I am expecting a offer of a home loan from Halifax. I intend to employ the services of a Licensed Conveyancer in Chantry. Does the Halifax Conveyancing panel allow for Licensed Conveyancers?

The Halifax conveyancing panel is, like many other lenders, associated to the Council or Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

We are planning to buy with Loughborough BS. We have called around locally yet am unable to find a Chantry conveyancing firm on the Loughborough BS panel. Could you assist?

Feel free to make the most of the find a conveyancing panel solicitor tool on this page. Pick the building society and type Chantry or your location and you will see numerous conveyancers located in Chantry or by proximity to you.

I am buying a new build apartment in Chantry. Conveyancing is necessary evil 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.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Chantry

Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Please supply a car parking plan. 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.

I opted to have a survey completed on a house in Chantry prior to instructing lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. The surveyor advised that some mortgage companies will refuse to give a mortgage on a flying freehold property.

It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different instructions for example to Nationwide. If you contact us we can check with the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Chantry. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Chantry especially if they regularly deal with such properties in Chantry.

Is it best to use a Chantry conveyancing lawyer in close proximity to the house I am hoping to buy? We have a good friend who can execute the legal formalities but her office is a couple of hundredmiles drive away.

The primary upside of using a local Chantry conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to sign documents, deliver your ID and pester them where appropriate. They will also have local knowledge which is a benefit. However it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If other friends have used your friend and on the whole were impressed that should outweigh using an unfamiliar Chantry conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being local.