Me and my wife are acquiring our first house. Our conveyancing practitioner has messagedto see if we wish to purchase additional conveyancing searches. As novices we have no idea as to what's necessary for conveyancing in Cranbrook

The scope of Cranbrook conveyancing searches should be dictated entirely on the property, the location, the probability of any of these risks, your knowledge of the locality and risks, your overall appetite to risk. What is important is that you adequately appreciate what information the searches could provide. Then you can decide if you consider that you need that information. Should you be unclear, ask your solicitor to explain.

We are downsizing from our property in Cranbrook and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was constructed on contaminated land. A local lawyer would know this is not the case. It does beg the question why the purchasers are using a national conveyancing practice as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Cranbrook. We have lived in Cranbrook for many years we know that this is a non issue. Do we contact our local Authority to obtain clarification need.

It would appear that you have a conveyancing solicitor already. What do they say? You must check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same ailment)

I have todaydiscovered that Arc property Solicitors have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Cranbrook for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 18 months ago. How can I be sure that my home is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest method to check if the property is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Cranbrook conveyancing specialists.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on last month in what should have been a quick, no chain conveyancing. Cranbrook is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Cranbrook are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Cranbrook 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 Cranbrook may decide 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.

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

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