Would the conveyancing solicitors identified via your search tool handle conveyancing in Stocksfield by way of an attended exchange?

We do have a number of conveyancing specialists carrying out personalised exchanges. You should e-mail us to get a conveyancing quote and details as to dates.

We see that you have a search directory listing law firms on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a commission if I retain them for our own conveyancing in Stocksfield?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Stocksfield.

Do I need to take out insurance to protect me from financial exposure to chancel repairs when buying a residence in Stocksfield?

Unless a previous acquisition of the house completed post 12 October 2013 you could take it that lawyers conducting conveyancing in Stocksfield to remain recommending a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in Stocksfield. Now, I need the documents however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing 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 Stocksfield of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I'm buying a new build house in Stocksfield with the aid of help to buy. The builders would not budge the price so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The sale representative told me not reveal to my conveyancer about the side-deal as it may impact my mortgage with Aldermore. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.