I plan on acquiring a ground floor flat in Biggleswade. My Conveyancer has never been on on the mortgage company approved list. Is it possible for me to use my Biggleswade conveyancing solicitor even though they are excluded from the lender approved list?

Your options include

• Carry on with your chosen Biggleswade solicitor but your bank will undoubtedly use a conveyancing practitioner from their approved panel. This will result in additional cost together with likely frustration.
• Get a fresh lawyer to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the bank conveyancing panel.
• Appeal to your solicitor to seek to join the lender panel

I am buying a terraced house in Biggleswade. Can I do my own conveyancing?

Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Biggleswade you will have to appoint a solicitor on your mortgage company's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Biggleswade.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Biggleswade. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Biggleswade

Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Please supply a car parking plan. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease.

How difficult is it to change solicitor as I have to select a firm on the Britannia conveyancing panel. I instructed a family conveyancing solicitor in Biggleswade five minutes from me but she is not approved by Britannia

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Biggleswade on the Britannia panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we work with do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are authorised and regulated by the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Biggleswade. Using search facility on this website, you can compare fees for conveyancing solicitors in Biggleswade and beyond.

My father has recommend that I use his lawyers for conveyancing in Biggleswade. Should I use them?

No doubt the best way to choose a conveyancing lawyer is to get feedback from friends or family who have experience in using the firm that you are considering.