My wife and I have recently appointed a conveyancing solicitor in West Molesey. I I would like to check if they are on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. Could you or the lender confirm if they are on the panel?

You should phone the lawyer and enquire if they are on the lender panel. Otherwise you can call Clydesdale who may be able to confirm.

My colleague suggested that where I am purchasing in West Molesey I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

A search of this type is sometimes included in the estimate for your West Molesey conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about West Molesey around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the West Molesey Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, West Molesey Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding West Molesey.

four months have gone by since my purchase conveyancing in West Molesey concluded. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £160,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the property from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

I decided to have a survey done on a property in West Molesey prior to retaining conveyancers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. The surveyor advised that some banks may refuse to give a loan on such a house.

It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different requirements from Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further via the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in West Molesey. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in West Molesey to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

We are first time buyers just having agreed a price on a property in West Molesey, and are now looking to get solicitors instructed. I have made use of the various rating based websites and the quotes are from all across the England and Wales. Is it important to have a West Molesey solicitor local to our potential house? I am fine to do everything over the internet, but I am thinking at some stage we will be required to attend the solicitor's office to sign contracts?

Usually there is no requirement to attend the office of your solicitor, they can post any relevant papers to you, which you can sign and return. Many home movers prefer to use a locally based solicitor, but it is not essential for conveyancing in West Molesey.