I plan on buying residence in Buckden. My lawyer is not on the lender approved panel. Is it possible for me to use my Buckden conveyancing solicitor even though they are not on the mortgage company list of approved lawyers?

You have numerous choices available to you here

• Carry on with your existing Buckden conveyancing practitioner but your bank will need to appoint a property lawyer from their approved list. This will result in additional fees and probable delay.
• Appoint a new lawyer to conduct the conveyancing, ensuring that they are on the bank conveyancing panel.
• Convince your solicitor to do everything possible to get listed on the mortgage company panel of solicitors

I am acquiring a property without a mortgage in Buckden. I have been living for the previous dozen years in Buckden. Conveyancing searches are expensive. Given that I know the area and road intimately should I not bother getting the solicitor to do all the conveyancing searches?

If you not getting a home loan, then all but one or two of the Buckden conveyancing searches are non-obligatory. Your solicitor will 'advise', perhaps strongly, that you should have searches completed, but she has a professional duty to do this. One thing to consider; if you are likely to sell the house at a future date, it will likely be be of interest to your future purchaser what the searches disclose. There are plenty of instances where houses with no practical issues can still throw up detrimental search results. A good conveyancing solicitor in Buckden should provide you some helpful guidance concerning this.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my home can not be found. The conveyancers who conducted the conveyancing in Buckden 4 years ago have long since closed. What are my next steps?

Gone are the days when you need to have the physical deeds to prove you are the owner of your registered land or premises, given that the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.

Should I instruct a Buckden conveyancing solicitor in close proximity to the house I am purchasing? An old friend can carry out the conveyancing but her office is over three hundred miles drive away.

The benefit of a high street Buckden conveyancing practice is that you can visit the firm to execute documents, hand in your ID and apply pressure on them if necessary. They will also have local intelligence which is a plus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If you know people who used your friend and they were happy that should trump using an unknown Buckden conveyancing solicitor just because they are local.

Can you shed any light on the variety of conveyancing supplied by Buckden conveyancing companies?

In the main Buckden conveyancing practices manage to supply various assistance to home and land owners, vendors, first time buyers, freeholders and tenants which may include:

Domestic sale conveyancing in Buckden or nationwide House purchase conveyancing in Buckden and beyond Council Home Right-to-Buy Scheme Leasehold conveyancing selling and buying Shariah Compliant Islamic Conveyancing Leasehold enfranchisement (advice to both landlords and tenants)