We are buying a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Mexborough who is on the Clydesdale solicitor panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Clydesdale . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Mexborough.

My colleague suggested that if I am buying in Mexborough 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 sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Mexborough conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing significant information about Mexborough 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 demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Mexborough Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Mexborough.

I used Action Conveyancing a few years ago for my conveyancing in Mexborough. I now require my papers however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

Do 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 Mexborough 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.

We're FTB’s - agreed a price, yet the agent advised that the owners will only proceed if we appoint their preferred conveyancers as they need a ‘quick sale’. Our preferred option is to instruct a local solicitor who is accustomed to conveyancing in Mexborough

It is highly unlikely the owners are behind this. Should the owner desire ‘a quick sale', turning down a serious buyer is going to damage their objectives. Speak to the vendors direct and make sure they understand (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to go, with mortgage lined up © you have nothing to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you will continue to instruct your preferred Mexborough conveyancing firm - as opposed tothe ones that will provide the negotiator at the agency a kickback or achieve conveyancing thresholds demanded by corporate headquarters.

Can you provide any advice for leasehold conveyancing in Mexborough with the purpose of expediting the sale process?

• A significant proportion of the delay in leasehold conveyancing in Mexborough can be bypassed if you appoint lawyers the minute your agents start marketing the property and request that they start to put together the leasehold documentation needed by the buyers’ conveyancers.
If you hold a share in a the freehold, you should ensure that you are holding the original share document. Obtaining a re-issued share certificate is often a time consuming formality and slows down many a Mexborough conveyancing deal. If a new share is required, do contact the company director and secretary or managing agents (where relevant) for this at the earliest opportunity. In the event that you altered the property did you need the Landlord’s permission? Have you, for example installed wooden flooring? Most leases in Mexborough state that internal structural changes or laying down wooden flooring require a licence from the Landlord approving such alterations. If you dont have the paperwork in place you should not contact the landlord without checking with your solicitor in advance. You may think that you are aware of the number of years remaining on your lease but it would be wise to double-check by asking your conveyancers. A buyer’s conveyancer will not be happy to advise their client to where the remaining number of years is below 80 years. It is therefore important at an early stage that you consider whether the lease requires a lease extension. If it does, contact your solicitors before you put your premises on the market for sale. If you have had conflict with your freeholder or managing agents it is very important that these are settled before the property is marketed. The buyers and their solicitors will be reluctant to purchase a property where there is a current dispute. You will have to accept that you will have to discharge any arrears of service charge or settle the dispute prior to completion of the sale. It is therefore preferable to have any dispute settled ahead of the contract papers being issued to the buyers’ solicitors. You are still duty bound to disclose details of the dispute to the buyers, but it is clearly preferable to reveal the dispute as over as opposed to unresolved.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Mexborough - Examples of Queries before Purchasing

How many of the leaseholders are in arrears for their maintenance charge payments? For many Mexborough leaseholds the cost for major works tend not to be wrapped into the service charges, albeit that a few managing agents in Mexborough obliged leaseholders to contribute towards a reserve fund and this is used to offset against larger repairs or maintenance. Be sure to investigate if there is anything that is prohibited in the lease. For example it is fairly common in Mexborough leases that pets are not allowed in certain buildings in Mexborough. If you love the apartmentin Mexborough yet your dog is not allowed to move with you then you will be faced difficult determination.