We are about to exchange contracts for a garden flat in Burnham Market. We encountered a problem. The mortgage offer with Lloyds TSB Bank expires on 19/6/2024 but the sellers are putting forward a completion date of 21/6/2024. Can one prolong the loan expiry date?

The person best placed to deal with your issue is your solicitors who will calculate if he or she is corresponding with the mortgage broker, vendor’s representatives, selling agents or indeed all three based on what has gone on in your house move to date.

My wife and I are buying a apartment in Burnham Market. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a conveyancer? On the day of competition we will need to deposit our life savings into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our monies?

Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.

I happen to be the single beneficiary of my late mum's will with all property in now in my sole name, including the house in Burnham Market. The Burnham Market property was put into my name in March. I now wish to sell up. I understand that there is a CML 6 month 'rule', meaning my property ownership could be treated the same way as though I had purchased the property in March. Do I have to wait 6 months to sell?

The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook obliges solicitors to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." Technically you may be affected by that. How sensible a view mortgage companies take of it, depend on the mortgage company as this clause chiefly exists to pick up on subsales or the flipping of properties.

We were going to get a AIP from UBS this week so we can work out what to offer on a property we like as otherwise we only have online calculators to go by (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc). Do UBS recommend any Burnham Market solicitors on the UBS conveyancing panel, or is it better to find our own lawyer?

You will need to appoint Burnham Market solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the UBS conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and UBS through the process.

We are downsizing from our house in Burnham Market and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being constructed on contaminated land. Any local lawyer would know that there is no such problem. It does beg the question why the purchasers used an internet conveyancing outfit rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Burnham Market. Having lived in Burnham Market for many years we know of no issue. Should we contact our local Authority to get confirmation need.

It would appear that you have a conveyancing solicitor currently acting for you. What do they say? You must enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same illness)

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Burnham Market. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Burnham Market

If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?

Hoping to buy a property located in Burnham Market and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Burnham Market. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Burnham Market area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Burnham Market. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found