We note that you have a post code search directory listing solicitors on the Santander conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I retain them for our conveyancing in Belmont?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Santander conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Belmont.

I need some expedited conveyancing in Belmont as I have a deadline to sign on the dotted line inside 2 weeks. A mortgage is not required. Is it possible to escape the need for conveyancing searches to save fees and time?

As you are not getting a mortgage you are at liberty not to have searches carried out although no lawyer would suggest that you don't. With lots of history conveyancing in Belmont the following are examples of what can be revealed and therefore impact future saleability: Enforcement Notices, Overdue Charges, Overdue Grants, Unadopted Roads,...

I am buying a new build flat in Belmont. Conveyancing is necessary evil 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 conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Belmont

Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore.

In my capacity as executor for the estate of my aunt I am selling a house in Swansea but reside in Belmont. My solicitor (based 200 miles awayhas requested that I sign a stat dec ahead of completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Belmont who can witness this legal document for me?

Technically speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Belmont based

My fiance and I have just had an offer agreed on a flat and had an appointment on Wednesday with HSBC for the mortgage. They warned me that when it comes to appointing a conveyancer that unless they are on their approved panel of conveyancers then we will incur an extra fee of £200. This is is due to the fact that they will then have to select a solicitor to act on their behalf in addition to the one we choose to act for ourselves and we assume responsibility for their fees. I have asked HSBC to provide me with a list so I can obtain estimates only from their approved conveyancers but was told they dont have such a list to hand over. Is their an easier way of going about this?

You should ask HSBC what their panel criteria is for a solicitor.Thereafter ask the conveyancing practitioner of your choice whether they fit that criteria and have they acted on mortgages for HSBC before. If the answer to those is yes, then just clarify this with HSBC. Alternatively please use our search tool and we should be able to find you a property lawyer in Belmont on the approved list for HSBC.