I have given 2 months notice to my current landlord and must leave my rented apartment in Fenstanton by the end of next month. Conveyancing for my house purchase is progressing. Can I complete in 4 weeks as I wish to avoid having to find short term accommodation?

The normal practice is not to give notice for your tenancy unless you have exchanged. If you have not already done so, notify to your conveyancer and urge them to they apply pressure on the other solicitors, try to get a realistic time scale from them that all parties will aim to achieve

My house in Fenstanton is up for sale and I have accepted an offer. Does my solicitor have to be required to be on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel in order to deal with redeeming my mortgage?

Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their specifications fairly frequently at the moment.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what was supposed to be a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Fenstanton is the location of the property. Is there any advice you can impart?

Flying freeholds in Fenstanton are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Fenstanton you must be sure that your lawyer goes 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 Fenstanton may ascertain 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.

We're new on the property ladder - agreed a price, but the selling agent has warned us that the owners will only go ahead if we appoint their chosen conveyancers as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. Our preferred option is to instruct a local solicitor who is familiar with conveyancing in Fenstanton

We suspect that the seller is not behind this request. If they require ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a motivated purchaser is not the way to achieve this. Bypass the agents and go straight to the sellers and explain that (a)you are serious purchasers (b)you are ready to go, with mortgage lined up © you are chain free (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you will continue to instruct your own,trusted Fenstanton conveyancing solicitors - as opposed tothe ones that will give the negotiator at the agency a kickback or hit his conveyancing thresholds demanded by senior management.

Is there an average legal costs for conveyancing in Fenstanton?

The average cost in 2014 for conveyancing in Fenstanton was just under one thousand five hundred pounds not including Stamp Duty and Land Registry fees.