My friend's step-father is a conveyancer. I hope that I will be offered mate’s pricing for conveyancing, but if not, what kind of fees would I typically be looking at for conveyancing in Shoeburyness?

It’s wise to seek two or three conveyancing quotes. Make use of our comparison tool on this page. Whilst fees do be different but service levels do are distinct between solicitors as is true with the vast majority of professional services.

Will my conveyancer be raising questions concerning flooding during the conveyancing in Shoeburyness.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for lawyers conducting conveyancing in Shoeburyness. There are those who acquire a property in Shoeburyness, fully aware that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, leaving to one side the physical destruction, if a property is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, adequate building insurance, or sell the premises. Steps can be carried out during the course of a house purchase to forewarn the purchaser.

Solicitors are not best placed to give advice on flood risk, however there are a numerous checks that may be undertaken by the purchaser or by their solicitors which should figure out the risks in Shoeburyness. The conventional set of completed inquiry forms sent to a purchaser’s conveyancer (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) includes a standard question of the owner to determine whether the premises has ever been flooded. In the event that flooding has previously occurred and is not notified by the vendor, then a buyer may commence a claim for damages stemming from an inaccurate response. A buyer’s conveyancers will also order an environmental report. This will indicate if there is any known flood risk. If so, further investigations should be conducted.

I am buying a new build house in Shoeburyness benefiting from help to buy. The sellers refused to move on the price so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The sale representative suggested that I not inform my solicitor about this extras as it could adversely affect my loan with Lloyds TSB Bank. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Shoeburyness is the location of the property. Is there any advice you can give?

Flying freeholds in Shoeburyness are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Shoeburyness you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Shoeburyness may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.

Am I better off to go with a Shoeburyness conveyancing solicitor who is local to the property I am buying? We have a good friend who can perform the legal formalities however his firm is located approximately 350kilometers drive away.

The benefit of a high street Shoeburyness conveyancing firm is that you can pop in to execute paperwork, deliver your ID and apply pressure on them where appropriate. They will also have local knowledge which is a bonus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If other friends have instructed your friend and they were happy that must trump using an unfamiliar Shoeburyness conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being Shoeburyness based.