Having sold my house in Bedale last May but the buyer keeps e-mailing daily to moan that their conveyancer is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What are the post completion sale legalities now that I have sold?

Following your disposal your lawyer should forward the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Where appropriate, your conveyancer must also send confirmation that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been redeemed to the purchasers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion procedures peculiar conveyancing in Bedale.

Will commercial conveyancing searches disclose planned roadworks that could impact a commercial land in Bedale?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Bedale will perform a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers invest in looking into accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Bedale. 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 Bedale.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Bedale it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately could result in delays to Bedale commercial conveyancing transactions as well as pose a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not conducted for domestic conveyancing in Bedale.

I used Action Conveyancing a few years ago for my conveyancing in Bedale. I now require my file but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Bedale of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I'm purchasing my first flat in Bedale with a mortgage from Alliance & Leicester . The sellers refused to budge the amount so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The house builders rep told me not reveal to my conveyancer about the deal as it would affect my loan with the lender. Should I keep quiet?.

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.

Is it best to use a Bedale conveyancing solicitor in close proximity to the house I am hoping to buy? We have a good friend who can perform the conveyancing but her office is 300kilometers away.

The benefit of a high street Bedale conveyancing firm is that you can attend the office to sign paperwork, present your identification documents and pester them if necessary. They will also have local knowledge which is a bonus. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If other friends have used your friend and in the main were happy that must trump using an unknown Bedale conveyancing lawyer just because they are round the corner.