Having been suggested to visit your company we were about to appoint conveyancing solicitor in Bury St Edmunds listed on your site but stumbled across alternative fee calculations via the web seem less pricey – how come?

There are many firms of websites advertising so-called cheap conveyancing, unfortunately it’s common in such cases for supplementalcharges result in the final fee mounting up beyond all recognition. Conveyancers are obliged to make sure that costs set out in terms and conditions should be equitable and be applied The law firms that we put forward for conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds set out all legal fees for the property you intend topurchase.

What does my ID and proof of funds have anything to do with my conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds? What am I being asked for?

Anti-terror and anti-money-laundering regulations require solicitors and licensed conveyancers to verify the identity of the potential client they are dealing with before they can accept their conveyancing instruction. The Client Care letter that you are required to sign should reaffirm this. Your lawyer also has obligations to obtain certain documents in accordance with the CML Lenders Handbook requirements last updated on 1st December 2014. If you refuse to hand over identification documents, your conveyancer can not take you on as a client.

We're in Bury St Edmunds, FTBs buying with a mortgage (lender is Santander , and our lawyer is on the Santander conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?

The fact that your lawyer is on the Santander conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancer should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.

Do commercial conveyancing searches reveal impending roadworks that could affect a commercial estate in Bury St Edmunds?

Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Bury St Edmunds will execute a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers expend in sourcing accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Bury St Edmunds. The search result sets out definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Bury St Edmunds.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Bury St Edmunds it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately may result in delays to Bury St Edmunds commercial conveyancing transactions as well as pose a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not conducted for domestic conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what was supposed to be a simple, no chain conveyancing. Bury St Edmunds is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Bury St Edmunds are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Bury St Edmunds you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Bury St Edmunds may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.