Me and my wife are buying our first property. Our lawyer has contact usto see if we want to order additional conveyancing searches. We are really unsure what's relevant for conveyancing in Bures

The range of Bures conveyancing searches depends primarily on the premises, the location, the probability of any of these risks, your familiarity of the region and risks, your overall appetite to risk. What matters is that you adequately comprehend what information each search could give you. You may then make a decision if you personally think you need that search. If unsure, ask the property lawyer to recommend.

Our bank has recommended solicitors on their panel based in Bures but I would rather use a conveyancing lawyer in Bures round the corner to me. Can you help?

Not all Bures conveyancing practitioners are approved and listed on all banks conveyancing panel. Use the above find an approved solicitor tool to identify a Bures conveyancing solicitor on the on the lender panel.

Do commercial conveyancing searches reveal impending roadworks that may impact a commercial site in Bures?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Bures will conduct a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers invest in sourcing accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Bures. The search result provides definitive data 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 Bures.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Bures it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately may result in delays to Bures commercial conveyancing deals as well as pose a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not ordered for domestic conveyancing in Bures.

I used Wolstenholmes a few years ago for my conveyancing in Bures. I now require my file however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Bures of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

My wife and I are buying a ground floor flat in Bures. At the point of instructing our conveyancer, they assured us that they were on all mainstream bank panels. The mortgage broker contacted us yesterday to say that they are not on the Barclays approved list. Were it to be true, what should we do? Should we just choose a different lawyer that is on their panel or should we cover the costs for dual representation, with Barclays appointing their own approved solicitor.

If you are acquiring a property needing a mortgage it is normal for the purchaser’s lawyers to also act for the mortgage company. In order to act for a bank or building society a lawyer has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the conveyancing practitioner to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the conveyancing practitioner has to fulfill. Some lenders now require their panel firms to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your property lawyer should call Barclays to discover if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You don't have to instruct a firm on Barclays's conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Bures lawyers, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it may delay matters as you are adding another conveyancing practitioner into the mix.