Completed the sale of my flat in Garstang last October yet the purchaser is whats apping every few hours to say her solicitor needs to hear from mysolicitor. What should my lawyer have done following completion?

Post completion of your sale your solicitor should send the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. If applicable, your solicitor must also confirm that the home loan has been redeemed to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion steps unique to conveyancing in Garstang.

I am purchasing a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Garstang who is on the Halifax conveyancing. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Halifax in certain locations such as Garstang. We dont recommend any particular firm.

What can a local search tell me about the property I am purchasing in Garstang?

Garstang conveyancing often commences with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search company for example Searchflow The local search plays a central part in many a Garstang conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any unpleasant surprises after you move into your new home. The search should provide data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 topic headings.

I am buying my first flat in Garstang with a loan from Britannia. The builders refused to budge the amount so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The sale representative advised me not inform my conveyancer about the extras as it may jeopardize my mortgage with Britannia. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer 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.

Been looking for a conveyancing practitioner for leasehold sale conveyancing in Garstang. I'm selling, uncomplicated no mortgage to pay off, no hurry, currently empty. Had a quote from a property lawyer for £800 including VAT which is a little expensive considering its so straightforward. Can I pay less for conveyancing in Garstang?

Considering it’s a sale only, £425 + VAT is likely to be about the best for sale conveyancing in Garstang.