We wanted to use a conveyancing solicitor in Montpelier for our house purchase. Our broker informed us that our mortgage lenders Barclays Direct won't deal with them. Surely this is unfair competition?

Lenders in the main restrict either the type or the amount of conveyancing practices on their panel. Typical examples of such restriction(s) being that a law practice must have two or more partners. In addition to restricting the profile of firm, some have decided to limit the number of solicitor practices they permit to represent them. You should note that Barclays Direct have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any member of Barclays Direct Conveyancer Panel. Mortgage fraud was a primary driver in the reduction of conveyancing panels since 2008 even though there are differing views about the level of solicitor engagement in some of that fraud. Data from the Land Registry reveal that hundreds of law firms, including some in or near Montpelier only perform one or two conveyances a year.

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

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Montpelier. 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…’

I am buying a new build flat in Montpelier. Conveyancing is necessary evil 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.

Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Montpelier

The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal.

Hoping to buy a property located in Montpelier and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Montpelier. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Montpelier area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Montpelier. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

What type of property do your Montpelier conveyancing estimates relate to?

Our conveyancing quotes are only relevant to standard domestic homes in England & Wales. Where you have any different requirements for instance industrial or agricultural land or commercial conveyancing in Montpelier please telephone us to discuss this further .