I plan on buying an apartment in Barlborough. My Conveyancer has never been on on the mortgage company approved list. Is it possible for me to appoint my Barlborough conveyancing solicitor even though they are not on the lender list of approved lawyers?

You have a couple of options available to you here

• Complete the deal with your existing Barlborough solicitor but your lender will no doubt use a property lawyer from their conveyancing panel. This will result in additional cost together with probable delay.
• Get a new solicitor to conduct the conveyancing, obviously checking they are on the mortgage company conveyancing panel.
• Appeal to your conveyancer to seek to join the bank panel

My brother-in-law has suggested I instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Barlborough. I I would like to check if they are accepted on the National Westminster Bank conveyancing panel. Can you advise?

The first thing you should do is contact your solicitor and enquire if they are on the lender panel. Otherwise you can call National Westminster Bank who may be able to assist.

Do commercial conveyancing searches reveal impending roadworks that may impact a commercial site in Barlborough?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Barlborough will perform a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers invest in sourcing accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Barlborough. The search result provides definitive data on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Barlborough.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Barlborough it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately could result in delays to Barlborough commercial conveyancing deals as well as pose a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not ordered for residential conveyancing in Barlborough.

I am purchasing a new build house in Barlborough with a mortgage from Santander. The sellers refused to budge the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of extras instead. The house builders rep told me not to tell my conveyancer about this extras as it would impact my loan with Santander. 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 have been advised by a few selling agents in Barlborough to find a solicitor on your site. What’s the financial upside for Estate Agents to market your site over and above alternative conveyancing organisations?

We don’t give any referral fee for sending work to this site. We thought it would be too underhand a fee because a client could think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not receiving any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.