It has come to my attention via my mortgage adviser that my Crowthorne property lawyer is not on the lender Conveyancing panel. What can I do to check?

The first thing you need to do is to contact your Crowthorne conveyancer. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to inform you what has happened. Where they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the conveyancing panel for your mortgage company.

I am purchasing a house mortgage free in Crowthorne. I have lived for the last twelve years in Crowthorne. Conveyancing searches are a lot of money. Given that I have knowledge of the area and road very well should I not bother getting the solicitor to do all the conveyancing searches?

If you not getting a mortgage, then all but one or two of the Crowthorne conveyancing searches are at your discretion. Your solicitor will 'advise', perhaps strongly, that you should have searches completed, but he is duty bound to take that path of encouragement . One thing to consider; if you are intend to sell the house at a future date, it will likely be be of relevance to your future buyer what the searches contain. There are plenty of instances where premises with apparent issues can still reveal adverse search results. A good conveyancing solicitor in Crowthorne will provide you some practical guidance concerning this.

Are the Crowthorne conveyancing solicitors identified as being on the TSB conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by TSB?

Crowthorne conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the TSB conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from TSB directly.

Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Crowthorne. My lender is Chelsea Building Society

Chelsea Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 21/7/2024, the requirements read as follows :

I am buying a new build flat in Crowthorne. Conveyancing is a frightening process 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 conveyancing.

Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Crowthorne

Please supply a car parking plan. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. 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. 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.