My family lawyer has given a fee calculation of £1200 for no sale no fee conveyancing in Wells Next The Sea. I’m selling a Georgian house for £175,000. Is this overpriced? Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in Wells Next The Sea?

The quote is slightly on the steep side. Where you are prepared to spend time scrutinising prices you could shave off some of the cost by perhaps a hundred pounds. That being said, you mightcome to rue choosing an a cheaper solicitor. If is important to be sure that the conveyancer can also act for your lender. You can utilise our search tool to find a Wells Next The Sea conveyancing firm on the lender’s member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Wells Next The Sea.

My son is about to exchange on a newly built flat in Wells Next The Sea with a mortgage from TSB. His lawyer has advised him of a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. This document is news to me - what is it and who needs sight of it?

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 TSB conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer 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 TSB conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.

A friend recommended that if I am buying in Wells Next The Sea I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

This is a search is usually included in the estimate for your Wells Next The Sea conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing significant information about Wells Next The Sea around the property and the people living there. It incorporates 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 details, Wells Next The Sea Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Wells Next The Sea.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Wells Next The Sea. 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 may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Wells Next The Sea

Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents.

In what way does the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my commercial premises in Wells Next The Sea and how can you help?

The 1954 Act gives a safeguard to business tenants, giving them the a statutory right to apply to court for a new lease and continue in occupation at the end of the lease term. There are certain specified grounds where a landlord can refuse a lease renewal and the rules are complex. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. Wells Next The Sea is one of our hundreds of locations in which the firms we work with have offices