At long last a mortgage offer from Santander for the refinancing of my single bedroom flat is due any day now. Could you recommend a cheap conveyancing practitioner in Arundel?

This site is not designed to help those in pursuit of a cheap conveyancing in Arundel. Our aim is to provide value for money conveyancing but our intention is not to work with the cheapest lawyers. Do not be swayed by organisations seducing you with low cost conveyancing in Arundel. At best, in choosing a lawyer for low cost conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst you will end up being stung for additional fees and still not receive the service you were looking for.

My colleague recommended that if I am buying in Arundel 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 occasionally included in the estimate for your Arundel conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Arundel around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Arundel Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Arundel Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Arundel.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Arundel?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Arundel. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

We are 17 days into a residential purchase having been directed to conveyancers by the local agent to carry out the conveyancing in Arundel. I am am very frustrated with the level of service. Could you help me find new conveyancers?

A lawyer would have to be very bad in order to consider diss instructing them. Has your mortgage offer been sent? In the event that it has you will need to make them aware of the new solicitor and get the loan are re-sent. Your new conveyancer needs to be on the banks panel to avoid escalating fees and frustration. So that should be your starting point. The find a solicitor tool can assist you in finding a lender approved conveyancer for your home move in Arundel

Completion is due on the disposal of our £375,000 flat in Arundel next Wednesday. The management company has quoted £396 for Certificate of Compliance, insurance certificate and 3 years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in Arundel?

Arundel conveyancing on leasehold flats ordinarily results in administration charges invoiced by landlords agents :

Addressing pre-exchange questions Where consent is required before sale in Arundel Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your lawyer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Arundel leasehold premises is £350. For Arundel conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to provide answers.

Arundel Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Questions you should consider Prior to Purchasing

The majority of Arundel leasehold properties will be liable to pay a service bill for the upkeep of the block levied on behalf of the landlord. Where you purchase the property you will have to pay this liability, usually periodically during the year. This could vary from a few hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for bigger purpose-built blocks. There will also be a ground rent to be met annual, normally this is not a exorbitant figure, say approximately £25-£75 but you need to check it because occasionally it can be many hundreds of pounds. Best to be warned if fixing the lift or some other significant cost is coming up that will be shared between the leasehold owners and will materially increase the the maintenance charges or result in a one off invoice.