My IFA has asked me for my Dunchurch solicitor’s panel reference for the Nationwide conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I find this out. I have called my local Dunchurch branch but they have not got back to me yet.

The sensible thing to do is ask for this information from your Dunchurch conveyancing practitioner . They retain a central record lender panel numbers.

I am purchasing a property without a mortgage in Dunchurch. I have resided for the last twelve years in Dunchurch. Conveyancing searches are a lot of money. As I have knowledge of the area and road intimately must I have all the conveyancing searches?

In the absence of a mortgage, then all but one or two of the Dunchurch conveyancing searches are non-obligatory. Your conveyancer will 'advise', perhaps strongly, that you should have searches carried out, but she is duty bound to take that path of encouragement . Do consider; if you are likely to dispose of the house one day, it may be of interest to your prospective purchaser what the searches contain. Sometimes properties with functional issues can still reveal unexpected search results. A good conveyancing solicitor in Dunchurch will provide you some helpful guidance here.

We are buying a end of terrace house in Dunchurch. Our aim is to carry out an extension to the side at the property.Will legal work on the property include enquiries to ascertain if these alterations are permitted?

Your conveyancer should check the registered title as conveyancing in Dunchurch can occasionally identify restrictions in the title deeds which prevent categories of changes or need the permission of another owner. Some additions need local authority planning consent and approval in accordance building regulations. Certain areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or affect extensions. You should check these things with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.

is it true that all Dunchurch solicitors on the Co-operative conveyancing panel are regulated by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?

As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Co-operative conveyancing panel they would need to be overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. Some banks do allow licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such organisation would be overseen by the CLC.

Last month we had a mortgage agreed in principle with RBS. Dunchurch conveyancing solicitors were instructed. How long does it take for RBS to forward the offer to the conveyancer?

Some lenders take longer than others. Have RBS done the survey? Have you informed RBS as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the RBS conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Dunchurch and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Dunchurch. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Dunchurch area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Dunchurch. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

How much experience do your Dunchurch conveyancing solicitors have with Help To Buy, Shared Equity and similar schemes?

Dunchurch conveyancing lawyers help thousands of people move home every year and supported plenty of clients through the Help To Buy scheme. The chances are that whatever makes your case unique Dunchurch conveyancers have worked on recent similar cases.