It is is a decade since I acquired my property in Chesham Bois. Conveyancing lawyers have just been instructed on the sale but I can't locate the deeds. Is this a problem?

Don’t worry too much. First the deeds may be retained by the lender or they may be archived with the solicitor who handled the purchase. Secondly the chances are that the title will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to prove you are the registered owner by your conveyancing solicitors obtaining up to date copy of the land registers. The vast majority of conveyancing in Chesham Bois involves registered property but in the rare situation where your property is not registered it adds to the complexity but is resolvable.

I just bought a house at auction in Chesham Bois. Conveyancing is needed. What is next?

Now that you have for all intents and purposes signed on the dotted line you will need to appoint a conveyancing solicitor quickly as you are facing a pending a drop dead date to complete the property. All auction property will ordinarily have a bespoke legal pack. This should include most,if not all of the documents that your solicitor will need. If you have purchased leasehold property the conveyancing pack may provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation relating to a leasehold property. You must give this to the conveyancer working for you as soon as possible. Do make sure that you have funds organised to complete on the date specified in the contract.

I am planning to move house in December. Should my conveyancing solicitor update the removal company on the completion day. As an aside, can you put forward a removal company in Chesham Bois. Conveyancing solicitor was chosen before I stumbled across this site.

On the afternoon of completion you will need to pick up the house keys from the property agent however this should only be done after the vendors lawyers advise the agent that they have the completion monies and the keys can be released. You should tell the removal men that they can start moving you in. We do not suggest a specific removal company but can help you choose a residential property solicitor in Chesham Bois or a solicitor that specialises in conveyancing in Chesham Bois.

Having read lots of house buying guides, I note that they all recommend that you should get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my local Chesham Bois solicitor - who is on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. Is that normal?

Kent Reliance will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Kent Reliance will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Chesham Bois surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.

I used Action Conveyancing a few years ago for my conveyancing in Chesham Bois. Now, I need my documents but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Chesham Bois of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

As co-executor for the will of my father I am selling a property in Swansea but live in Chesham Bois. My solicitor (who is 200 kilometers from meneeds me to execute a stat dec before completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Chesham Bois who can attest this legal document for me?

strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Chesham Bois based

How up-to-date is your database of lawyers on the lender conveyancing panel in Chesham Bois? Do the lenders send you an updated list?

Chesham Bois firms and firms conducting conveyancing in Chesham Bois themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the bank conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from the bank directly.