Having been recommended your service we were going to use a conveyancing solicitor in Aston listed on your site but stumbled across some other costs illustrations on the internet appear less expensive – why is this?

There are plenty of conveyancers marketing theoretically looks to be cut price. We suggest that you think twice about how much you respect your own move to you are willing to take 'cheap' risks over the quality of the legal work. Some hide fees deep into the terms and conditions. The solicitors that we put forward for conveyancing in Aston will notbehave this way.

We were just about to sign contracts for a freehold house in Aston. We encountered a problem. The loan offer with Nationwide Building Society expires on 10/2/2025 but the owners are suggesting a completion date of 12/2/2025. Is it possible to prolong the loan expiry date?

The person best placed to deal with your concern is your solicitors who is in a position to determine whether they corresponding with the mortgage company, owner’s representatives, estate agents or possibly all parties taking into account the history of your transaction as of today.

A colleague advised me that where I am purchasing in Aston I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Aston conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Aston 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 type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Aston Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Aston.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Aston. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Aston

Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. 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. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants.

I decided to have a survey completed on a house in Aston in advance of retaining conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. My surveyor advised that some lenders tend not grant a loan on this type of property.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different instructions for example to Halifax. If you contact us we can investigate further via the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Aston. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Aston especially if they are familiar with such properties in Aston.