Finally, a mortgage offer from HSBC for the refinancing of my 2 bedroom maisonette is to be issued by the end of next week. Are you able to put forward a low cost conveyancing practitioner in Longthorpe?

This site is not designed to help those in their quest for the cheapest conveyancing in Longthorpe. We can offer you cost effective conveyancing but our intention is not to work with the cheapest lawyers. Resist the temptation to appoint companies offering ninety nine pound conveyancing in Longthorpe. In your best case scenario, in being led by cheap conveyancing, you will earn what you pay for and at worst it will result in you with a hefty uplift in additional fees and still not receive the service required.

Can I use your services to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Longthorpe even where I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for example where I intend to acquire a shop in Longthorpe with a mortgage from Aldermore?

The service is predominantly utilised to locate residential conveyancing solicitors in Longthorpe but we have listed at the bottom of this page a few Longthorpe commercial conveyancing firms. You should speak with the firm directly to check if they can also act for Aldermore

Should our lawyer be asking questions about flooding as part of the conveyancing in Longthorpe.

Flooding is a growing risk for conveyancers dealing with homes in Longthorpe. There are those who buy a house in Longthorpe, completely expectant that at some time, it may be flooded. However, leaving to one side the physical damage, if a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, adequate building insurance, or dispose of the premises. Steps can be carried out during the course of a house purchase to forewarn the buyer.

Solicitors are not qualified to impart advice on flood risk, but there are a numerous checks that can be initiated by the purchaser or by their lawyers which will give them a better understanding of the risks in Longthorpe. The conventional set of information supplied to a purchaser’s conveyancer (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) incorporates a usual question of the owner to discover whether the property has suffered from flooding. If the premises has been flooded in past which is not notified by the owner, then a purchaser could issue a claim for damages as a result of such an misleading answer. The buyer’s lawyers will also carry out an enviro search. This should indicate if there is any known flood risk. If so, more detailed investigations will need to be conducted.

I used Stirling Law a few years past for my conveyancing in Longthorpe. I now require my file however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Longthorpe of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I have been sourcing a conveyancing solicitor in Longthorpe for my remortgage. Is there any facility to check a solicitor's complaints history with the legal regulator?

Anyone may find published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations stemming from investigations commenced on or after 1 January 2008. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For information Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors history, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For non-uk callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator may recorded call for training purposes.