I am in need of a conveyancer. Should I go for for a nationwide conveyancer rather than a high street Durham conveyancing lawyer?

Generally conveyancing lawyers in your location will enjoy good alliances with your local authority, which can assist with your Durham conveyancing searches that your conveyancer will require on your transaction. It also helps if they have good connections with the Land Registry in your area Durham, other conveyancers in the neighbourhood and Durham Estate Agents.

My wife and I have recently appointed a conveyancing solicitor in Durham. I need to find out if they are accepted on the Platform Home Loans Ltd conveyancing panel. Can you help?

You should e-mail the lawyer and enquire if they are on the lender panel. Otherwise you should call Platform Home Loans Ltd who may be able to help.

What can a local search inform me regarding the house we're purchasing in Durham?

Durham conveyancing often starts with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search company for example Searchflow The local search plays a central part in many a Durham conveyancing purchase; that is if you wish to avoid any nasty surprises after you move into your property. The search should reveal information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 topic areas.

I am in need of some leasehold conveyancing in Durham. Before I get started I would like to find out the remaining lease term.

Assuming the lease is recorded at the land registry - and 99.9% are in Durham - 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.

I invested in buying a leasehold flat in Durham, conveyancing formalities finalised 6 years ago. Can you shed any light on how much the price could be for a 90 year extension to my lease? Equivalent properties in Durham with over 90 years remaining are worth £211,000. The ground rent is £45 levied per year. The lease ceases on 21st October 2092

With just 67 years left to run we estimate the price of your lease extension to span between £10,500 and £12,000 as well as legals.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to provide a more accurate figure in the absence of detailed investigations. You should not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt additional issues that need to be considered and you obviously should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.

I was informed by my bank that their approved lawyers work on no completion no charge basis for conveyancing in Durham. Our purchase fell through and now the conveyancers want search fees! They are claiming that the fees are nothing to do with their fees!

in offering "no completion no fee" Durham conveyancing practices are waiving their fees for any work conducted. We should make it clear that this does not constitute an insurance scheme. you will still be expected to pay for any costs that the lawyer has outlayed for you for instance Durham local authority checks