We are a couple about to sign contracts for a freehold house in Wennington. We encountered a stumbling block. The mortgage offer with Britannia expires on 11/2/2025 but the sellers are insisting on a completion date of 13/2/2025. Can one prolong the loan offer?

The person best placed to deal with your issue is your solicitors who will calculate if they better off negotiating with the bank, owner’s solicitors, selling agents or possibly all three based on what has gone on in your conveyancing to date.

We hope to to buy with Loughborough BS. We have called around locally yet am unable to find a Wennington conveyancing firm on the Loughborough BS approved list. Please you assist?

Please do take advantage of the find a conveyancing panel solicitor tool on this web page. Pick the mortgage company and type Wennington or your preferred area and you will see numerous conveyancers based in Wennington or by proximity to you.

How difficult is it to switch solicitor as I have to choose a firm on the Nottingham Building Society conveyancing list. I was using a family conveyancing solicitor in Wennington round the corner but she is not approved by Nottingham Building Society

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Wennington on the Nottingham Building Society panel. Please note that the law firms that we list do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Wennington. Using search facility on this website, you can contrast costs for conveyancing solicitors in Wennington and throughout England and Wales.

Is it best to go with a Wennington conveyancing solicitor based in the area that I am buying? We have a good friend who can handle the conveyancing however his firm is located 300miles drive away.

The benefit of a local Wennington conveyancing practice is that you can attend the office to execute documents, present your identification documents and pester them if necessary. They will also have local intelligence which is a bonus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If if people you trust instructed your friend and in the main were happy that should outweigh using an unfamiliar Wennington conveyancing lawyer just because they are based in the area.

What are your top tips when it comes to finding a Wennington conveyancing practice to carry out our lease extension conveyancing?

When appointing a conveyancer for lease extension works (regardless if they are a Wennington conveyancing firm) it is essential that he or she should be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of conveyancing. We recommend that you speak with several firms including non Wennington conveyancing practices prior to instructing a firm. If the firm is ALEP accredited then that’s a bonus. The following questions could be of use:

How experienced is the firm with lease extension legislation?

I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord to extend my lease without success. Can I apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a Wennington conveyancing firm to represent me?

Most certainly. We can put you in touch with a Wennington conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Wennington property 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 related to 13 flats. The unexpired lease term was 76 years.