I have been referred to a conveyancing solicitor in Long Sutton. I need to find out if they are accepted on the Bank of Scotland conveyancing panel. Can you assist?

You should phone your conveyancer and enquire whether they can act for the lender. Alternatively you should get in touch with Bank of Scotland who may be able to confirm.

We are purchasing a house in Long Sutton. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a conveyancer? At some point we will need to put our life savings into their account. What is the protection we have from them run away with our deposit?

Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.

If you had a top tip for choosing a conveyancing solicitor in Long Sutton what would it be?

It would be unwise to be seduced by the lowest Long Sutton conveyancing costs illustration. You really do get what you pay for when it comes to conveyancing solicitors. A cheap quote may mean that the conveyancing solicitor is handling a lot of jobs at one time and you won’t get the quality of service and the attention that you need. It is, however, wise to use a conveyancer who has a fixed fee on a no sale, no fee basis. This way, you go into the conveyancing with your eyes wide open.

Intending to buy a apartment in Long Sutton. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Bank of Ireland 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 Long Sutton conveyancing practitioner is on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Long Sutton. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Long Sutton

There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. 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?

I opted to have a survey completed on a property in Long Sutton before instructing solicitors. I have been told that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. My surveyor has said that some mortgage companies tend refuse to issue a mortgage on this type of house.

It varies from the lender to lender. Lloyds has different instructions from Halifax. If you contact us we can look into this further via the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Long Sutton. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Long Sutton especially if they are acquainted with such properties in Long Sutton.

A licensed conveyancer dealt with my conveyancing in Long Sutton half a dozen years ago having archived my deeds but has since been shut down – how do I retreive these?

Deeds, as such, no longer exist as most homes in Long Sutton are archived digitally at Land Registry. If you need to show evidence of proprietorship or are selling or re-mortgaging your conveyancing practitioner can obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.

If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned with reasonable haste.