My best friend’s sister is a property lawyer. I hope that I will be offered friends and family pricing for conveyancing, but if not, what level of fees should I be paying for conveyancing in Winchester?
It’s sensible to obtain 3 or more like-for-like conveyancing quotes. Make use of our search tool on this site. You will notice that fees seem to vary but service levels do differ between solicitors as is true with most professions.
I have given 8 weeks notice to my current landlord and must be out of my rented apartment in Winchester by 31/12/2025. Conveyancing for my house purchase is underway. How realistic is it to complete in six weeks as I wish to avoid having to find short term accommodation?
Generally one should not give notice on a rental unless exchange of contracts has taken place. If you have not previously done so, notify to your lawyer and ask them to they cajole the other solicitors, try to an acceptable time-line that all parties will look to achieve
We see that you have a search directory listing firms on the Santander conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for our conveyancing in Winchester?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Santander conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Winchester.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I have offered on a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Winchester is where the house is located. Is there any advice you can impart?
Flying freeholds in Winchester are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Winchester you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Winchester 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 premises.
Back In 2006, I bought a leasehold flat in Winchester. Conveyancing and Norwich and Peterborough Building Society mortgage organised. I have received a letter from someone claiming to own the reversionary interest in the property. Attached was a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1991. The conveyancing solicitor in Winchester who previously acted has now retired. What should I do?
First contact the Land Registry to make sure that this person is in fact the new freeholder. There is no need to incur the fees of a Winchester conveyancing practitioner to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for a few pound. Rest assured that regardless, even if this is the rightful freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.
Winchester Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Questions you should consider before buying
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Most Winchester leasehold properties will be liable to pay a service charge for the upkeep of the building set by the management company. Should you buy the property you will have to meet this amount, normally quarterly accross the year. This may be anything from a few hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for bigger purpose-built blocks. There will also be a rentcharge for you to pay yearly, ordinarily this is not a exorbitant figure, say about £50-£100 but you need to enquire it because on occasion it could be surprisingly expensive. What prohibitions exist in the Winchester Lease?
How much experience do your Winchester conveyancing solicitors have with Help To Buy, Shared Equity and similar schemes?
Winchester conveyancing lawyers help thousands of people move home every year and assisted lots of clients through the Help To Buy scheme. The chances are that whatever makes your case unique Winchester conveyancers have worked on recent similar matters.