My wife and I are refinancing our maisonette in Ambleside with Co-operative. We have a son 18 who lives with us. Our solicitor requested us to identify any adults other than ourselves who lives in the flat. Our lawyer has now e-mailed a document for our son to sign, giving up any rights in the event that the apartment is repossessed. I have two questions (1) Is this form unique to the Co-operative conveyancing panel as he never had to sign this form when we bought 4 years ago (2) In signing this form is our son in any way compromising his right to inherit the property?

First, rest assured that your Co-operative conveyancing panel solicitor is doing the right thing as it is established procedure for any occupier who is aged 17 or over to sign the necessary Consent Form, which is purely to state that any rights he has in the property are postponed and secondary to Co-operative. This is solely used to protect Co-operative if the property were re-possessed so that in such circumstances, your son would be legally obliged to leave. It does not impact your son’s right to inherit the apartment. Please note that if your son were to inherit and the mortgage in favour of Co-operative had not been discharged, he would be liable to take over the loan or pay it off, but other than that, there is nothing stopping him from keeping the property in accordance with your will or the rules of intestacy.

Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Ambleside. My lender is Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 6/3/2025, the requirements read as follows :

What does commercial conveyancing in Ambleside cover?

Ambleside conveyancing for business premises covers a broad array of services, given by regulated solicitors, relating to business premises. By way of example, this area of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the assignment of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial mortgages and the termination of leases.

In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandmother I am selling a house in Cardiff but live in Ambleside. My lawyer (based 250 miles from merequires that I execute a statutory declaration prior to completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in Ambleside who can attest this legal document for me?

strictly speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Ambleside based

Sixweeks into a sale of a flat in Ambleside. Conveyancing lawyers are doing their job but we have been asked to pay an extortionate amount by the landlord. To date we have paid £295.50 for a leasehold management information and then a further £134.40 for supplemental queries raised by the purchaser's solicitor.

Your property lawyer will not have any control over the extent of the charges for this information but the typical costs for the information for Ambleside leasehold property is £355. For Ambleside conveyancing deals it is usual for the seller to pay for these costs. The freeholder or their agents are not duty bound to address such questions although many will agree to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices out of proportion to the work involved. Regretfully there is no legislation that requires capped charges for administrative tasks. Nor is there any legal time limit by which they are obliged to provide the information.