My fiance and I are planning to purchase a property in Melton Mowbray and have appointed a Melton Mowbray conveyancing practice. Within the last couple of days our lawyer has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through with the expectation that exchange is imminent. have this morning contacted us to inform me that they have now hit a problem as our Melton Mowbray lawyer is not on their conveyancing panel. What do we do from here?

Where you are buying a property with the assistance of a mortgage it is standard for the purchasers' solicitors to also act for the mortgage company. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your solicitor should contact your mortgage company and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the lender’s conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Melton Mowbray lawyers, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it may delay matters as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.

Do all mortgage companies provide you with an approved list of Melton Mowbray conveyancing solicitors? How do you know who is on the conveyancing panel?

Melton Mowbray conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from directly.

My wife and I are selling our house in Melton Mowbray and according to the buyers it appears that there is a risk of it being built on contaminated land. Any local conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers used a web based conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Melton Mowbray. We have lived in Melton Mowbray for 5 years we know of no issue. Is it a good idea to get in touch with our local Authority to seek confirmation that there is no issue.

It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing solicitor already. What do they say? You need to enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same sickness)

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I have recently realised that I have 68 years remaining on my flat in Melton Mowbray. I am keen to extend my lease but my landlord is absent. What are my options?

On the basis that you qualify, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can submit an application to the County Court for for permission to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will mean that your lease can be extended by the magistrate. However, you will be required to demonstrate that you have done all that could be expected to track down the lessor. In some cases an enquiry agent would be helpful to try and locate and prepare a report which can be used as evidence that the freeholder can not be located. It is advisable to get professional help from a solicitor both on devolving into the landlord’s absence and the vesting order request to the County Court overseeing Melton Mowbray.

Melton Mowbray Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Questions you should ask before Purchasing

Does the lease include onerous restrictions? It would be a good idea to discover if there is anything that is prohibited in the lease. For example it is fairly common in Melton Mowbray leases that pets are not allowed in certain buildings in Melton Mowbray. If you like the propertyin Melton Mowbray however your cat is not allowed to move with you then you have a very difficult compromise. Are there any major works in the planning that will likely add a premium to the service fees?