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Ready to buy a new home in Chalfont St Peter? Failing to check that a lawyer is on your lender’s list of approved solicitors can put your Chalfont St Peter transaction at risk of delay or failure.

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Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Chalfont St Peter

We note that you have a search directory identifying law firms on the TSB conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for our own conveyancing in Chalfont St Peter?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the TSB conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Chalfont St Peter.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Chalfont St Peter?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Chalfont St Peter. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

I am buying a new build house in Chalfont St Peter benefiting from help to buy. The builders would not budge the amount so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The estate agent advised me not inform my solicitor about this side-deal as it may adversely affect my mortgage with the lender. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in last month in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Chalfont St Peter is where the house is located. What do you suggest?

Flying freeholds in Chalfont St Peter are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Chalfont St Peter you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Chalfont St Peter 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.

My husband is buying a leasehold flat in Chalfont St Peter. Conveyancing estimates are averaging around £two thousand. Is that in the right ballpark?

The average fee last year for conveyancing in Chalfont St Peter was just under one thousand five hundred pounds excluding Land Tax and HM Land Registry fees.

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