We are purchasing a house in Eynsham. I might seem paranoid but how we can trust a solicitor? On the day of competition we will need to send our life savings into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our deposit?

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.

I am planning to move house in December. Should my conveyancing solicitor communicate with the removal company on the completion day. As an aside, can you put forward a removal company in Eynsham. Conveyancing firm was organised prior to coming across your page.

On the day of completion you can pick up the house keys from your estate agent but this should only occur when the previous owners solicitors confirm to the agent that they have the completion monies and the keys can be collected. Subsequently you can advise the removal men that you are ready to move in. As a matter of policy we do not suggest a specific removal company but can help you find a residential property solicitor in Eynsham or a firm that specialises in conveyancing in Eynsham.

I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Eynsham. My mortgage broker suggested a lawyer. I paid an on account payment of £175. Soon after, the conveyancing practitioner called me to say that they were not on the Nationwide 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 Nationwide 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.

My wife and I have a 4 bedroom Georgian property in Eynsham. Conveyancing practitioner represented me and Bank of Ireland. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw a couple of entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold with the exact same address. I thought I was buying a freehold how can I check?

You need to read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Eynsham and other areas of 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 lenders. You can also enquire as to the position with the conveyancing solicitor who carried out the work.

Given that I will soon part with £400,000 on 3 bedroom house in Eynsham I wish to have a conversation with the conveyancer regarding thehouse move ahead of giving the go ahead to the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?

We could not agree more - we would be happy to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you speaking to the lawyer who will be carrying out your conveyancing in Eynsham.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is an important individual, not a case number. The law firms that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are quoted for residential conveyancing in Eynsham should be the figure that you end up paying.

We expect to complete our sale of a £250,000 apartment in Eynsham next week. The landlords agents has quoted £312 for Landlord’s certificate, building insurance schedule and 3 years service charge statements. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge exorbitant fees for a flat conveyance in Eynsham?

For the majority of leasehold sales in Eynsham conveyancing will involve, questions about the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :

Answering pre-exchange enquiries Where consent is required before sale in Eynsham Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your lawyer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Eynsham leasehold property is £350. For Eynsham conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to supply the information.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Eynsham - Examples of Questions you should ask Prior to buying

Is the freehold reversion owned jointly by the tenants? It would be prudent to find out if the the lease includes any adverse restrictions in the lease. By way of example some leases prohibit pets being allowed in certain buildings in Eynsham. If you like the flatin Eynsham but your cat can’t make the move with you then you will be faced hard compromise. How long is the Lease?

Is planning consent required to split a house into a couple of flats in Eynsham? This has been done to a house next door to my home in Eynsham and was ignorant of the conversion until it was finished.

Planning Consent yes. Building Reg Approval yes.