The solicitor who dealt with my former purchase has given a fee estimate £1350 for freehold conveyancing in Bordon. I’m selling a newly refurbished property for £125,000. Is this too much? Is it in excess of the norm for conveyancing in Bordon?

The costs illustration is slightly on the steep side. If you shop around you could get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by say a hundred pounds. On the other hand, you couldlive to rue opting for an a cheaper conveyancer. Don't forget to enquire that the solicitor can act for your bank. You can utilise our comparison tool to choose a Bordon conveyancing firm on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Bordon.

A friend pointed out to me me that in buying a property in Bordon there may be a number of restrictions preventing external changes to the property. Is this right?

We are aware of anumerous of properties in Bordon which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to execute external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Bordon should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

We are buying a terrace house in Bordon. Our aim is to convert the garage to an office at the property.Will the conveyancing process include investigations to determine if these alterations are allowed?

Your solicitor will check the registered title as conveyancing in Bordon can sometimes identify restrictions in the title deeds which restrict certain changes or necessitated the permission of a 3rd party. Certain extensions call for local authority planning consent and approval in accordance building regulations. Many areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or impact extensions. You should check these issues with a surveyor prior to committing yourself to a purchase.

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

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 Aldermore to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Aldermore conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

My colleague recommended that if I am purchasing in Bordon I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Bordon conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing significant information about Bordon around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Bordon Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Bordon.

I'm buying a new build house in Bordon with the aid of help to buy. The sellers would not move on the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of extras instead. The estate agent advised me not to tell my lawyer about this side-deal as it may impact my loan 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.

Given that I will soon part with hundreds of thousands of pounds on a terraced house in Bordon I would like to have a conversation with the lawyer about myhome move prior to giving the go ahead to the firm. Can this be arranged?

This is something that we recommend - we would be pleased to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you first talking to the lawyer who will be conducting your conveyancing in Bordon.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique individual, not a case number. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are provided with for residential conveyancing in Bordon should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.