My best friend’s brother is a property lawyer. I anticipate that I'll be able to get preferential fee for conveyancing, but if not, what kind of fees should I be expecting for conveyancing in Elland?

It’s prudent to obtain 3 or more like-for-like conveyancing estimates. Do use our search tool on this page. The fees do vary but service levels do are distinct between law firms as is true with the vast majority of professional services.

My bid for a property was accepted at auction in Elland. Conveyancing is required. What are my next steps?

Having legally committed yourself to purchase you now have to find a conveyancing lawyer soon as you now have a pending a drop dead date to complete the conveyancing. All auction property will have a corresponding legal pack. This should include evidence of title and search results. If you have purchased leasehold property the legal pack may provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing paperwork pertinent to leasehold premises. You must hand this to the lawyer instructed by you as soon as possible. Do make sure that that you have the requisite funding in place to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

A friend pointed out to me me that in purchasing a property in Elland there may be a number of restrictions prohibiting external changes to the property. Is this right?

We are aware of a number of properties in Elland which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to carry out external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Elland should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

It is not clear whether my bank requires a lease extension. I have called into my local Elland bank branch on a couple of occasions and was told it does not impact the mortgage offer and they would lend. My Elland conveyancing solicitor - who is on the mortgage company conveyancing panel- telephoned and was told they refuse to lend based on their specific requirements. Who do I believe?

Your property lawyer has to follow the CML Handbook section two specifications for your bank. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the lender will go ahead, your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask the bank to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years remaining.

I'm purchasing my first flat in Elland with the aid of help to buy. The developers would not move on the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent suggested that I not inform my solicitor about this deal as it will affect my loan with the lender. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer 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.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Elland and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Elland. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Elland area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Elland. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

My uncle has encouraged me to instruct his conveyancing solicitors in Elland. Should I use them?

There are no two ways about it the best way to choose a conveyancing solicitor is to seek referrals from friends or family who have actually experience in using the conveyancer you're considering.