Have just purchased a repossessed house at auction in Lincolnshire. Conveyancing is required. What happens now?

Having legally bound yourself to purchase you should choose a conveyancing solicitor quickly as you are faced with a fast approaching deadline in which to complete the conveyancing. An auction property will have a corresponding legal pack. This will likely include evidence of title and search results. In the case of leasehold property the legal pack should include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation relating to leasehold premises. You need to give this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor as soon as possible. You also need to ensure that your finances are in order to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

Can you point me to a directory of Virgin Money panel conveyancers in Lincolnshire on the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook Website?

Unfortunately not yet. There is no such directory service on the CML or Building Society Association websites. Very few mortgage companies make their panel listings visible on the web. Where you are seeking to appoint a Lincolnshire conveyancing practitioner on the Virgin Money please make the most of our facility.

My husband and I are in the process of looking at flats in Lincolnshire and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it best to have my lawyer on ‘stand by’? I am planning to take a mortgage with Clydesdale.

You should start requesting conveyancing quotes from solicitors ASAP. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their details on to the EA. Given that you are taking out a mortgage with Clydesdale, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel.

I am buying a house and the solicitor has referenced Chancel Repair for which the house may be liable as it falls into the area of such a church. She has mentioned insurance. Is this strictly warranted for conveyancing in Lincolnshire

Unless a previous purchase of the house completed post 12 October 2013 you may take it that conveyancing practitioners carrying out conveyancing in Lincolnshire to remain recommending a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.

I was advised by two or three local selling agents in Lincolnshire to choose a solicitor on your site. Is there a financial upside for Estate Agents to promote your services rather than alternative conveyancing organisations?

We don’t make any commission for sending work our way. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission because home movers will think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

We're novice buyers - had an offer accepted, but the property agent told us that the vendor will only proceed if we use their recommended lawyers as they want an ‘expedited deal’. My instinct tells me that we should use a high street solicitor who is familiar with conveyancing in Lincolnshire

We suspect that the owner is not behind this ultimatum. If they want ‘a quick sale', turning down a motivated buyer is counter productive. Bypass the agents and go straight to the sellers and make sure they understand (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances in place © you do not need to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you will continue to use your preferred Lincolnshire conveyancing lawyers - as opposed tothe ones that will provide their negotiator at the agency a kickback or achieve conveyancing targets set by senior management.

What type of premises does your Lincolnshire conveyancing quotes apply to?

Our conveyancing quotes are only relevant to standard domestic homes in England & Wales. If you have any different needs for example industrial or agricultural land or commercial conveyancing in Lincolnshire please telephone us to consider this further .