Can I use your services to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Cannock even if I’m not purchasing or selling a house, for instance where I wish to acquire an office in Cannock with a mortgage from Halifax?

The service is mainly utilised to locate domestic conveyancing solicitors in Cannock but we have listed towards the bottom of this page a selection of Cannock commercial conveyancing firms. You should speak with the firm directly to establish if they are also authorised to represent Halifax

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Cannock and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Cannock. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Cannock area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Cannock. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

We are 17 days into a residential purchase having been recommend to solicitors by the local agent to carry out the conveyancing in Cannock. I am am starting to be frustrated with the quality of service. Can you you assist me in finding new lawyers?

A conveyancer would need to be really poor to suggest diss instructing them. Has your mortgage been issued? If so you will need to advise them of the new contact details and ensure the mortgage documents are issued to the new lawyers. The solicitor ideally needs to be on the lenders panel to avoid escalating fees and delays. That should be your first question of the new lawyers. The search tool should assist you in finding a bank approved solicitor for your home move in Cannock

Can you provide any top tips for leasehold conveyancing in Cannock with the intention of speeding up the sale process?

• Much of the delay in leasehold conveyancing in Cannock can be avoided where you instruct lawyers the minute your agents start advertising the property and request that they start to put together the leasehold information needed by the purchasers’ representatives.
Some Cannock leases require Licence to Assign from the landlord. If this applies to your lease, you should notify your estate agents to make sure that the purchasers obtain bank and professional references. The bank reference will need to confirm that the buyers are financially capable of paying the yearly service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the service charge figures so that they can pass this information on to the purchasers or their lawyers. If there is a history of conflict with your landlord or managing agents it is very important that these are resolved before the property is put on the market. The buyers and their solicitors will be warry about purchasing a property where there is an ongoing dispute. You may have to bite the bullet and pay any arrears of service charge or settle the dispute prior to the buyers completing the purchase. It is therefore preferable to have any dispute settled ahead of the contract papers being issued to the buyers’ solicitors. You are still duty bound to disclose details of the dispute to the purchasers, but it is clearly preferable to present the dispute as over rather than unsettled. If you have the benefit of shareholding in the Management Company, you should ensure that you are holding the original share document. Organising a re-issued share certificate is often a lengthy formality and delays many a Cannock conveyancing transaction. Where a new share certificate is necessary, you should approach the company director and secretary or managing agents (if applicable) for this at the earliest opportunity.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Cannock - Sample of Questions you should consider before buying

How is the lease structured? What restrictions exist in the Cannock Lease? If a Cannock lease has less than 80 years it will affect the marketability of the apartment. Check with your lender that they are content with remaining years on the lease. A short lease means that you will almost definitely require a lease extension at some point and it is worth discovering what this would cost. Remember, in most cases you will need to own the premises for a couple of years before you are eligible to extend the lease.

Why do Cannock conveyancing costs are higher for leasehold and freehold properties?

Inevitably there is increased work necessary in leasehold conveyancing. Cannock has many leasehold properties. There is more time involved in the purchase: for example, the lease and leasehold information (including up to date service charge, ground rent and buildings insurance details) obtained from the freeholder or managing agents. There are strict criteria that the lease must meet in order to be acceptable to a mortgage company. If it does not meet these requirements, the lease must be amended, which can involve additional expense for the seller.