At long last a mortgage agreement from Nationwide for the remortgage of my 4 bedroom garden flat is to be issued any day now. Are you able to propose a low cost conveyancing law firm in Catton?

This site is not designed to aid those in their quest for cut-price fees for conveyancing solicitors in Catton. Our aim is to provide value for money conveyancing but we do not work with the cheapest lawyers. Do not be fooled by brokers offering £100 conveyancing in Catton. Optimistically, in deciding on cheap conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst you will end up spending a lot in additional fees and still not receive the service you were looking for.

I decided to have a survey done on a house in Catton prior to appointing conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the property. The surveyor has said that some mortgage companies tend refuse to give a mortgage on a flying freehold property.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different instructions from Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further with the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Catton. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Catton to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

Taking into account that I am about to spend 450k on a two bedroom apartment in Catton I wish to have a conversation with the lawyer concerning theconveyancing before appointing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?

We could not agree more - we would be delighted to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you speaking to the conveyancer who will be carrying out your conveyancing in Catton.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is an important person, not a matter number. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are provided with for residential conveyancing in Catton should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.

Having had my offer accepted I require leasehold conveyancing in Catton. Before I get started I want to be sure as to the remaining lease term.

Assuming the lease is registered - and almost all are in Catton - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

Catton Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Questions you should consider before buying

Many Catton leasehold apartments will be liable to pay a service bill for the upkeep of the building invoiced by the freeholder. Should you acquire the property you will have to meet this liability, usually periodically throughout the year. This could vary from two or three hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for blocks with lifts and large communal grounds. In all likelihood there will be a ground rent to be met yearly, ordinarily this is not a exorbitant sum, say around £50-£100 but you should to enquire as sometimes it can be many hundreds of pounds. How many of the leaseholders are in arrears for their service charge payments?

I have recently placed an offer on a leasehold flat in Catton and the mortgage adviser that we are using suggested his conveyancing practitioner. She quoted nine hundred pounds including VAT and 3rd party costs. Does this sound reasonable?

You should not rely on one quote. One should obtain like-for-like quotes for your conveyancing in Catton. Then select one that you are comfortable with and just as important, is on the approved list of the bank that you have applied for a mortgage from.