My mortgage broker requires my Buckhurst Hill law firm’s panel member for the Nat West conveyancing panel. How do I obtain this. I have called my local Buckhurst Hill branch but they cant find it on their system.

You are best placed to get this information from your Buckhurst Hill conveyancer . They should have a central record lender panel numbers.

I am assisting my niece sell her property in Buckhurst Hill. Will the conveyancer arrange the EPC or it is for the owner to coordinate?

Following the abolition of Home Packs, EPC’s was retained a required component of selling a house. An energy performance certificate must be commissioned in advance of the property being marketed. This is not a task that lawyers ordinarily arrange. Where you are using a Buckhurst Hill conveyancing solicitor they might be able to arrange energy assessments given their relationships with reputable Buckhurst Hill accredited person

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Aldermore. I assume I don't need a Buckhurst Hill lawyer on the Aldermore panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Aldermore mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Aldermore mortgage from the register. Aldermore, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

1. but are not moving to another property
2. where Aldermore has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
3. Aldermore has instructed the Land Registry to do so

Having read lots of mortgage guides, I note that it is considered advisable to get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my local Buckhurst Hill solicitor - who is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. is that correct?

Clydesdale will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Clydesdale will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Buckhurst Hill surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our house can not be found. The solicitors who dealt with the conveyancing in Buckhurst Hill 10 years ago are no longer around. What are my options?

Gone are the days when you need to have the physical deeds to establish that you are the registered proprietor of land or premises, as the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.

I'm remortgaging my primary property to a BTL mortgage with Halifax and I will use the ballance of the raised equity as a deposit on another house. The area we are looking at is Buckhurst Hill. Will your lawyers be able to act for the two lenders and tie in the transactions?

Do use our search tool on this site to check that the solicitors are on the appropriate lender panels. Assuming that they are your conveyancer should be able to connect the two transactions but you should talk with you conveyancer and make clear your desired outcome and needs.

Am I better off to use a Buckhurst Hill conveyancing practitioner based in the location that I am buying? We have a good friend who can carry out the legal formalities however his firm is located approximately 350miles drive away.

The primary upside of using a local Buckhurst Hill conveyancing practice is that you can drop in to sign paperwork, hand in your ID and apply pressure on them if necessary. Having local Buckhurst Hill know how is a bonus. However it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If other friends have used your friend and in the main were content that should outweigh using an unknown Buckhurst Hill conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being Buckhurst Hill based.