We are looking to buy a flat and need a conveyancing solicitor in Sunninghill who is on the Skipton approved panel. Can you recommend a local solicitor?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Skipton . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Sunninghill.

I'm purchasing my first flat in Sunninghill benefiting from help to buy. The developers would not budge the amount so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent suggested that I not reveal to my solicitor about the extras as it will adversely affect my mortgage with Leeds Building Society. 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.

I opted to have a survey done on a house in Sunninghill ahead of appointing conveyancers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the house. My surveyor advised that some mortgage companies tend not give a loan on a flying freehold property.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different requirements for example to Nationwide. If you contact us we can check via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Sunninghill. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Sunninghill especially if they regularly deal with such properties in Sunninghill.

How do I locate a Sunninghill solicitor on the Accord Mortgages Ltd conveyancing panel? I have a car and am willing to travel upto 20miles to meet the conveyancer.

You can use the facility on this website. Please choose the lender and your location and you will see a number of Sunninghill conveyancing lawyers locally. We have listed some Sunninghill conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can ring them to check whether they are on the Accord Mortgages Ltd approved list

My husband and I are FTB’s - had an offer accepted, but the selling agent advised that the owners will only go ahead if we appoint their chosen solicitors as they are insisting on an ‘expedited deal’. Our preferred option is to instruct a local conveyancer used to conveyancing in Sunninghill

It is improbable the sellers are behind this. Should the seller require ‘a quick sale', alienating a serious purchaser is counter productive. Contact the owners directly and make the point that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you have nothing to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you intend to use your preferred Sunninghill conveyancing solicitors - not the ones that will give their negotiator at the agency a commission or meet his conveyancing targets pre-set by HQ.