It has taken forever and a day but a mortgage agreement from Nationwide for the remortgage of my 2 bedroom flat is to be issued any day now. Could you recommend a cheap conveyancing law firm in Blyth?

You have arrived at the wrong place to search for the lowest fares for conveyancing in Blyth. Our aim is to provide affordable conveyancing but we do not advertise as being the cheapest. Do not be swayed by brokers enticing you with low cost conveyancing in Blyth. In your best case scenario, 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 extras and still not receive the service you were looking for.

I own a freehold house in Blyth but still invoiced for rent, why is this and what is this?

It is rare for properties in Blyth and has limited impact for conveyancing in Blyth but some freehold properties in England (particularly common in North West England) pay an annual sum known as a Chief Rent or a Rentcharge to a third party who has no other legal interest in the land.

Rentcharge payments are usually between £2.00 and £5.00 per year. Rentcharges date back many centuries, but the Rent Charge Act 1977 barred the generation of new rentcharges post 1977.

Previous rentcharges can now be redeemed by making a lump sum payment under the Act. Any rentcharges that are still in existence after 2037 will be extinguished.

My colleague advised me that if I am buying in Blyth I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is usually included in the estimate for your Blyth conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Blyth 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 House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Blyth.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Blyth. Conveyancing is daunting 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 conveyancing.

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

Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore.

I am looking for a flat up to £305k and identified one round the corner in Blyth I like with amenity areas and railway links nearby, the downside is that it's only got 51 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Blyth suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a lease with such few years left?

If you need a mortgage that many years will likely be problematic. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you may ask them to start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this matter.