As someone with no idea as to conveyancing in Burgess Hill what’s the number one tip you can impart concerning the ownership transfer in Burgess Hill

You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Burgess Hill and elsewhere in England and Wales is an adversarial process. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there is lots of opportunity for confrontation between you and others involved in the legal transfer of property. For instance, the seller, property agent and even potentially the bank. Appointing a solicitor for your conveyancing in Burgess Hill an important selection as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the SOLE person in the legal process whose role it is to look after your legal interests and to protect you.

On occasion a potential adversary will try and convince you that it is in your interests to do things their way. As an example, the selling agent may claim to be helping by suggesting your solicitor is slow. Or your financial adviser may advise you to do something that is contrary to your conveyancers advice. You should always trust your lawyer above all other parties when it comes to the legal transfer of property.

I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Burgess Hill. My lender is Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 20/4/2024, the requirements read as follows :

We are purchasing a house and the solicitor has identified Chancel Repair to which the house could be liable as it falls into the area of such a church. He has mentioned insurance. Is this strictly required for conveyancing in Burgess Hill

Unless a prior purchase of the premises took place after 12 October 2013 you may take it that conveyancing practitioners delivering conveyancing in Burgess Hill to continue to recommend a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

I used Arc property Solicitors a few years ago for my conveyancing in Burgess Hill. Now, I need my files however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Burgess Hill of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I cannot be present at my Burgess Hill conveyancing lawyers office to execute documents connected to my conveyancing in Burgess Hill – is this a problem?

Not a problem. Burgess Hill conveyancing lawyers can handle conveyancing transactions for clients throughout the rest of the country. It is not necessary for you to be able to be present a Burgess Hill conveyancers office. They can undertake all communications via post, email, telephone and fax.