I have given 2 months notice to my existing landlord and must vacate my let out flat in Llanon by the end of next month. Conveyancing on my purchase is underway. Is it possible to complete in 5 weeks as don't want to have to find short term accommodation?

The normal practice is not to provide notice for your letting until exchange of contracts has taken place. Assuming that you have not already done so, speak to your lawyer and urge them to they seek the assistance the owners lawyers, try to get a realistic time scale from them that all parties will work towards

Having sold my house in Llanon last February yet the purchaser is calling me to say his solicitor needs to hear from mysolicitor. What should my lawyer have done following completion?

Following your house sale your lawyer is obliged to forward the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. If applicable, your conveyancer must also evidence that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been repaid to the purchasers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements unique to conveyancing in Llanon.

We are purchasing a property and the conveyancer has identified Chancel Repair to which the property could be obligated to contribute to given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. She has suggested insurance. Is this really appropriate for conveyancing in Llanon

Unless a previous acquisition of the property took place after 12 October 2013 you could assume that lawyers delivering conveyancing in Llanon to continue to suggest a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.

I am purchasing a new build house in Llanon with a mortgage from Barclays . The sellers refused to move on the price so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The sale representative advised me not inform my solicitor about this side-deal as it will impact my mortgage with Barclays . Is this normal?.

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 have been pointed in your direction by a number of property agents in Llanon to choose a solicitor using your seach tool. What’s the financial inducement for Estate Agents to recommend your lawyers rather than alternative conveyancing organisations?

We refuse to make any financial incentive for sending work to this site. We thought it would be too underhand a fee as home movers will think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.