My flat in West Hill is up for sale and I have accepted an offer. Does the conveyancing practitioner have to be required to be on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel in order to deal with repayment of my mortgage?

Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their panel criteria fairly frequently in recent years.

Will commercial conveyancing searches reveal proposed roadworks that could impact a commercial site in West Hill?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in West Hill will execute a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers expend in investigating accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in West Hill. The report sets out definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in West Hill.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in West Hill it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately could result in delays to West Hill commercial conveyancing transactions as well as present a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not ordered for domestic conveyancing in West Hill.

I own a 4 bedroom Georgian house in West Hill. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and Platform Home Loans Ltd. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are a couple of entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold with the exact same address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You should read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in West Hill and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also check the position with the conveyancing lawyer who conducted the conveyancing.

Am I best advised to appoint a West Hill conveyancing solicitor in close proximity to the house I am buying? I have an old university friend who can deal with the legal formalities however her office is over three hundred miles drive away.

The primary upside of using a high street West Hill conveyancing practice is that you can visit the firm to execute paperwork, present your ID and pester them where appropriate. They will also have local intelligence which is a bonus. However it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If you know people who instructed your friend and on the whole were content that must surpass using an unfamiliar West Hill conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being West Hill based.

Threeweeks into a sale of a flat in West Hill. Conveyancing solicitors are doing their job but we are being charged a fortune from the landlord. So far we have forked out £237 for a leasehold management pack and then another £134.40 for answers to queries supplied by the purchaser's lawyer.

Neither you or your property lawyer will have any impact over the extent of the bill for this information however the average costs for the information for West Hill leasehold property is £350. When it comes to West Hill conveyancing sales it is standard for the owner to cover the costs. The landlord or their agents are not duty bound to answer these questions although many will agree to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices disproportionate to the work involved. Regretfully there is no legislation that requires fixed fees for administrative tasks. Neither is there any prescriptive time limit by which they are obliged to supply the information.