Can the conveyancing solicitors that you recommend conduct attended exchange conveyancing in Burwash?

We do have a number of conveyancing experts carrying out attended exchanges. Do e-mail us to receive a conveyancing quote and details as to availability.

I am helping my aunt sell her flat in Burwash. Does the solicitor arrange the EPC or it is for me to see to?

Following the abolition of Home Packs, energy performance certificates was retained a mandatory component of selling a property. An energy performance certificate should be commissioned prior to the property being put on the market. It is not something that law firms normally arrange. Where you are using a Burwash conveyancing lawyer they may help arrange energy performance certificates given their relationships with reputable Burwash assessors

Can you point me to a directory of Bank of Ireland panel conveyancers in Burwash on the Building Society Association’s Website?

Unfortunately not yet. There is no such facility on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association websites. Very few lending institutions make their panel listings open the public over the internet. Where you are seeking to appoint a Burwash solicitor on the Bank of Ireland please make the most of our facility.

I recently had an offer agreed on a house in Burwash. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £150. Not long after, the solicitor contacted me to say that they were not on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Bank of Ireland panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

I'm buying a new build house in Burwash with a mortgage from Bank of Scotland. The developers would not reduce the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The sale representative suggested that I not disclose to my lawyer about the side-deal as it will affect my loan with Bank of Scotland. 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.

I opted to have a survey done on a house in Burwash in advance of retaining solicitors. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. Our surveyor advised that some lenders will not issue a mortgage on a flying freehold home.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different instructions for example to Nationwide. If you contact us we can check via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Burwash. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Burwash to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

I have been told by various family members that it may take 6-8 weeks for Burwash conveyancing to complete.This was 3 ago. The paperwork was only forwarded from the vendors conveyancing practitioner a couple of days ago so now does it countdown?

There is no official countdown for conveyancing in Burwash, or any location. You simply have to ensure that your finances are in order and in due course the rest will come to you eventually.