Our family lawyer has sent a quote for £1400 for fixed fee conveyancing in Scarborough.I am looking to sell a Georgian property for 300,000 + 25k increments. This sounds overpriced. Is it in excess of the average fee for conveyancing in Scarborough?

The charges are a bit high.If you shop around you may be able to get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by say £125. That being said, you couldcome to rue choosing an an untested conveyancer. If is important to enquire the firm can act for your bank.You can utilise our search tool to find a Scarborough conveyancing firm on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Scarborough.

A friend informed me that in buying a property in Scarborough there may be various restrictions affecting the ability to carry out external changes to the property. Is this right?

There are a number of properties in Scarborough which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to carry out external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Scarborough should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

I'm buying a new build house in Scarborough with the aid of help to buy. The sellers refused to move on the amount so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent advised me not disclose to my lawyer about this deal as it will affect my mortgage with . Is this normal?.

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