We were just about to sign contracts for a freehold house in Stockton on Tees. We encountered a problem. The loan offer with Birmingham Midshires expires on 15/9/2025 but the vendors are suggesting a completion date of 17/9/2025. Is it possible to prolong the loan expiry date?
The best person to address this issue is your solicitors who will hopefully assess if they better off negotiating with the mortgage company, vendor’s conveyancers, property agents or indeed all parties based on the history of your transaction as of today.
My lawyer in Stockton on Tees is not on the Barclays Approved Panel. Can I still use my prefered solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the Barclays panel of approved conveyancing solicitors?
The limited options available to you here include:
- Complete the purchase with your existing Stockton on Tees lawyers but Barclays will need to retain a solicitor on their list of acceptable firms. This will result in additional overall conveyancing charges as well as cause delays.
- Choose an alternative practitioner to to deal with the conveyancing, remembering to check they are Convince your solicitor to do everything within their powers to join the Barclays conveyancing panel
I used Arc property Solicitors several years past for my conveyancing in Stockton on Tees. I now require my file but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Stockton on Tees of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Stockton on Tees. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.
Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Stockton on Tees
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The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Please supply a car parking plan. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme.
I am looking for a flat up to £235,500 and found one close by in Stockton on Tees I like with open areas and transport links nearby, however it's only got 52 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Stockton on Tees for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?
Should you need a home loan the shortness of the lease will likely be an issue. Discount the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the property for at least twenty four months you can request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor concerning this.
I am looking to sell my property. My past conveyancers has retired. I am in need of a recommendation of a conveyancing firm. I happen to live in Stockton on Tees if that makes a difference.
Do use our search tool to help you choose a solicitor for your conveyancing in Stockton on Tees. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with regulated solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move runs with a minimum of fuss.