It is is a decade since I acquired my home in Leatherhead. Conveyancing lawyers have recently been instructed on the sale but I am unable to locate the deeds. Will this jeopardise the sale?

Don’t worry too much. First there is a possibility that the deeds will be with your lender or they may be archived with the lawyers who handled your purchase. Secondly the likelihood is that the property will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you own the property by your conveyancing solicitors procuring current official copies of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Leatherhead involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is not registered it adds to the complexity but is not insurmountable.

Is there a search tool that I can utilise to discover of the solicitor handling my conveyancing in Leatherhead is on the lender’sapproved panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Santander thus paying £187.00 plus VAT in another set of legal bill.

Feel free to make use of the search tool on this web page. Pick the lender and type ‘Leatherhead’ or your preferred area and you will be presented with a number of lawyer offices in Leatherhead or by proximity to you.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in last month in what should have been a quick, no chain conveyancing. Leatherhead is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Leatherhead are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Leatherhead you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Leatherhead may ascertain 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 residence.

I need to appoint a conveyancing solicitor for remortgage conveyancing in Leatherhead. I happened to chance upon a site which seems to have the perfect answer If it is possible to get all this stuff done via email that would be ideal. Do I need to be wary? What should out be looking out for?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?

I see that you have a search directory identifying firms on the mortgage company conveyancing panel. Do Leatherhead conveyancing firms pay you a commission if I instruct them for my own conveyancing?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the lender conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to the any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Leatherhead.