Can your site be used to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Bookham even where I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for example if I wish to buy a shop in Bookham with a loan from TSB?

The service is primarily there to help choose residential conveyancing solicitors in Bookham but we have recorded towards the bottom of this page some Bookham commercial conveyancing firms. You should make contact with the solicitors directly to see if they are also authorised to represent TSB

I'm spending time looking at apartments in Bookham and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it wise to have my conveyancer on ‘stand by’? I am planning to take a home loan with Barclays.

It would be advisable to start your search sooner rather than later. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their contact information on to the EA. As you are taking out a mortgage with Barclays, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Barclays conveyancing panel.

After weeks of negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in Bookham. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their conveyancer. I paid an advanced payment of £225. Soon after, the conveyancing practitioner contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Co-operative panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

Planning on purchasing a house in Bookham. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Skipton conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Bookham conveyancing practitioner is on the Skipton conveyancing panel.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what should have been a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Bookham is the location of the property. What do you suggest?

Flying freeholds in Bookham are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Bookham you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Bookham may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.

My partner has urged me to instruct his lawyers for conveyancing in Bookham. Do I follow his advice?

Much as we are happy to recommend a Bookham conveyancing lawyer the ideal way to select a conveyancing practitioner is to seek recommendations from friends or relatives who have actually experience in using the solicitor you're considering.

A couple of weeks ago I was informed by my mortgage company that their panel lawyers operate no sale no charge basis for conveyancing in Bookham. Our purchase did not proceed and now the conveyancers have invoiced for search fees! They are claiming that the fees are nothing to do with their fees!

Bookham conveyancing search charges are disbursements not legal fees as these are paid to independent parties.