I am in need of a conveyancer. Do I opt for a national conveyancer as opposed to a family Knighton conveyancing solicitor?

Generally conveyancing practitioners in your neck of the woods will enjoy strong connections with your local authority, which could assist with your Knighton conveyancing searches that your conveyancer will inevitably need. It can only assist if they have good connections with the Local Land Registry Office your area Knighton, other lawyers in the area and Knighton Estate Agents.

I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Knighton. My lender is Tesco Bank

Tesco Bank have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 26/2/2025, the requirements read as follows :

I am buying a new build house in Knighton benefiting from help to buy. The builders would not reduce the price so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The estate agent told me not disclose to my solicitor about the extras as it may affect my mortgage with the lender. Should I keep quiet?.

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've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on a fortnight ago in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Knighton is where the house is located. Is there any guidance you can impart?

Flying freeholds in Knighton are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Knighton you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Knighton may decide 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.

How difficult is it to swap conveyancer as I need to choose a firm on the Clydesdale conveyancing list. I hired a local conveyancing solicitor in Knighton five minutes from me but he is not accepted by Clydesdale

It would be our pleasure to help you find a conveyancing solicitor in Knighton on the Clydesdale panel. Please note that the law firms that we work with do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are under regulation of the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Knighton. Using the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Knighton.