Having been recommended your service we were going to go ahead with a conveyancing solicitor in Halstead found using your search tool but stumbled across alternative quotes via the web appear less expensive – how come?

There are hundreds of conveyancing companies marketing at first sight what seems to be very low prices. You should give due consideration as to how much you respect your own move to want to be penny wise pound foolish over the standard of the conveyancing. Many of them list a bargain quote as a headline but bury extra fees in the small print..

Please could you vouch for a Chelsea Building Society sanctioned Halstead conveyancing lawyer finish our house move within a very limited time frame? Am I best advised to go for a local Halstead firm or a web based firm?

We would be happy to suggest some excellent Halstead conveyancing firms. You can also walk up the high street in Halstead. Visit a couple of law practices and ask to speak with a conveyancing solicitor for a costs illustration. Discuss your deadline together with your reasons and ask for a commitment on speed. Choose the lawyer that genuine.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a property I have offered on last month in what was supposed to be a simple, no chain conveyancing. Halstead is the location of the property. Can you offer any assistance?

Flying freeholds in Halstead are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Halstead you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Halstead may decide 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 property.

My cousin has recommend that I instruct his conveyancers in Halstead. Do I take his advice?

There are no two ways about it the best way to find a conveyancing solicitor is to seek recommendations from friends or relatives who have used the solicitor you're considering.

I work for a long established estate agency in Halstead where we have experienced a number of leasehold sales derailed due to leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have received conflicting advice from local Halstead conveyancing firms. Can you clarify whether the vendor of a flat can commence the lease extension process for the purchaser on completion of the sale?

As long as the seller has been the owner for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to kick-start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the proposed purchaser can avoid having to wait 2 years for a lease extension. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done before, or simultaneously with completion of the disposal of the property.

An alternative approach is to agree the lease extension with the freeholder either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the purchaser.

I invested in buying a garden flat in Halstead, conveyancing having been completed 7 years ago. Can you let me have an estimate of the premium that my landlord can legally expect in return for granting a renewal of my lease? Equivalent properties in Halstead with a long lease are worth £202,000. The ground rent is £60 yearly. The lease finishes on 21st October 2081

You have 56 years left to run the likely cost is going to span between £29,500 and £34,000 as well as costs.

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 without more detailed investigations. Do not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be additional concerns that need to be taken into account and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward placing reliance on this information without first getting professional advice.