IfI were to purchase a straightforward housein Willerby mortgage fee and have no survey and no conveyancing searches how much could I expect to to save on my conveyancing in Willerby?

Any savings you would achieve will be isolated to the Willerby conveyancing searches. Your conveyancing practitioner is required to do the vast majority of work - money laundering, communicating with your sellers conveyancing practitioner, stamp duty submission, register the ownership etc. A slight saving might be made by not needing to register a mortgage but it won't be a lot.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in Willerby?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Willerby. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

I am looking for a ground for flat up to £235,500 and found one round the corner in Willerby I like with open areas and railway links in the vicinity, however it only has 61 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Willerby in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a short lease?

If you require a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term will likely be a potential deal breaker. Reduce the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you may request that they start the process of the extension and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer concerning this matter.

Estate agents have just been given the go-ahead to market my 2 bed flat in Willerby. Conveyancing lawyers have not yet been instructed, but I have just had a quarterly maintenance charge demand – what should I do?

Your conveyancing lawyer is likely to suggest that you should discharge the invoice as you normally would as all ground rent and service payments will be apportioned on completion, so you will be reimbursed 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 own a 1 bedroom flat in Willerby, conveyancing having been completed 5 years ago. Can you shed any light on how much the price could be for a 90 year extension to my lease? Comparable properties in Willerby with an extended lease are worth £195,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £45 levied per year. The lease ceases on 21st October 2088

With just 64 years unexpired we estimate the premium for your lease extension to range between £14,300 and £16,400 plus legals.

The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs without more detailed investigations. Do not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be other concerns that need to be considered and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you take any other action placing reliance on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.

Midway through the sale of a leasehold flat in Willerby. Conveyancing solicitors are doing their job but we have been asked to pay a fortune from the managing agents. To date we have issued a cheque for £295.50 for a leasehold management pack and then another £200 plus VAT for responses to questions raised by the buyers lawyer.

Neither you or your conveyancer will have any say over the level of the bill for this information however the average fee for the information for Willerby leasehold premises is £350. When it comes to Willerby conveyancing deals it is usual for the vendor to cover the charges. The freeholder or their agents are not duty bound to address these questions although many will agree to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices out of proportion to the work involved. Regretfully there is no law that mandates fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any set time limit by which they are obliged to provide the information.