Can your site be used to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Marlborough even where I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for instance if I want to buy an office in Marlborough with a mortgage from Nottingham Building Society?

Our comparison service is primarily there to locate residential conveyancing solicitors in Marlborough but we have set out towards the bottom of this page a selection of Marlborough commercial conveyancing firms. You should enquire with the solicitors directly to see if they are also authorised to represent Nottingham Building Society

I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Marlborough. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their solicitor. I paid an upfront payment of £150. Not long after, the lawyer contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the TSB conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the TSB panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

I had an offer accepted on an apartment in Marlborough on 3/12/2024, valuation was booked 3 days later, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer instructed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Principality and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Principality conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?

Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Principality to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Principality conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

I've digested plenty of house buying guides, I note that they all recommend that you should get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my local Marlborough solicitor - who is on the Nottingham conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. is that correct?

Nottingham will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Nottingham will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. Your conveyancing practitioner will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by your Marlborough postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Nottingham, you could contact them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors in Marlborough.

I am purchasing a property and the solicitor has referenced Chancel Repair to which the property could be obligated to contribute to because it falls into the area of such a church. She has mentioned insurance. Is this strictly necessary for conveyancing in Marlborough

Unless a previous purchase of the premises took place after 12 October 2013 you may assume that solicitors delivering conveyancing in Marlborough to continue to propose a a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.

About to purchase a new build flat in Marlborough. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Marlborough

Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Please supply a car parking plan. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision.

We are four weeks into a residential purchase having been directed to solicitors by the high street agent to do our conveyancing in Marlborough. I am not happy. Could you you assist me in finding new conveyancers?

A conveyancer would need to be very poor to suggest diss instructing them. Has your mortgage been generated? If so you must inform them of the new contact details and have the loan are issued to the new lawyers. The conveyancer needs to be on the lenders panel to avoid added costs and delays. That should be your first question of the new solicitors. Our search tool can assist you in finding a lender approved lawyer for your conveyancing in Marlborough