Much to our surprise we have been advised by our mortgage adviser that my Crowborough property lawyer is not on the mortgage company Solicitor panel. How can I be certain whether this is indeed the case?

Your first step should be to call your Crowborough lawyer directly. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to advise you of the situation. If they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the conveyancing panel for your bank.

I require conveyancing for a flat in a fairly new development (seven years old) in Crowborough. Almost all the flats have already been disposed of. Do I need carry out the local searches as part of conveyancing in Crowborough?

If you getting a mortgage, your lender will require some (many) of the searches so you'll have no choice. If not, then Crowborough conveyancing searches are optional. No doubt your conveyancer, will ’encourage’, perhaps strongly, that you should not go ahead without searches, but he or she has a professional duty to do this. One thing to bear in mind; if you are likely to sell the house one day, it may be of interest to your future buyer what the searches contain. Sometimes houses with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. But if you demand that your lawyer to proceed without searches then your lawyer will have to follow your instructions or you will need to swap to another solicitor for your conveyancing in Crowborough.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Crowborough. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

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

Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?

What does commercial conveyancing in Crowborough cover?

Non domestic conveyancing in Crowborough incorporates a broad range of guidance, given by regulated solicitors, relating to business premises. By way of example, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the transfer of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of tenancies.

Am I better off to instruct a Crowborough conveyancing solicitor who is local to the property I am purchasing? We have a good friend who can execute the legal work however her office is 300kilometers drive away.

The primary upside of using a high street Crowborough conveyancing practice is that you can attend the office to sign documents, hand in your identification documents and pester them if necessary. They will also have local knowledge which is a bonus. However it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who used your friend and in the main were impressed that should trump using an unknown Crowborough conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being Crowborough based.