My previous lawyer has quoted £1150 for no sale no fee conveyancing in Slade Green. I am selling a Edwardian property for £200,000. Are the quoted fees excessive? Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in Slade Green?

The estimate does seem a tad overpriced. Where you are willing to invest time scrutinising charges you may be able to shave off some of the expense by say a hundred pounds. On the other hand, you mightcome to regret choosing an an untested solicitor. Don't forget to check that the firm can represent your bank. Do make use of our search tool to locate a Slade Green conveyancing firm on the banks approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Slade Green.

Do the conveyancing solicitors that you recommend conduct right to buy conveyancing in Slade Green?

We work with numerous conveyancing solicitors who can conduct right to buy transactions Do get in touch with the conveyancers listed in order to secure a conveyancing quote.

We had appointed solicitors based in Slade Green on the Santander solicitor panel. They have just invoiced me a further amount for dealing with the Santander mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee specified by Santander?

Unfortunately, so long as it is in their Terms and Conditions or Quote then yes your lawyer can charge a fee for this. This charge is not dictated by Santander but by your Slade Green solicitor. Plenty of firms on the Santander panel will levy an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.

I am due to exchange contracts on my flat. I had a double glazing fitted in June 2007, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My purchaser’s lender, Nottingham are being a right pain. The Slade Green solicitor who is on the Nottingham conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but Nottingham are insisting on a building regulation certificate. Why do Nottingham have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?

It is probably the case that Nottingham have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Nottingham may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.

Having read lots of mortgage guides, I note that they all recommend that you should get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my local Slade Green solicitor - who is on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. Is that normal?

Coventry BS will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Coventry BS will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. Your solicitor will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by your Slade Green postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Coventry BS, you could contact them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors in Slade Green.

I have just appointed agents to market my ground floor apartment in Slade Green. Conveyancing lawyers have not yet been instructed, however I have just received a quarterly maintenance charge invoice – what should I do?

Your conveyancing lawyer is likely to suggest that you should discharge the maintenance contribution as usual because all ground rent and service charges should be allotted as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you will be reimbursed by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer until 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 inherited a ground-floor 1960’s flat in Slade Green. In the absence of agreement between myself and the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the amount payable for a lease extension?

if there is a absentee freeholder or where there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant statutes you can apply to the LVT to arrive at the amount due.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Slade Green premises is Various @ Colombus Square in January 2012. the Tribunal calculated the premiums to be paid for new leases for each of the flats in Mariners Walk to be £3822 and the premium to be paid for the new lease of 2 Knights Court to be £4439. This case was in relation to 13 flats. The unexpired term was 76 years.

I purchased a property in Slade Green last 29/11/2023 and to date it is still not recorded with HM Land Registry. It was part of a new estate and my solicitor told me that it can take over a year to complete the registration formalities. I have contacted HMLR directly and they say that the initial application was cancelled due to failure to reply to requisitions. Should I be concerned?

It is your lawyer that you should turn to here in order to satisfy any questions which have arisen as part of the registration formalities for your Slade Green property. Normal Slade Green conveyancing practice includes an undertaking on the part of the vendor’s lawyer that they will help resolve any requirements raised by HMLR so it may be a case of taking action to enforce that undertaking if necessary.