The deeds to our house can not be found. The lawyers who conducted the conveyancing in Chellaston 10 years ago are no longer around. What are my next steps?

You no longer need to hold title original deeds to evidence that you are the registered proprietor of land or premises, given that the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.

I am buying a new build apartment in Chellaston. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Chellaston

Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal.

I have been on the look out for a flat up to £195,000 and identified one near me in Chellaston I like with amenity areas and railway links nearby, the downside is that it only has 61 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Chellaston in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a lease with such few years left?

Should you require a mortgage the shortness of the lease will likely be an issue. Reduce the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for a minimum of twenty four months you may ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor concerning this matter.

In my capacity as executor for the will of my aunt I am disposing of a property in Neath but reside in Chellaston. My solicitor (approximately 300 kilometers awayrequires that I sign a statutory declaration prior to completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Chellaston to attest this legal document for me?

strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Chellaston based

My fiance is purchasing a studio flat in Chellaston. He was given a quote by the conveyancing practitioner connected to the selling agents and it came to £1385 . It was ten years ago I sold and purchased a home and it cost was £440. Have charges really increased to that extent?

What does the conveyancing estimate include? Is it just for the legal fees, or what you will be paying in total (for instance Chellaston searches, land registry fees, etc)