I have Fifty Six years remaining on my lease and need a lease extension for my flat in Harehills. Conveyancing solicitors on the Chelsea Building Society panel can deal with such extensions right?
Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are securing a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Chelsea Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 17/6/2025 the requirements read as follows :
What does a local search reveal about the property we're buying in Harehills?
Harehills conveyancing often commences with the applying for local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search organisations such as PSG The local search plays an important part in many a Harehills conveyancing purchase; as long as you wish to avoid any unpleasant surprises after you move into your property. The search will reveal data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen topic sections.
I am buying my first flat in Harehills with the aid of help to buy. The developers would not move on the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The house builders rep suggested that I not disclose to my conveyancer about the side-deal as it may put at risk my mortgage with the bank. Is this normal?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
My cousin has encouraged me to use his conveyancing solicitors in Harehills. Do I take his advice?
There are no two ways about it it’s preferable to find a conveyancing lawyer is to seek referrals from friends or family who have actually previously instructed the solicitor you're contemplating using.
If all goes to plan we aim to complete the sale of our £300,000 apartment in Harehills in just under a week. The freeholder has quoted £312 for Certificate of Compliance, insurance certificate and 3 years service charge statements. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge exorbitant fees for a leasehold conveyance in Harehills?
Harehills conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes typically necessitates fees being raised by management companies :
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Completing pre-contract questions
Where consent is required before sale in Harehills
Supplying insurance information
Deeds of covenant upon sale
Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Harehills Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Questions you should consider before buying
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Is there a share of the freehold? The best form of lease arrangement is where the freehold title is in the ownership of the leaseholders. In this situation the tenants benefit from control and notwithstanding that a managing agent is frequently retained if the building is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent retained by the leaseholders.
When it comes to my conveyancing in Harehills should I be charged VAT on the following: (1) Land reg fee on purchase (2) Pre - completion search fee (3) SDLT E submission on purchase (4) Bank TT fee
(1) Land reg fee on purchase - No (2) Pre - completion search fees -No, (such conveyancing searches are HMLR ones and means £4 and possibly £2 bankruptcy per name on your mortgage) (3) SDLT E submission on your purchase - There is no VAT on Stamp Duty. However if the firm is charging a stamp duty e-submission fee as part of their services - some Harehills conveyancers do - that will incur VAT(4) Bank transfer fee - Yes it is for the conveyancing practitioner's time in submitting the funds this way.