IfI was to acquire a freehold propertyin Bickley mortgage fee and dispense with a survey and no conveyancing searches how much should I expect to to save on my conveyancing in Bickley?

The only reduction in fees you would make on is the Bickley conveyancing searches. Your conveyancing practitioner still got to do everything else - money laundering, liaising with your vendors conveyancer, SDLT submission, register the title etc. You might save a bit for them not needing to register a charge but it won't be meaningful.

Have just purchased a repossessed house at auction in Bickley. Conveyancing is needed. What is next?

Having to in every practical sense signed on the dotted line you will need to appoint a conveyancing practitioner as a matter of priority as you are faced with a pending deadline in which to complete the conveyancing. An auction property will ordinarily have a bespoke legal set of papers. This will include the copy title deeds, local authority and drainage searches. In the case of leasehold property the legal papers may contain a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing documentation pertinent to leasehold premises. You must give this to the lawyer working for you as soon as possible. You also need to ensure that that you have the requisite funding in place to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

Is it the case that all Bickley conveyancing solicitors on the Nottingham conveyancing panel are overseen by the SRA?

As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Nottingham conveyancing panel they would need to be overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. The majority of lenders do allow licenced conveyancers on their panel and in such a situation the organisation would be overseen by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

My offer was accepted on a house in Bickley on 26/2/2024, valuation was booked five days after, all came back fine. Property lawyer appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to RBS and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the RBS conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?

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

I know that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to have this when buying a residence in Bickley? or I am told that there is an ancient law that means some house owners residing in a parish church boundary will be compelled to contribute towards maintenance to the chancel within the church. Is this a legitimate concern for conveyancing in Bickley?

Unless a previous purchase of the premises completed after 12 October 2013 you could take it that conveyancing practitioners delivering conveyancing in Bickley to continue to recommend a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

I opted to have a survey carried out on a house in Bickley in advance of appointing lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the house. The surveyor has said that some lenders may not grant a loan on a flying freehold home.

It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different requirements for example to Birmingham Midshires. If you contact us we can look into this further via the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Bickley. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.

As co-executor for the estate of my aunt I am selling a residence in Swansea but live in Bickley. My solicitor (who is 200 kilometers awayneeds me to execute a stat dec ahead of the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Bickley who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?

Technically speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Bickley based