyer is financially capable of paying the annual service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the service charge figures so that they can pass this information on to the buyers or their lawyers.
After months of correspondence we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in The Ridgeway. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?
Absolutely. We can put you in touch with a The Ridgeway conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a The Ridgeway property is Various @ Colombus Square in January 2012. the Tribunal calculated the premiums to be paid for new leases for each of the flats in Mariners Walk to be £3822 and the premium to be paid for the new lease of 2 Knights Court to be £4439. This case affected 13 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 76 years.