Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Canterbury even if I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for example where I want to acquire an office in Canterbury with a loan from ?
The service is primarily there to get a quote from residential conveyancing solicitors in Canterbury but we have listed towards the end of this page a selection of Canterbury commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to make contact with the company directly to establish if they are also authorised to represent
Do I need to pay for insurance to protect me from financial exposure to chancel repairs when purchasing a property in Canterbury?
Unless a prior acquisition of the property took place after 12 October 2013 you may assume that lawyers conducting conveyancing in Canterbury to continue to propose a a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a leasehold apartment up to £195,000 and found one close by in Canterbury I like with open areas and railway links in the vicinity, the downside is that it's only got 49 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Canterbury suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a short lease?
If you require a mortgage the shortness of the lease will likely be a potential deal breaker. Reduce the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the property for at least 2 years you may ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer concerning this matter.