Me and my partner are purchasing a house in Darnall. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a conveyancer? On the day of competition we have to deposit funds into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our monies?

Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.

When it comes to lenders such as TSB, do Darnall property lawyers face a yearly amount to be on the conveyancing panel?

We are not aware of any lender fees to register on their list of approved firms, although some do levy an administration fee to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel application.

My partner and I are spending time looking at flats in Darnall and I am about to put in an offer. Is it premature to have a solicitor in place? I intend to finance via a home loan with HSBC.

You should start obtaining conveyancing estimates from solicitors ASAP. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their details on to the selling agent. Given that you are taking out a mortgage with HSBC, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the HSBC conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.

I own a semi-detached Victorian property in Darnall. Conveyancing lawyer acted for me and Nottingham Building Society. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are a couple of entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold with the matching address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You should review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Darnall and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also check the situation with the conveyancing practitioner who conducted the conveyancing.

I'm buying my first flat in Darnall with the aid of help to buy. The sellers would not move on the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of extras instead. The sale representative advised me not reveal to my conveyancer about the deal as it would affect my loan with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer 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.

I'm converting the mortgage on my existing property to a buy to let mortgage with The Royal Bank of Scotland and intend to use the remaining equity towards another house. The location we are looking at is Darnall. Will your lawyers be able to act for the two lenders and tie in the transactions?

Do use our comparison tool on this page to be sure that the conveyancers are on the relevant lender panels. Having checked that they are the solicitor will be able to connect the two transactions but you should talk with you conveyancer and make apparent your desired outcome and needs.

In my capacity as executor for the estate of my grandfather I am selling a property in Cardiff but live in Darnall. My solicitor (who is 235 kilometers awayrequires that I sign a statutory declaration prior to completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Darnall who can attest this legal document for me?

Technically speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Darnall based