My wife and I are about to exchange on the purchase of a property in Burslem but as a consequence of wreckage from a small fire at the property I have managed to agree compensation from the seller in the sum of £3k by way of a adjustment in the price. I had intended this to be dealt with as part of amending the contract yet Nationwide are not allowing this. Why were they approached?

Your lawyer that is on a Nationwide conveyancing panel is required to advise Nationwide of any variations to the sale price. If you were to refuse your solicitor to report the price change to Nationwide then they would have to discontinue acting for you. In addition, Nationwide and you would have to appoint a new solicitor for your conveyancing in Burslem.

Can I use your services to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Burslem even where I’m not purchasing or selling a house, for example where I want to acquire an office in Burslem with a loan from Clydesdale?

Our comparison service is primarily there to help choose residential conveyancing solicitors in Burslem but we have set out at the end of this page a selection of Burslem commercial conveyancing firms. You should enquire with the company directly to establish if they can also act for Clydesdale

I am helping my aunt sell her house in Burslem. Will the conveyancer order an EPC or it is for the owner to see to?

After the demise of Home Information Packs, EPC’s was retained a required component of selling a house. An EPC needs to be commissioned before the property is placed on the market. This is not a task that lawyers normally organise. Where you are instructing a Burslem conveyancing solicitor they may be able to arrange EPC’s due to their relationships with reputable Burslem assessors

I had a mortgage agreed in principle with Co-operative. Burslem conveyancing solicitors have been instructed. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Co-operative?

There is no definitive answer here. Have Co-operative completed the valuation? Have you informed Co-operative as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Co-operative conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through.

We were going to get a OIP from TSB this week so we know how much we could potentially offer as otherwise we only have online calculators to go by (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc). Do TSB recommend any Burslem solicitors on the TSB conveyancing panel, or is it better to go independently?

You will need to appoint Burslem solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the TSB conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and TSB through the process.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Burslem and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Burslem. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Burslem area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Burslem. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

Online research suggests that Burslem solicitors are more expensive than Burslem conveyancers in Burslem when it comes to purchasing a house. So is it better if I use a conveyancer or a solicitor where I am purchasing a property in Burslem.

When it comes to conveyancing in Burslem the costs are unlikely to vary dramatically depending on whether the legal expert is a licenced conveyancer or solicitor.