Having been told to check out your service we were about to go ahead with a conveyancing solicitor in Abbots Bromley endorsed on your site but stumbled across some other estimates via the web seem less pricey – why is this?

There are a variety of conveyancers advertising theoretically looks to be extremely cheap conveyancing in Abbots Bromley. We would encourage you to think long and hard as to how much you respect your own move to you are willing to take 'cheap' risks concerning the standard of the conveyancing. Some embed fees deep into the terms and conditions. The law firms that we list for conveyancing in Abbots Bromley will notdo this.

I am about to put a bid on a leasehold property in Abbots Bromley. The selling agents say that it is usual for flats in Abbots Bromley to have less than 75 years remaining. I am obtaining a mortgage with The Mortgage Works. Is this going to be acceptable if the lease has 70 years unexpired.

Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are obtaining a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. The Mortgage Works have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 1/12/2025 the requirements read as follows :

I just acquired a flat at auction in Abbots Bromley. Conveyancing is needed. What happens now?

Having exchanged you will need to instruct a conveyancing lawyer soon as you will have a fast approaching a drop dead date to complete the property. Every auction property should have an associated auction pack. This should include evidence of title and search results. Where you are dealing with leasehold premises the conveyancing papers should provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing paperwork pertinent to a leasehold property. You need to pass this on to your appointed conveyancing solicitor as soon as possible. Do make sure that that you have the requisite funding in place to complete on the on the contractual date .

This question may be naive but I am new to the process as a 1st time buyer of a garden flat in Abbots Bromley. Do I collect the keys to the property on completion from my lawyer? If this is the case, I will appoint a local conveyancing solicitor in Abbots Bromley?

On the day of completion you do not need to go to the conveyancers office in Abbots Bromley. Conveyancing lawyers for you will electronically transfer the completion advance to the vendor’s lawyers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you should be called to receive the keys from the property Agents and start moving into the property. Usually this occurs between 1 and 3pm.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Clydesdale. I assume I don't need a Abbots Bromley property lawyer on the Clydesdale panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Clydesdale mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Clydesdale mortgage from the register. Clydesdale, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

1. but are not moving to another property
2. where Clydesdale has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
3. Clydesdale has instructed the Land Registry to do so

I require expedited conveyancing in Abbots Bromley as I have pressure to complete within 3 weeks. A home loan is not required. Can I escape the need for conveyancing searches to save fees and time?

As you are not taking a mortgage you have the choice not to have searches conducted although no solicitor would recommend that you don't. With plenty of history conveyancing in Abbots Bromley the following are instances of what can arise and therefore affect future saleability: Refused Planning Applications, Overdue Charges, Overdue Grants, Unadopted Roads,...

I moved into my apartment on 14 February and the transaction details are still not registered. Should I be concerned? My conveyancing solicitor in Abbots Bromley said it should be concluded in a couple of weeks. Are titles in Abbots Bromley uniquely lengthy to register?

As far as conveyancing in Abbots Bromley is concerned, registration is no quicker or slower than the rest of the country. Rather than based on location, timeframes can vary depending on who lodges the application, whether it is in order and whether the Land registry need to notify any third parties. At present roughly 80% of submission are fully addressed in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be protracted hold-ups. Historically registration occurs once the purchaser has moved in to the premises therefore registration formalities is not always an essential issue but if there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your lawyers can speak with the land registry and explain the circumstances.