My mortgage broker has requested my Hathern solicitor’s panel member for the Nationwide conveyancing panel. How do I obtain this. I have contacted my local Hathern branch but they have not got back to me yet.

Have you tried contacting your Hathern solicitor about this?. They retain a central record lender panel numbers.

What will a local search inform me about the property my wife and I purchasing in Hathern?

Hathern conveyancing often starts with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search company for instance PSG The local search plays an important role in many a Hathern conveyancing purchase; as long as you wish to avoid any unpleasant once you have moved into your property. The search should reveal data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable 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 headings.

Are there any apps to assist me to identify a Hathern solicitor on the Alliance & Leicester conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel upto 25kilometers to meet the conveyancer.

You can use the search on this page. Please select a lender and your location and you will see a number of Hathern conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have detailed some Hathern conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can contact them to check whether they are on the Alliance & Leicester approved list

My husband and I are novice buyers - agreed a price, yet the selling agent told us that the vendor will only move forward if we appoint the agent's recommended lawyers as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a family solicitor with experience of conveyancing in Hathern

We suspect that the seller is not behind this ultimatum. Should the seller want ‘a quick sale', turning down a serious purchaser is not the way to achieve this. Speak to the owners direct and make sure they comprehend that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to progress, with mortgage lined up © you are unencumbered (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you intend to instruct your own,trusted Hathern conveyancing firm - as opposed tothose that will give their estate agent a kickback or hit his conveyancing figures pre-set by senior management.

I am intending to let out my leasehold flat in Hathern. Conveyancing solicitor who did the purchase is retired - so can't ask him. Is permission from the freeholder required?

The lease dictates relations between the landlord and you the leaseholder; specifically, it will set out if subletting is prohibited, or permitted but only subject to certain caveats. The accepted inference is that if the lease contains no expres ban or restriction, subletting is allowed. The majority of leases in Hathern do not contain an absolute prevention of subletting – such a provision would adversely affect the market value the property. Instead, there is usually simply a requirement that the owner notifies the freeholder, possibly sending a duplicate of the sublease.

I own a 2 bed flat in Hathern, conveyancing having been completed April 2005. Can you please calculate a probable premium for a statutory lease extension? Corresponding properties in Hathern with over 90 years remaining are worth £180,000. The ground rent is £65 invoiced every year. The lease finishes on 21st October 2083

With 59 years remaining on your lease the likely cost is going to range between £20,900 and £24,200 plus professional fees.

The suggested premium range above a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you a more accurate figure in the absence of detailed investigations. Do not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be other issues that need to be taken into account and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward based on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.