It has taken forever and a day but a loan agreement from NatWest for the refinancing of my 4 room apartment is due imminently. Could you propose a low cost conveyancing lawyer in Queensbury?

This site is not designed to assist those in their quest for the lowest fares for conveyancing in Queensbury. Our goal is to offer cost effective conveyancing but our intention is not to advertise as being the cheapest. Do not be fooled by companies enticing you with £100 conveyancing in Queensbury. Optimistically, in deciding on low cost conveyancing, you will receive what you pay for and at worst you will end up with a surprising uplift in extras and still not receive the service expected.

We expect to receive a DIP from Aldermore this week so we can work out what to offer on a property we like as otherwise we are dependent on web based calculators (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc). Do Aldermore recommend any Queensbury solicitors on the Aldermore conveyancing panel, or is it better to go independently?

You will need to appoint Queensbury solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the Aldermore conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and Aldermore through the process.

After months of negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in Queensbury. My mortgage broker suggested a lawyer. I paid an on account payment of £175. A few days later, the conveyancing practitioner called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Nationwide panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

About to purchase house in Queensbury. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the UBS conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Queensbury conveyancing practitioner is on the UBS conveyancing panel.

Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Queensbury prior to retaining conveyancers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. Our surveyor advised that some mortgage companies will not give a loan on such a premises.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different instructions from Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can investigate further via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Queensbury. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Queensbury especially if they regularly deal with such properties in Queensbury.

Are there any apps to assist me to search for a Queensbury solicitor on the Lloyds TSB Bank conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am prepared to travel upto 25miles to meet the conveyancer.

Feel free to make use of the search on this page. Please pick a mortgage company and your location and you will see a number of Queensbury conveyancing lawyers locally. We have listed some Queensbury conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can telephone them to see whether they are on the Lloyds TSB Bank approved list

Our conveyancer has advised that he intends to complete and exchange simultaneously on the sale of our £375,000 maisonette in Queensbury next week. The freeholder has quoted £300 for Certificate of Compliance, insurance certificate and 3 years statements of service charge. Is the landlord entitled to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in Queensbury?

For the majority of leasehold sales in Queensbury conveyancing will involve, questions about the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :

Addressing pre-exchange enquiries Where consent is required before sale in Queensbury Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Queensbury leasehold property is £350. For Queensbury conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to provide the information.

Having spent months of negotiations we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Queensbury. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?

if there is a missing landlord or where there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to arrive at the price.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Queensbury residence is 20 Orchard Court Stonegrove in June 2009. The tribunal decided that a premium of £11,040 should be payable for the new lease This case was in relation to 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 71.55 years.