I plan on acquiring a ground floor flat in Lindfield. My Solicitor is not listed on the bank conveyancing list. Is it possible for me to appoint my Lindfield conveyancing solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the bank list of approved lawyers?

Various options include

• Carry on with your preferred Lindfield lawyer but your mortgage company will no doubt appoint a property lawyer from their conveyancing panel. This will result in additional cost and likely delay.
• Choose a fresh solicitor to act in the purchase, ensuring that they are on the mortgage company conveyancing panel.
• Convince your property lawyer to do everything within their powers to get listed on the lender’s panel of solicitors

Should conveyancers request an advanced payment when it comes to conveyancing in Lindfield?

If you are buying a property in Lindfield your solicitor will ask you put them with funds to cover the the cost of the conveyancing searches. This will be the total of the cost of the Local Authority Search. When the down payment is payable against the total price then this will be asked for shortly before exchange of contracts. Any further balance that is needed will be payable shortly before completion.

is it true that all Lindfield solicitor practices on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel are overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?

As solicitors, in order to be on the Yorkshire BS approved list of solicitors they would need to be governed by the SRA. The majority of lenders do list licenced conveyancers on their panel and in such a situation the organisation would be overseen by the CLC.

We had selected conveyancers locally in Lindfield on the Coventry BS solicitor approved list. They are now charging me a separate charge for the legal aspects of the Coventry BS mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee specified by Coventry BS?

Provided it is contained in their Terms and Conditions or estimate then yes your conveyancer may levy a fee for this. The charge is not set by Coventry BS but by your Lindfield lawyer. Some firms on the Coventry BS panel will quote ’dealing with mortgage’ fee but plenty of practices incorporate it on their overall fee.

My wife and I have organised a further advance on our mortgage from UBS as we want to conduct a loft conversion to our home in Lindfield. Are we obliged to choose a nearby Lindfield solicitor on the UBS conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?

UBS would not normally instruct a member of their conveyancing panel to handle the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the UBS panel.

Given that I will soon spend over three hundred thousand on a property in Lindfield I wish to talk to a conveyancer concerning theconveyancing ahead of instructing the firm. Can this be arranged?

Absolutely - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you speaking to the solicitor who will be conducting your property ownership legalities in Lindfield.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique individual, not a file number. The law firms that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are quoted for residential conveyancing in Lindfield should be the amount on the final invoice that you are charged.

Please can you suggest a solicitor for conveyancing in Lindfield (or within 5klm)? It is for a sale and purchase.My partner and I had one chosen but just found out that they can't deal with Kent Reliance.

The purpose of this site is limited to being a directory service for lawyers who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Kent Reliance in certain areas such as Lindfield . We dont recommend any specific lawyer.