Some advice if I may. My Woodbridge solicitor is advising me that she is duty bound toconduct Woodbridge conveyancing searches asthe firm are on the Lloydssolicitor panel. Is this really necessary?

You have limited options available to you. As you are obtaining a mortgage with a lender your conveyancing practitioner has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your solicitor would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your bank’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook provisions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Woodbridge conveyancing searches.

Will my conveyancer be raising enquiries concerning flooding as part of the conveyancing in Woodbridge.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for solicitors dealing with homes in Woodbridge. Plenty of people will purchase a property in Woodbridge, fully expectant that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, aside from the physical damage, where a house 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.

Conveyancers are not best placed to offer advice on flood risk, however there are a various searches that may be undertaken by the purchaser or on a buyer’s behalf which should give them a better appreciation of the risks in Woodbridge. The conventional set of completed inquiry forms sent to a purchaser’s conveyancer (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) incorporates a standard inquiry of the owner to find out whether the premises has suffered from flooding. If the property has been flooded in past and is not disclosed by the owner, then a buyer could commence a compensation claim as a result of such an misleading answer. A buyer’s conveyancers may also conduct an environmental report. This should indicate whether there is a recorded flood risk. If so, additional investigations should be conducted.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Woodbridge and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Woodbridge. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Woodbridge area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Woodbridge. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

We're first time buyers - agreed a price, yet the selling agent advised that the owners will only move forward if we use their preferred lawyers as they want a ‘quick sale’. Our preferred option is to instruct a family solicitor used to conveyancing in Woodbridge

We suspect that the seller is not behind this demand. If they desire ‘a quick sale', alienating a serious buyer is going to damage their objectives. Bypass the agents and go straight to the owners and make the point that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are unencumbered (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you will continue to appoint your own,trusted Woodbridge conveyancing solicitors - not the ones that will earn their estate agent a kickback or meet his conveyancing figures set by head office.

I am looking to buy a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Woodbridge who is on the bank approved panel. Can you recommend a Woodbridge or local Woodbridge solicitor?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for the bank who conduct conveyancing in Woodbridge. We dont recommend any particular firm.