I am purchasing a property mortgage free in Allendale. I have been residing for the last 20 years in Allendale. Conveyancing searches are exorbitant. Given that I know the area and road intimately should I not bother getting the solicitor to do all the conveyancing searches?

In the absence of a home loan, then all but one or two of the Allendale conveyancing searches are non-obligatory. Your lawyer will try and steer you, perhaps strongly, that you should have searches done, but she has a professional duty to do this. Do consider; if you are intend to sell the house one day, it could be of importance to your prospective purchaser what the searches reveal. On occasion properties with day to day issues can still throw up detrimental search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in Allendale will provide you some practical advice in this regard.

How up to date is your search tool for Allendale conveyancing solicitors on the Principality conveyancing panel? Do Principality send you an updated list?

Allendale conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Principality conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Principality directly.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our house can not be found. The solicitors who conducted the conveyancing in Allendale 10 years ago have long since closed. Will I be able to sell the house?

You no longer need to hold title official documentation to prove you own the land or property, as the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.

Can you offer any advice when it comes to choosing a Allendale conveyancing firm to carry out our lease extension conveyancing?

If you are instructing a solicitor for your lease extension (regardless if they are a Allendale conveyancing practice) it is most important that they be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of conveyancing. We recommend that you make enquires with several firms including non Allendale conveyancing practices prior to instructing a firm. If the firm is ALEP accredited then so much the better. The following questions might be of use:

How familiar is the practice with lease extension legislation? If the firm is not ALEP accredited then why not?

Allendale Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Questions you should consider before Purchasing

For many Allendale leaseholds the cost for major works tend not to be included within maintenance charges, although some managing agents in Allendale require leaseholders to pay into a reserve fund created for the specific purpose of building a fund for larger repairs or maintenance. Where a Allendale lease has less than 80 years it will affect the value of the property. Check with your mortgage company that they are content with the length of the lease. Leases with fewer than 80 years remaining means that you will probably have to extend the lease sooner rather than later and you need to have some idea of how much this will be. Remember, in most cases you will be required to have been the owner of the residence for 24 months before you are eligible to extend the lease. What is the annual service fee and ground rent?

My wife and I have recently appointed a conveyancing solicitor in Allendale. I I would like to check if they are on the bank's conveyancing panel. Can you help?

One option is to phone the solicitor to check if they are on the lender's panel. If that does not help call us and we can investigate and revert. If they are not on the conveyancing panel we can certainly arrange a specialist conveyancing solicitor in Allendale on the panel for your mortgage company.