It is a dozen years since I acquired my house in Alsager. Conveyancing lawyers have just been appointed on the sale but I am unable to track down the title documents. Is this a major issue?

You need not be too concerned. Firstly the deeds may be kept by your mortgage company or they may be in the possession of the lawyers who handled the purchase. Secondly in most cases the title will be registered 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. Most conveyancing in Alsager involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your home is not registered it adds to the complexity but is resolvable.

I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Alsager. My lender is Nationwide Building Society

Nationwide Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 27/12/2025, the requirements read as follows :

Do I need to pay for insurance to protect me from financial exposure to chancel repairs when purchasing a house in Alsager?

Unless a prior acquisition of the property completed post 12 October 2013 you can expect conveyancing practitioners conducting conveyancing in Alsager to remain recommending a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

It has been 2 months following my purchase conveyancing in Alsager completed. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £175,000 when infact I paid £215,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the premises from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

I need to swap lawyers as my Alsager lawyer is not on the bank's panel of conveyancing solicitors. Is it practical to instruct different lawyers?

If you haven't yet instructed a conveyancer to commence the conveyancing and at this stage simply received an estimate as to costs, you're perfectly free to choose a different solicitor to carry out your work for you. The best way is to get recommendations from friends or family who have actually used the solicitor or conveyancer in Alsager that you're considering.