I have given 8 weeks notice to my current landlord and must leave my rented apartment in Whitehaven by 10/12/2026. Conveyancing for my house purchase is progressing. Is it possible to complete in six weeks as I wish to avoid having to find short term accommodation?
The normal practice is not to give notice for your lease until you have exchanged. Assuming that you have not previously done so, contact to your solicitor and request that they chase the other lawyers, try to an agreed time frame that all parties will look towards
Are the BSA planning on creating a online directory to list solicitors on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society conveyancing panel for example in Whitehaven?
We are not aware of any intention on the part of the BSA to develop such a tool.
I used Action Conveyancing several years ago for my conveyancing in Whitehaven. Now, I need my documents however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Whitehaven of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I am purchasing my first flat in Whitehaven benefiting from help to buy. The sellers refused to reduce the price so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The house builders rep suggested that I not to tell my conveyancer about this extras as it will impact my loan with the bank. Should I keep quiet?.
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 UK Finance website. UK Finance 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.
Am I best advised to use a Whitehaven conveyancing lawyer based in the location that I am purchasing? We have a good friend who can handle the legal formalities but her office is 400miles drive away.
The primary upside of using a high street Whitehaven conveyancing firm is that you can pop in to sign paperwork, hand in your identification documents and apply pressure on them where appropriate. They will also have local insight which is a plus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If you know people who used your friend and on the whole were content that should surpass using an unfamiliar Whitehaven conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being Whitehaven based.
Completion is due on the sale of our £300,000 garden flat in Whitehaven in just under a week. The managing agents has quoted £312 for Landlord’s certificate, building insurance schedule and previous years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in Whitehaven?
For the majority of leasehold sales in Whitehaven conveyancing will involve, questions about the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :
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Completing pre-exchange enquiries
Where consent is required before sale in Whitehaven
Copies of the building insurance and schedule
Deeds of covenant upon sale
Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
I purchased a split level flat in Whitehaven, conveyancing formalities finalised 5 years ago. How much will my lease extension cost? Equivalent properties in Whitehaven with over 90 years remaining are worth £165,000. The ground rent is £50 levied per year. The lease expires on 21st October 2104
With 78 years remaining on your lease we estimate the price of your lease extension to span between £7,600 and £8,800 plus plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.
The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs in the absence of detailed investigations. You should not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be other concerns that need to be considered and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward based on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.