As someone with no idea as to the Fenstanton conveyancing process what is your top tip you can give me for the ownership transfer in Fenstanton

You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Fenstanton and elsewhere in is an adversarial experience. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there is plenty of room for friction between you and others involved in the transaction. For instance, the vendor, selling agent and sometimes your lender. Choosing a solicitor for your conveyancing in Fenstanton is a critical decision as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONLY person in the process whose role it is to act in your legal interests and to keep you safe.

Sometimes a potential adversary will attempt to sway you that it is in your interests to do things their way. For instance, the property agent may claim to be helping by claiming that your solicitor is dragging his heels. Or your mortgage broker may try to convince you to do take action that is against your solicitors recommendation. You should always trust your lawyer above all other parties in the home moving process.

My colleague suggested that if I am buying in Fenstanton I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

A search of this type is sometimes included in the estimate for your Fenstanton conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Fenstanton around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Fenstanton Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Fenstanton.

I am looking for a ground for flat up to £195,000 and identified one round the corner in Fenstanton I like with a park and transport links in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 52 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Fenstanton in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a lease with such few years left?

If you need a home loan that many years will be a potential deal breaker. Discount the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for at least 2 years you can request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer concerning this matter.

I have been advised by a couple of local estate agents in Fenstanton to choose a property lawyer on your site. Is there a financial inducement for Estate Agents to market your lawyers over and above a competitor’s?

We refuse to offer any commission for sending work in our direction. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission because home movers will think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

Is it best to choose a Fenstanton conveyancing lawyer who is local to the property I am purchasing? I have an old university friend who can execute the legal formalities but her office is 400miles drive away.

The primary upside of using a local Fenstanton conveyancing firm is that you can drop in to execute paperwork, deliver your ID and pester them where appropriate. Having local Fenstanton know how is a plus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust used your friend and on the whole were happy that must trump using an unfamiliar Fenstanton conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being round the corner.