Finally the sale completed on my house in Gloucester last May yet the purchaser is e-mailing daily complaining that her conveyancer needs to hear from mylawyer. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?

Following your sale your solicitor is committed to send the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your conveyancer should also evidence that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been discharged to the purchasers solicitors. There are no post completion procedures just for conveyancing in Gloucester.

I am purchasing a house and the conveyancer has raised the issue of Chancel Repair to which the house could be obligated to pay given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. He has suggested insurance. Is this really necessary for conveyancing in Gloucester

Unless a prior purchase of the premises took place after 12 October 2013 you could take it that conveyancing practitioners delivering conveyancing in Gloucester to remain encouraging a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

I decided to have a survey carried out on a property in Gloucester ahead of appointing lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the property. The surveyor advised that some lenders will refuse to issue a mortgage on such a premises.

It varies from the lender to lender. Bank of Scotland has different instructions from Nationwide. Should you wish to call us we can look into this further via the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Gloucester. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Gloucester to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

Should I be suspicious by 3rd parties that I am dealing with are suggesting an internet conveyancing firm as opposed to a High Street Gloucester conveyancing company?

As with many service providers, often suggestions from family and friends can be worth their weight in gold. Nevertheless there are many players in a conveyancing matter; estate agents, financial adviser and banks might all put forward lawyers to instruct. Sometimes these solicitors might be known to one of the organisations as experts in their field, but sometimes there is an underlying financial incentive behind the recommendation. You have the discretion to select your own lawyer. However, bear in mind that many mortgage providers operate an approved list of conveyancers you have to use for the lender aspect of your home move.

There are only Fifty years left on my lease in Gloucester. I am keen to get lease extension but my landlord is absent. What are my options?

If you qualify, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the County Court for for permission to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will enable the lease to be extended by the magistrate. You will be obliged to prove that you or your lawyers have done all that could be expected to track down the lessor. For most situations a specialist should be useful to carry out a search and to produce an expert document which can be accepted by the court as evidence that the landlord is indeed missing. It is advisable to get professional help from a solicitor in relation to investigating the landlord’s disappearance and the vesting order request to the County Court covering Gloucester.

Gloucester Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Sample of Questions you should ask before Purchasing

The majority of Gloucester leasehold flats will have a service charge for maintenance of the block levied by the landlord. If you buy the apartment you will have to meet this amount, normally in instalments accross the year. This could vary from a couple of hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for blocks with lifts and large common areas. There will also be a ground rent for you to pay annual, this is usually not a large figure, say about £25-£75 but you need to enquire as on occasion it can be many hundreds of pounds. On the whole the cost for major works tend not to be included within service charges, although a few managing agents in Gloucester ask tenants to pay into a reserve fund and this is used to offset against larger works.