My partner and I are acquiring our first house. Our conveyancing practitioner has e-mailedto enquire if we want to take out extra conveyancing searches. We are really unsure what's relevant for conveyancing in Cinderford

The number and type of Cinderford conveyancing searches should be triggered based entirely on the property, the location, the likelihood of any of these risks, your familiarity of the locality and risks, your overall appetite to risk. What is important is that you adequately comprehend what information each search could supply. You may then make a decision if you consider that you need that search. If in doubt, ask the lawyer to recommend.

I am looking to buy a flat and require a conveyancing solicitor in Cinderford who is on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing. Can you recommend a local firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Birmingham Midshires in certain locations such as Cinderford. We dont recommend any particular firm.

I have justdiscovered that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Cinderford for a purchase of a leasehold flat 9 months ago. How can I be sure that my home is not still registered in the name of the previous owner?

The easiest way to check if the premises is in your name, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Cinderford conveyancing specialists.

I was pointed in your direction by numerous property agents in Cinderford to locate a solicitor on your site. Is there a financial inducement for Estate Agents to offer your site over and above a competitor’s?

We refuse to give any financial incentive for directing people in our direction. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission as members of the public would think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I receiving any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.

All being well we will complete our sale of a £250,000 garden flat in Cinderford on Thursday in a week. The landlords agents has quoted £396 for Certificate of Compliance, building insurance schedule and previous years service charge statements. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge such fees for a flat conveyance in Cinderford?

Cinderford conveyancing on leasehold apartments typically necessitates fees being invoiced by managing agents :

Addressing pre-contract questions Where consent is required before sale in Cinderford 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 solicitor will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Cinderford leasehold property is £350. For Cinderford 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 obliged to supply the information.

I inherited a ground floor flat in Cinderford, conveyancing was carried out April 2012. Can you let me have an estimate of the premium that my landlord can legally expect in return for granting a renewal of my lease? Similar flats in Cinderford with an extended lease are worth £181,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £55 invoiced every year. The lease comes to an end on 21st October 2075

You have 51 years unexpired the likely cost is going to be between £30,400 and £35,200 plus professional fees.

The figure above a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs in the absence of detailed investigations. You should not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt additional issues that need to be considered and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not move forward based on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.