My best friend’s mother is a solicitor. I expect that I'll be able to get mate’s fee for conveyancing, However if that does not come through, what kind of figure should I be paying for conveyancing in East Hunsbury?

Do compare pricing. Do use our comparison tool on this page. Whilst prices may vary but service levels do differ between solicitors as is the case with the vast majority of professional services.

Due to complete my purchase in East Hunsbury next Monday. I have now been asked to send a copy of my building insurance schedule by my solicitor as as she informs me that she is duty bound to validate that it is in order for the mortgage company. What risks does the bank expect the insurance to cover?

Any lawyer on acting for lenders would need to check that the following risks are covered fire; lightning; aircraft; explosion; earthquake; storm; flood; escape of water or oil; riot; malicious damage; theft or attempted theft; falling trees and branches and aerials; subsidence; heave;landslip;collision;accidental damage to underground services;professional fees, demolition and site clearance costs; and public liability to anyone else. There are some other issues such as the level of excess that are set out in a lender’s UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements. These obligations are not specific to conveyancing in East Hunsbury.

I am helping my step-mother sell her property in East Hunsbury. Does the solicitor commission the energy performance certificate or do I organise this?

After the demise of Home Packs, energy assessments became a compulsory part of moving property. An EPC must be to hand before the property is marketed. It is not something that law firms ordinarily organise. Where you are instructing a East Hunsbury conveyancing practitioner they may help arrange energy assessments due to their relationships with long established East Hunsbury assessors

After much negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in East Hunsbury. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their property lawyer. I paid an upfront payment of £175. Not long after, the lawyer contacted me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Skipton conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Skipton panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

Intending to buy a flat in East Hunsbury. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the East Hunsbury lawyer is on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel.

Do commercial conveyancing searches reveal planned roadworks that may affect a commercial property in East Hunsbury?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in East Hunsbury will order a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers expend in sourcing accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in East Hunsbury. The report sets out 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 East Hunsbury.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in East Hunsbury 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 East Hunsbury commercial conveyancing transactions as well as pose a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not ordered for domestic conveyancing in East Hunsbury.

As co-executor for the will of my father I am selling a property in Cardiff but I am based in East Hunsbury. My solicitor (who is 300 miles awayneeds me to execute a stat dec before the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in East Hunsbury to witness this legal document for me?

strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are East Hunsbury based