It is a dozen years since I acquired my house in Cumbria. Conveyancing lawyers have recently been appointed on the sale but I can't locate the title documents. Will this jeopardise the sale?

Don’t worry too much. Firstly the deeds may be with your mortgage company or they may still be with the conveyancers who handled your purchase. Secondly the likelihood is that the title will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to prove you own the property by your conveyancing solicitors acquiring up to date copy of the land registers. Almost all conveyancing in Cumbria relates to registered property but in the rare situation where your property is not registered it adds to the complexity but is resolvable.

I am planning to move house in April. Does my conveyancing solicitor communicate with the removal company on the completion day. On a separate note, can you suggest a removal company in Cumbria. Conveyancing lawyer was chosen prior to coming across your site.

On the afternoon of completion you will need to pick up the keys from your selling agent however this can only happen once the previous owners solicitors inform the agent that the monies to complete are in and the keys can be given over. Subsequently you can advise the removal men that they can start moving you in. As a matter of policy we do not suggest a particular removal company but can help you locate a residential property solicitor in Cumbria or a legal practice that specialises in conveyancing in Cumbria.

We are getting a further advance on our mortgage from Lloyds as we intend to carry out a loft conversion to our house in Cumbria. Are we obliged to choose a nearby Cumbria solicitor on the Lloyds conveyancing panel to handle the paperwork?

Lloyds don't usually require a member of their approved list of lawyers to handle such a matter. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Lloyds panel.

Last month we had a mortgage agreed in principle with Yorkshire BS. Cumbria conveyancing practitioners have been chosen. How long does it take for Yorkshire BS to send the offer to the lawyer?

There is no definitive answer here. Have Yorkshire BS conducted the survey? Have you advised Yorkshire BS as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through.

I have recentlydiscovered that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in Cumbria for a purchase of a freehold house 10 months ago. How can I check that my home is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?

The easiest way to check if the premises is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Cumbria conveyancing specialists.

About to purchase a new build flat in Cumbria. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Cumbria

Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry.

How difficult is it to swap firm as I need to instruct a firm on the The Mortgage Works conveyancing panel. I had appointed a family conveyancing solicitor in Cumbria five minutes from me but he is not approved by The Mortgage Works

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Cumbria on the The Mortgage Works panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we list do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are under regulation of the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Cumbria. In making use of the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Cumbria.