I am purchasing a property and need a conveyancing solicitor in Norfolk who is on the Coventry Building Society conveyancing. Can you recommend a local solicitor?

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

The deeds to my home are lost. The conveyancers who handled the conveyancing in Norfolk 5 years ago are no longer around. What are my next steps?

Nowadays there are copies made of almost everything, and your lawyer will know exactly where to look for all the appropriate documentation so you may purchase or sell your property without a hitch. If duplicates can’t be located, your conveyancer can put in place insurance or indemnities protecting you against future claims on the property.

I am purchasing a new build house in Norfolk benefiting from help to buy. The builders would not reduce the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The sale representative told me not reveal to my conveyancer about the extras as it could put at risk my loan with the bank. 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.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Norfolk is where the house is located. Can you offer any opinion?

Flying freeholds in Norfolk are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Norfolk you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Norfolk may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.

My step-father has encouraged me to instruct his lawyers for conveyancing in Norfolk. Should I find my own conveyancer?

Much as we are happy to recommend a Norfolk conveyancing lawyer the ideal way to choose a conveyancing lawyer is to have guidance from friends or relatives who have experience in using the firm you're considering.