It is is a decade since I acquired my house in Newton Longville. Conveyancing solicitors have just been retained on the sale but I can't track down my title deeds. Will this jeopardise the sale?

Don’t worry too much. Firstly the deeds may be retained by your lender or they could be in the possession of the conveyancers who handled the purchase. Secondly the chances are that the title will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you are the registered owner by your conveyancing solicitors procuring current official copies of the land registers. The vast majority of conveyancing in Newton Longville involves registered property but in the rare situation where your property is not registered it is more tricky but is not insurmountable.

A friend recommended that if I am purchasing in Newton Longville I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

A search of this type is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Newton Longville conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Newton Longville around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Newton Longville.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a ground for flat up to £235,500 and found one round the corner in Newton Longville I like with open areas and transport links in the vicinity, however it's only got 51 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Newton Longville for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?

Should you require a home loan that many years will likely be problematic. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you could request that they commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer about this matter.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Newton Longville and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Newton Longville. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Newton Longville area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

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

My husband and I are disposing of a Newton Longville ground floor flat we inherited 5 years ago in 2011. I have over twenty years conveyancing knowledge and, now retired, intend to do the legal work. The purchaser's solicitor has informed me that their building society will not allow us to do our own conveyancing mandating that the funds to be released via a solicitor's bank account.

Mortgage instructions to conveyancers from all mainstream lenders specify that If the seller is not legally represented the buyer’s lawyers should check whether the lender needs to be informed so that a decision can be made as to whether or not they are willing to proceed.