Please help. My Writtle solicitor is assuring me that he has toorder Writtle conveyancing searches resulting from the fact thatthe firm are on the Lloydssolicitor panel. These Writtle searches cost a lot of money can this be avoided?

You have limited options available to you. As you are taking a mortgage with a mortgage company your conveyancer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your property lawyer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your bank’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook conditions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Writtle conveyancing searches.

Having sold my house in Writtle last May yet the purchaser is calling daily to say their conveyancer is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?

Following your sale your lawyer is duty bound to forward the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer should also evidence that the home loan has been redeemed to the purchasers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements unique to conveyancing in Writtle.

I am buying a new build flat in Writtle. How practical is it for me to do the conveyancing?

Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Writtle you will have to appoint a solicitor on your lender's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Writtle.

I'm purchasing a new build house in Writtle with a loan from Santander. The sellers would not reduce the amount so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The estate agent advised me not to tell my solicitor about this deal as it could affect my loan with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

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.

What does commercial conveyancing in Writtle cover?

Writtle conveyancing for business premises incorporates a wide range of services, provided by regulated solicitors, relating to business premises. By way of example, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the assignment of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial mortgages and the termination of tenancies.