Having sold my house in Bury St Edmunds last May but my buyer keeps SMS messaging me complaining that their solicitor is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?

Following your house sale your conveyancer should send the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. If applicable, your lawyer should also send confirmation that the home loan has been paid off to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion steps specific conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds.

2 months have gone by since my purchase conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds took place. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £215,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the asset from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

I am buying a new build flat in Bury St Edmunds. Conveyancing is daunting 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 legal work.

Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds

The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Please supply a car parking plan.

Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Bury St Edmunds in advance of appointing lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. My surveyor has said that some banks will not issue a mortgage on such a home.

It varies from the lender to lender. Lloyds has different instructions from Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further via the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Bury St Edmunds. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Bury St Edmunds to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

How do I search for a Bury St Edmunds law firm on the Halifax conveyancing panel? I have wheels and am prepared to travel upto 25kilometers to meet the lawyer.

You can use the facility on this website. Please pick a bank and your location and you will see a number of Bury St Edmunds conveyancing lawyers locally. We have listed some Bury St Edmunds conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can contact them to verify whether they are on the Halifax approved list