Having sold my house in Darnall last March yet the purchaser is e-mailing me to say her solicitor is waiting to hear from mylawyer. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?

Following your house sale your solicitor should send the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer should also confirm that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been repaid to the buyers conveyancers. There are no post completion formalities specific conveyancing in Darnall.

I am buying a new build house in Darnall benefiting from help to buy. The sellers refused to move on the price so I negotiated 6k of extras instead. The sale representative suggested that I not to tell my conveyancer about the extras as it will affect my loan with Nationwide Building Society. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

How do I use the search app to get a costs illustration from a conveyancing practitioner in Darnall on the authorised to act for my lender?

1st choose a bank such as Lloyds TSB Bank, The Mortgage Works or Nottingham Building Society then specify your preferred area such as Darnall. Conveyancing firms in Darnall and further afield will then be shown.

I am in need of some leasehold conveyancing in Darnall. Before diving in I require certainty as to the remaining lease term.

Assuming the lease is registered - and almost all are in Darnall - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details 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.

I own a ground floor flat in Darnall, conveyancing formalities finalised half a dozen years ago. How much will my lease extension cost? Comparable properties in Darnall with an extended lease are worth £211,000. The ground rent is £50 charged once a year. The lease expires on 21st October 2093

With 68 years left to run we estimate the premium for your lease extension to be between £9,500 and £11,000 as well as legals.

The figure above a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to provide the actual costs without more detailed investigations. You should not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt other 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.

I need to review estimates for conveyancing in Darnall from numerous conveyancing practitioner and decide on one. Am I right to tell them to sit tight until I a suitable house to buy.

You should only request your solicitor to commence work and apply for searches after the sales memorandum has been sent by the estate agent particularly as Darnall conveyancing searches are a couple of hundred pounds.