I was informed recently by my financial adviser that my Edge Hill property lawyer is not on the mortgage company Conveyancing panel. How can I check?

The first thing you need to do is to contact your Edge Hill lawyer directly. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to advise you of the situation. Where they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the conveyancing panel for your lender.

About to purchase a new build apartment in Edge Hill. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Edge Hill

Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal.

Should I go with a Edge Hill conveyancing lawyer in close proximity to the house I am purchasing? I have an old university friend who can deal with the legal work however they are based a couple of hundredkilometers away.

The benefit of a high street Edge Hill conveyancing practice is that you can pop in to execute documents, hand in your ID and apply pressure on them if necessary. Having local Edge Hill know how is a plus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who used your friend and in the main were happy that must trump using an unfamiliar Edge Hill conveyancing solicitor just because they are local.

I have just started marketing my ground floor apartment in Edge Hill. Conveyancing is yet to be initiated, however I have recently had a half-yearly service charge invoice – what should I do?

It best that you clear the invoice as usual as all ground rent and maintenance payments should be allotted on completion, so you will be reimbursed by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.

I purchased a split level flat in Edge Hill, conveyancing formalities finalised in 2010. Can you please calculate a probable premium for a statutory lease extension? Comparable flats in Edge Hill with a long lease are worth £201,000. The ground rent is £45 levied per year. The lease comes to an end on 21st October 2090

With only 65 years remaining on your lease we estimate the price of your lease extension to range between £13,300 and £15,400 as well as professional fees.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs without more detailed investigations. You should not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be additional issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward based on this information without first seeking the advice of a professional.

Can you set out the spectrum of conveyancing done by Edge Hill conveyancing companies?

By and large Edge Hill conveyancing organisations can handle a number of legal advice to residential and agricultural land proprietors, sellers, investors, freeholders and tenants and you can expect them to help you with some of the following services:

House sale conveyancing in Edge Hill or wider afield Private residential purchase conveyancing in Edge Hill and also around the country Staircasing and Equity Loan Redemption Property investment and purchasing to Let Create or vary arrangements with neighbouring properties Statutory Declarations