Having been suggested to visit your company we were going to go ahead with a conveyancing solicitor in Okehampton listed on your site but stumbled across alternative costs illustrations via the web look cheaper – why is this?

There are plenty of conveyancing companies advertising what appear to be the cheapest conveyancing in Okehampton. Our advice is to think twice as to how important this transaction is to you that you are willing to take 'cheap' risks in relation to the quality of the legal work. Some embed fees well inside the terms of engagement. The conveyancers that we put forward for conveyancing in Okehampton will notbehave this way.

I used Wolstenholmes a few years ago for my conveyancing in Okehampton. I now require my papers however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

You should 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 Okehampton of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Due to the guidance of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Okehampton before instructing solicitors. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the house. My surveyor advised that some lenders tend not grant a loan on such a property.

It varies from the lender to lender. HSBC has different requirements for example to Halifax. If you e-mail us we can check with the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Okehampton. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Okehampton to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

Should I appoint a Okehampton conveyancing solicitor who is local to the property I am buying? I have an old university friend who can perform the conveyancing however his firm is located 400miles drive away.

The primary upside of using a local Okehampton conveyancing practice is that you can pop in to execute documents, present your ID and apply pressure on them if necessary. Having local Okehampton know how is a bonus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who instructed your friend and on the whole were impressed that should surpass using an unknown Okehampton conveyancing lawyer just because they are based in the area.

Me and my partner are hoping to buy a three bedroom maisonettein Okehampton with a home loan from a lender. We like our conveyancer in Okehampton but our mortgage company advise she’s not approved on their "panel". Apparently we need to choose one of the our mortgage company panel firms or keep our Okehampton conveyancer and pay for one of their panel ones to represent our bank. This seems very unfair; Can we not simply insist that our bank use our Okehampton lawyer?

Unfortunately,no. The mortgage company mortgage offered to you is subject to its terms and conditions, one of which will be that solicitors will on the lender's conveyancing panel. Until recently, most mortgage companies had large numbers of law firms on their panels, including almost all conveyancing solicitors in Okehampton : a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your solicitors to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for your bank.