Just contacted my conveyancing solicitor in Burton Latimer who conducted the legals two years ago and wanted a conveyancing costs illustration based on an identical type of house move (a leasehold premises and a freehold property) of almost identical values with a home loan from Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. It looks as though am now being quoted twice the amount. Am I right to be tempted to shop around for an alternative conveyancer?

The quote is fractionally on the high side. If you are prepared to invest time comparing quotes you may be able to reduce the fees marginally by say a hundred pounds. On the other hand, if you were pleased with the conveyancing the firm gave you mightlive to rue choosing an an unknown lawyer. Don't forget to be sure the firm can represent Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. You can employ our search tool to find a Burton Latimer conveyancing firm on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society conveyancing panel, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Burton Latimer.

I am purchasing a house without a mortgage in Burton Latimer. I have been living for the previous 20 years in Burton Latimer. Conveyancing searches are a lot of money. As I know the road and vicinity very well should I not bother getting the solicitor to do all the conveyancing searches?

If you not getting a mortgage, then almost all of the Burton Latimer conveyancing searches are optional. Your solicitor will ’encourage you, no-doubt strongly, that you should have searches completed, but he has a professional duty to do this. One thing to take into account; if you are intend to dispose of the house in the future, it will be of importance to your prospective buyer what the searches disclose. Sometimes houses with day to day issues can still show up detrimental search results. A good conveyancing solicitor in Burton Latimer will provide you some practical advice concerning this.

Are the Burton Latimer conveyancing solicitors identified as being on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by Coventry BS?

Burton Latimer conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Coventry BS directly.

Will my lawyer be making enquiries about flooding during the conveyancing in Burton Latimer.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for solicitors dealing with homes in Burton Latimer. There are those who buy a house in Burton Latimer, fully aware that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, leaving to one side the physical damage, if a property is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, adequate building insurance, or dispose of the property. Steps can be carried out as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the buyer.

Solicitors are not qualified to impart advice on flood risk, but there are a various checks that may be carried out by the buyer or on a buyer’s behalf which will give them a better appreciation of the risks in Burton Latimer. The conventional set of completed inquiry forms supplied to a purchaser’s conveyancer (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) incorporates a standard question of the owner to determine whether the property has suffered from flooding. In the event that flooding has previously occurred which is not notified by the vendor, then a purchaser could commence a claim for damages stemming from an incorrect answer. The buyer’s conveyancers should also commission an enviro report. This will higlight if there is a recorded flood risk. If so, further investigations will need to be conducted.

I used Wolstenholmes several years ago for my conveyancing in Burton Latimer. I now require my papers however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should contact 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 Burton Latimer of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.