I am helping my aunt sell her flat in Ravenshead. Will the conveyancer commission the energy assessment or should I organise this?

After the abolition of Home Packs, energy performance certificates was kept a required component of selling a house. An EPC must be commissioned prior to the property being marketed. This is not a task that lawyers normally organise. Where you are using a Ravenshead conveyancing practitioner they may help arrange EPC’s due to their contacts with long established Ravenshead assessors

Forgive me if this question is silly but I am wet behind the ears as a 1st time buyer of a garden flat in Ravenshead. Do I receive the keys to the property on completion from my lawyer? If this is the case, I will appoint a local conveyancing solicitor in Ravenshead?

On the day of completion you do not need to attend the conveyancers office in Ravenshead. Your solicitors will arrange to send the purchase money to the seller's lawyers, and once they have received this, you will be called to receive the keys from the property Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.

I am the sole beneficiary of my late father’s estate with all property in now in my sole name, including the my former home in Ravenshead. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in January. I plan to dispose of the property. I do know about the CML 6 month 'rule', which means that my proprietorship may be treated the same way as if I'd bought the house in January. Do I have to wait 6 months to sell?

The CML handbook instructs solicitors to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." Technically you may be caught by that. How sensible a view mortgage companies take of it, depend on the lender as this clause is primarily there to capture the purchase and immediately sell or the wholesaling and assigning of properties.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my house can not be found. The conveyancers who dealt with the conveyancing in Ravenshead 5 years ago are no longer around. What do I do?

Nowadays there are copies made of almost everything, and your conveyancer will know precisely where to locate all the appropriate documentation so you can purchase or dispose of your property without any difficulty. Where copies are not available, your conveyancer can put in place insurance or indemnities protecting you against future claims on the premises.

My company is wishing to lease a unit on a shopping parade. Can you recommend conveyancers offering competitive costs for non-domestic conveyancing in Ravenshead for under 1500k?

We are happy to recommend firms who have an in-depth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Ravenshead, including the disposal and purchase of businesses as well as simply premises. If you are intending to purchase or dispose of a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit or a whole business we can find you the right solicitor. Regarding the fees these will vary based on the structure and complexity of the proposed transaction. Please provide us with your details or call us so that we can provide you with comprehensive commercial conveyancing quote.

Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my basement flat in Ravenshead. Conveyancing solicitors are to be appointed soon, however I have recently received a yearly service charge invoice – Do I pay up?

It best that you clear the invoice as normal as all rents and service payments should be apportioned on completion, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.

I acquired a split level flat in Ravenshead, conveyancing was carried out in 2009. Can you shed any light on how much the price could be for a 90 year extension to my lease? Comparable properties in Ravenshead with over 90 years remaining are worth £180,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £65 charged once a year. The lease expires on 21st October 2084

With just 59 years unexpired the likely cost is going to range between £20,900 and £24,200 as well as costs.

The figure above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you a more accurate figure without more comprehensive investigations. Do not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be other concerns that need to be taken into account and you obviously should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward based on this information without first getting professional advice.

How much experience do your Ravenshead conveyancing solicitors have with Help To Buy, Shared Equity and similar schemes?

Ravenshead conveyancing lawyers help thousands of people move home every year and assisted plenty of clients through the Help To Buy scheme. The chances are that whatever makes your case unique Ravenshead conveyancers have worked on recent similar matters.