My god-son is purchasing a new build apartment in Dulverton with a home loan from Skipton. His lawyer has advised him of a delay in receiving the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. Who needs to receive the form?

The document is intended to provide information to the main parties engaged in the transaction. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Skipton conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the surveyor when requested. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Skipton conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.

The deeds to my house are lost. The solicitors who handled the conveyancing in Dulverton 10 years ago are no longer around. What are my next steps?

These day there are copies made of almost everything, and your conveyancer will know exactly where to look for all the appropriate paperwork so you can buy or sell your property without any difficulty. Where duplicates are not available, your lawyer can put in place insurance or indemnities against future claims on the property.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Dulverton. Conveyancing is a frightening process 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 legal work.

Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Dulverton

Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Please supply a car parking plan. The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a flat up to £305k and found one close by in Dulverton I like with open areas and station nearby, however it only has 49 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Dulverton suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a short lease?

If you require a mortgage the shortness of the lease will be problematic. Discount the price by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you may request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer regarding this.

Are there any apps to assist me to locate a Dulverton solicitor on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am willing to travel upto 25kilometers to meet the solicitor.

You can use the search on this page. Please pick a mortgage company and your location and you will see a number of Dulverton conveyancing lawyers locally. We have listed some Dulverton conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can ring them to check whether they are on the Bank of Ireland member panel