I have given 2 months notice to my current landlord and have to be out of my rented flat in Ashbourne by 29/1/2019. Conveyancing for my house purchase is progressing. Is it possible to complete in a couple of weeks as don't want to have to move into temporary accommodation?

Generally one should not serve notice on a rental unless your lawyer suggests that you should. If you have not already done so, contact to your solicitor and urge them to they cajole the owners side, try to get a realistic time scale from them that everyone will aim towards

Do I choose a Licenced Conveyancer or Solicitor for conveyancing in Ashbourne?

Two types of professional can perform conveyancing in Ashbourne namely CLC regulated conveyancers or solicitors. The two can handle conveyancing services that you need to complete the sale or purchase of property. Both are obliged to conduct Ashbourne conveyancing on similar standards and guidelines so you can be sure that your conveyancing will be professionally administered and that all necessary steps will be correctly followed.

Forgive me if this question is silly but I am new to the home buying as FTB of a garden flat in Ashbourne. Do I pick up the keys to the premises on completion from my lawyer? If this is the case, I will find a local conveyancing solicitor in Ashbourne?

There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Your solicitors will arrange to send the purchase money to the seller's conveyancers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you will be able to receive the keys from the Estate Agents and move into your new home. Usually this happens early afternoon.

I was told two weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by Barclays. Is it usual for Barclays to only issue the offer once my solicitor in Ashbourne is approved on their conveyancing panel? Barclays have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their PI Insurance.

Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Barclays to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Barclays conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

I am purchasing a new build house in Ashbourne with a loan from Skipton Building Society. The sellers would not reduce the amount so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The house builders rep advised me not to tell my solicitor about this side-deal as it would adversely affect my mortgage with Skipton Building Society. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.

My cousin has encouraged me to instruct his conveyancing solicitors in Ashbourne. Do I take his guidance?

Much as we are happy to recommend a Ashbourne conveyancing lawyer it’s preferable to find a conveyancing lawyer is to have guidance from friends or relatives who have actually previously instructed the firm that you are contemplating using.

Our conveyancer in Ashbourne has identified a a legal deficiency with the lease for the apartment we are purchasing in Ashbourne. The other side have suggested title insurance as a workaround. We are content with insurance and will pay for it. Our lawyer has advised that as he is on the mortgage company conveyancing panel he must ensure that the lender is happy with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the mortgage company?

Just because you have a mortgage offer from the mortgage company does not mean to say that the property will be meet their requirements for the purposes of a mortgage. Your Ashbourne conveyancing lawyer has to ensure that the lease has to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook Requirements. You and the bank are the client. The appropriate lender requirements must be adhered to by the mortgage company conveyancing panel who has to balance acting for you and the mortgage company