Me and my fiance are buying a leasehold flat in Bow. My Solicitor is not on the bank solicitor list. Am I still permitted to retain my Bow conveyancing solicitor even though they are excluded from the mortgage company panel?

You have numerous alternatives available to you here

• Carry on with your preferred Bow but your mortgage company will need to appoint a from their approved list. The net result is additional fees together with likely frustration.
• Appoint a new to act in the purchase, ensuring that they are on the bank conveyancing panel.
• Convince your conveyancer to do everything within their powers to get accepted on the mortgage company panel of solicitors

Finally the sale completed on my house in Bow last March yet the purchaser is telephoning daily to moan that their lawyer is waiting to hear from mysolicitor. What are the post completion sale legalities now that I have sold?

Following your sale your solicitor should deliver the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your conveyancer must also evidence that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been repaid to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion formalities just for conveyancing in Bow.

I am purchasing a garden flat in Bow. How practical is it for me to do the conveyancing?

Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Bow you will have to appoint a solicitor on your mortgage company's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Bow.

What does commercial conveyancing in Bow cover?

Bow conveyancing for business premises incorporates a wide array of services, supplied by qualified solicitors, relating to business property. For example, this area of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the assignment of existing business tenancies or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of leases.

Would local authority permission be required to change a house into two flats in Bow? This has occurred to a property adjacent to my house in Bow and was unaware of it happening until after the works were finished.

Planning Consent yes. Building Reg Approval yes.