I am looking for value for money conveyancer. Do I opt for a web based conveyancer as opposed to a local Llandaff conveyancing solicitor?

On the whole conveyancing practitioners in your area will have strong relationships with your local authority, which could assist with the Llandaff conveyancing searches that your solicitor will inevitably need. It also helps if they enjoy strong relationships with the Local Land Registry Office your area Llandaff, other lawyers in the neighbourhood and Llandaff Estate Agents.

My Llandaff solicitor has uncovered an inconsistency when comparing the surveyor’s assumptions in the valuation survey and what is revealed within the legal papers for the property. My lawyer has advised that he needs to ensure that the lender is OK with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my lawyer’s stance correct?

Your conveyancer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

I am purchasing a garden flat in Llandaff. Conveyancing solicitors are said to be ‘a necessary evil’ but can I do it myself?

Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Llandaff you will have to appoint a solicitor on your bank's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Llandaff.

We are purchasing a house and the lawyer has referenced Chancel Repair for which the house may be obligated to pay as it falls into the area of such a church. He has recommended insurance. Is this strictly necessary for conveyancing in Llandaff

Unless a prior acquisition of the house completed post 12 October 2013 you can take it that conveyancing practitioners delivering conveyancing in Llandaff to remain encouraging a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

We are in the process of purchasing a flat in Llandaff. Could our solicitor keep our purchase price private from the likes of Rightmove. what can I do to make sure this is not noted?

The Land Registry by statute are bound to note price sold data on a register of the title for domestic properties countrywide including homes in Llandaff. The register of title is an open document, so HMLR would be breaching their statutory duty if they did not allow access to the register.

In essence you can make a request of HM Land Registry to withhold the price paid entry however the response would be a No.