My fiancee and I are acquiring our first property. Our lawyer has calledto check if we want to purchase extra conveyancing searches. We are really unsure what's necessary for conveyancing in Anlaby

The range of Anlaby conveyancing searches depends entirely on the premises, the location, the likelihood of any of these risks, your knowledge of the area and risks, your general attitude to risk. What is important is that you adequately understand what information the searches could supply. Then you can make a decision if you consider that you need that information. Should you be unclear, ask your solicitor to offer guidance.

When does exchange of contracts take place for residential conveyancing in Anlaby and am I required to be at the conveyancers branch?

If you are round the corner to our conveyancing solicitors in Anlaby you are invited in to sign documents. However, the lender approved solicitors we work with supply countrywide coverage for conveyancing and provide just as comprehensive and professional a job for you when communicating with you electronically. The executing of the contract is not the point of no return. A signed contract is just a prerequisite for the firm to address the formalities at the suitable time, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The exchange process is is usually a five minute process, although where a long "chain" is involved, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Anlaby)to be in the office available at the end of the phone to exchange contracts.

3 months have elapsed following my purchase conveyancing in Anlaby took place. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £180,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the residence from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

I'm purchasing a new build house in Anlaby with the aid of help to buy. The builders would not budge the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of extras instead. The sale representative advised me not reveal to my conveyancer about this side-deal as it may adversely affect my mortgage with Platform Home Loans Ltd. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

In my capacity as executor for the estate of my grandfather I am disposing of a property in Swansea but reside in Anlaby. My conveyancer (approximately 200 miles from meneeds me to sign a statutory declaration before the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in Anlaby to witness and place their company stamp on the document?

strictly speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Anlaby based