I am helping my mother sell her flat in Hazlemere. Will the conveyancer order the energy assessment or it is for me to see to?
After the demise of Home Information Packs, energy assessments was maintained a mandatory part of moving property. An EPC needs to be to hand before the property is advertised. This is not as aspect of the sale process that law firms normally organise. If you are instructing a Hazlemere conveyancing lawyer they might help arrange energy assessments due to their relationships with long established local energy assessors
After weeks of negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Hazlemere. My financial adviser suggested a lawyer. I paid an upfront payment of £225. A few days later, the conveyancing practitioner called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Lloyds panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
I had an offer accepted on a property in Hazlemere on 19/9/2025, valuation was booked 2 days after, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer instructed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Leeds Building Society and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Are Leeds Building Society entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Leeds Building Society to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
How does conveyancing in Hazlemere differ for newly converted properties?
Most buyers of new build property in Hazlemere approach us having been asked by the builder to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the house is completed. This is because developers in Hazlemere typically acquire the site, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Hazlemere or who has acted in the same development.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what was supposed to be a quick, no chain conveyancing. Hazlemere is the location of the property. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Hazlemere are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Hazlemere you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Hazlemere may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.
What does commercial conveyancing in Hazlemere cover?
Commercial conveyancing in Hazlemere covers a wide range of guidance, given by regulated solicitors, relating to business property. By way of example, this area of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the transfer of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of leases.
My brother has suggested that I appoint his lawyers for conveyancing in Hazlemere. Should I use them?
Much as we are happy to recommend a Hazlemere conveyancing lawyer the ideal way to choose a conveyancing solicitor is to seek feedback from friends or family who have experience in using the conveyancer that you are considering.
I work for a busy estate agency in Hazlemere where we have experienced a few leasehold sales put at risk as a result of short leases. I have been given contradictory information from local Hazlemere conveyancing firms. Could you clarify whether the owner of a flat can instigate the lease extension formalities for the buyer?
As long as the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to commence the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the buyer need not have to wait 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done prior to, or at the same time as completion of the disposal of the property.
An alternative approach is to agree the lease extension with the freeholder either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the buyer.
Leasehold Conveyancing in Hazlemere - Examples of Questions you should consider Prior to Purchasing
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Plenty Hazlemere leasehold apartments will incur a service charge for maintenance of the block set on behalf of the freeholder. Where you buy the apartment you will have to meet this amount, usually in instalments accross the year. This may vary from a couple of hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for blocks with lifts and large common grounds. There will also be a rentcharge to be met yearly, normally this is not a large figure, say around £50-£100 but you should to check as on occasion it can be many hundreds of pounds. The prefered form of lease arrangement is if the freehold reversion is in the ownership of the leaseholders. In this scenario the tenants benefit from being in charge if their destiny and notwithstanding that a managing agent is frequently retained where the building is bigger than a house conversion, the managing agent acts for the leaseholders themselves. In the main the outlay for major works are not built into the service charges, although some managing agents in Hazlemere ask leaseholders to pay into a sinking fund and this is used to offset against major works.