We are about to exchange contracts for a freehold house in Braunstone. We encountered a snag. Our mortgage offer with Skipton Building Society expires on 28/4/2025 but the owners are insisting on a completion date of 30/4/2025. Can one prolong the loan offer?

The best person to deal with your concern is your lawyer who is in a position to calculate whether he or she is better off negotiating with the bank, owner’s representatives, selling agents or conceivably all parties based on the history of your house move to date.

Can I use your services to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Braunstone even if I’m not buying or selling a house, for example if I intend to buy a shop in Braunstone with a mortgage from HSBC Bank?

Our comparison service is predominantly utilised to find residential conveyancing solicitors in Braunstone but we have recorded towards the bottom of this page a few Braunstone commercial conveyancing firms. You should speak with the solicitors directly to establish if they are also authorised to represent HSBC Bank

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Braunstone. 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 legal work.

Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Braunstone

There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore.

I am 17 days into a leasehold purchase having been directed to conveyancers by the estate agent to handle our conveyancing in Braunstone. I am am starting to be disappointed with the level of service. Could you you assist me in finding new lawyers?

They would have to be very bad to suggest replacing them. Has your mortgage been issued? If so you need to inform them of the replacement solicitor and ensure the loan are issued to the new lawyers. Your conveyancer needs to be on the lenders panel to avoid escalating costs and delays. So that should be your starting point. Our search tool should assist you in finding a lender approved lawyer for your home move in Braunstone

Helen (my wife) and I may need to sub-let our Braunstone garden flat temporarily due to a career opportunity. We instructed a Braunstone conveyancing practice in 2002 but they have closed and we did not think at the time seek any guidance as to whether the lease prohibits the subletting of the flat. How do we find out?

A small minority of properties in Braunstone do contain a provision to say that subletting is only permitted with prior consent from the landlord. The landlord cannot unreasonably withhold but, in such cases, they would need to see references. Experience suggests that problems are usually caused by unsatisfactory tenants rather than owner-occupiers and for that reason you can expect the freeholder to take up the references and consider them carefully before granting permission.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Braunstone - Examples of Queries Prior to Purchasing

This question is important as a) areas may cause problems for the block as the communal areas may begin to deteriorate if repairs remain unpaid b) if the tenants have an issue with the running of the building you will wish to have full disclosure Where a Braunstone lease has fewer than eighty years it will impact the value of the property. It is worth checking with your lender that they are content with the length of the lease. A short lease means that you will probably require a lease extension sooner rather than later and you need to have some idea of what this would cost. Remember, in most cases you would be required to have been the owner of the property for two years before you are entitled to exercise a lease extension. Who is in charge of the building?