I am buying property in Low Fell. My Conveyancer is not listed on the bank solicitor panel. Am I still permitted to continue with my Low Fell conveyancing solicitor even though they are not on the mortgage company panel?

Your options include

• Proceed with your existing Low Fell lawyer but your lender will no doubt instruct a conveyancer from their approved list. This will result in additional cost and probable delay.
• Choose a new lawyer to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the mortgage company conveyancing panel.
• Convince your conveyancing practitioner to pull out all the stops to join the bank’s conveyancing panel

As a FTB what is the most important piece of guidance you can give me about purchase conveyancing in Low Fell?

You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Low Fell and elsewhere in Tyne And Wear is an adversarial experience. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there exists an abundance of opportunity for conflict between you and other parties involved in the home moving process. For instance, the vendor, property agent and even potentially the bank. Selecting a lawyer for your conveyancing in Low Fell an important selection as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the SOLE person in the process whose role it is to protect your best interests and to keep you safe.

There is a worrying ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone must be blamed for the process taking so long. We recommend that you must always trust your conveyancer ahead of the other parties when it comes to the legal assignment of property.

I am purchasing a garden flat in Low Fell. Conveyancing solicitors are said to be ‘a necessary evil’ but can I do it myself?

Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Low Fell you will have to appoint a solicitor on your mortgage company's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Low Fell.

Do commercial conveyancing searches disclose planned roadworks that may affect a commercial premises in Low Fell?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Low Fell will order a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers invest in looking into accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Low Fell. The report provides definitive data on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Low Fell.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Low Fell it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately may cause delays to Low Fell commercial conveyancing deals as well as pose a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not conducted for residential conveyancing in Low Fell.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Low Fell?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Low Fell. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’