We are a couple about to sign contracts for a leasehold flat in Sacriston. We encountered a stumbling block. Our loan offer with The Royal Bank of Scotland expires on 13/3/2026 but the sellers are suggesting a completion date of 17/3/2026. Can one extend the mortgage expiry date?

The best person to address this concern is your solicitors who will hopefully determine if they corresponding with the bank, vendor’s representatives, property agents or indeed all three taking into account what has happend in your transaction as of today.

It is a dozen years since I bought my home in Sacriston. Conveyancing lawyers have now been instructed on the sale but I can't find my title documents. Is this a major issue?

Don’t worry too much. Firstly the deeds may be retained by your lender or they may be archived with the conveyancers who handled the purchase. Secondly the chances are that the property will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you are the registered owner by your conveyancing lawyers acquiring up to date copy of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Sacriston relates to registered property but in the rare situation where your property is not registered it adds to the complexity but is resolvable.

Do commercial conveyancing searches reveal proposed roadworks that may impact a commercial property in Sacriston?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Sacriston will order a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers spend in looking into accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Sacriston. The search result provides definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Sacriston.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Sacriston it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately may result in delays to Sacriston commercial conveyancing transactions as well as pose a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not carried out for domestic conveyancing in Sacriston.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Sacriston. Conveyancing is daunting 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.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Sacriston

Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. 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. Please supply a car parking plan.

Taking into account that I am about to spend over three hundred thousand on a terraced house in Sacriston I wish to talk to a conveyancer about myhouse move in advance of instructing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?

Absolutely - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the conveyancer due to be carrying out your conveyancing in Sacriston.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique individual, not a file number. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are provided with for your conveyancing in Sacriston should be the figure that you are charged.