We are planning to acquire a house and require a conveyancing solicitor in Abingdon who is on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a conveyancing firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Kent Reliance . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Abingdon.

I am purchasing a new build house in Abingdon with the aid of help to buy. The developers refused to move on the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of extras instead. The house builders rep advised me not to tell my solicitor about this side-deal as it could impact my mortgage with the bank. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

I decided to have a survey completed on a property in Abingdon in advance of appointing conveyancers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. Our surveyor has said that some lenders tend refuse to issue a loan on this type of premises.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different requirements from Nationwide. If you e-mail us we can look into this further via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Abingdon. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Abingdon to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

I was recommended by three or four local property agents in Abingdon to find a conveyancer on your site. Is there a financial incentive for Estate Agents to recommend your lawyers over another?

We don’t offer any commission for sending work to this site. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission as members of the public would think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor for my conveyancing in Abingdon. I've stumble upon a web site which appears to be the perfect offering If it is possible to get all the legals completed via email that would be preferable. Should I be concerned? What are the potential pitfalls?

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?