Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our home are lost. The conveyancers who dealt with the conveyancing in Doncaster 5 years ago no longer exist. What are my options?

You no longer need to have the physical original deeds to establish that you own the land or property, given that the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on last month in what should have been a simple, no chain conveyancing. Doncaster is where the house is located. What do you suggest?

Flying freeholds in Doncaster are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Doncaster you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Doncaster may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.

Is it possible to change firm as I need to choose a firm on the Accord Mortgages Ltd conveyancing panel. I was using a local conveyancing solicitor in Doncaster five minutes from me but he is not approved by Accord Mortgages Ltd

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Doncaster on the Accord Mortgages Ltd panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we on the directory do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are regulated by the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Doncaster. In making use of the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this site, you can compare fees for conveyancing solicitors in Doncaster and throughout England and Wales.

What makes a Doncaster lease problematic?

Leasehold conveyancing in Doncaster is not unique. Most leases are individual and legal mistakes in the legal wording can sometimes mean that certain sections are missing. For example, if your lease is missing any of the following, it could be defective:

Maintenance charge proportions which don’t add up to the correct percentage Clauses dealing with recovering service charges for expenditure on the building or common parts.

You could have difficulties when selling your property if you have a defective lease as they can affect a potential buyer’s ability to obtain a mortgage. Santander, Barnsley Building Society, and Clydesdale all have very detailed requirements when it comes to what is expected in a lease. If a mortgage lender believes that the lease does not cover certain provisions they may refuse to provide security, obliging the buyer to pull out.

I bought a 2 bed flat in Doncaster, conveyancing having been completed June 2005. Can you give me give me an indication of the likely cost of a lease extension? Equivalent properties in Doncaster with an extended lease are worth £176,000. The ground rent is £50 charged once a year. The lease finishes on 21st October 2105

With only 80 years left to run we estimate the premium for your lease extension to span between £8,600 and £9,800 plus professional fees.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you a more accurate figure 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 taken into account and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward based on this information without first getting professional advice.

Are the Doncaster conveyancing lawyers identified as being on the lender conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by the lender?

Doncaster firms and firms carrying out conveyancing in Doncaster themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the mortgage company conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from the mortgage company directly.