IfI were to purchase a straightforward homein Gerrards Cross and Chalfont for cash and dispense with a survey and no conveyancing searches how much should I expect to have to pay for conveyancing in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont?

Any savings you would make will be limited to the Gerrards Cross and Chalfont conveyancing searches. Your solicitor is required to do the vast majority of work - money laundering, correspond with the sellers property lawyer, stamp duty submission, register the property etc. A slight saving might be made by not needing to register a mortgage but it will not be meaningful.

Is there a reason why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont is more expensive?

In summary, leasehold conveyancing in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont and Buckinghamshire usually involve more hours of investigation compared to freehold conveyancing. This includes lease investigation, corresponding with the landlord concerning the service of appropriate notices, obtaining current service charge and management information, obtaining the landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts. The obligations on both the landlord and the tenant in the lease need to be studied by the buyer’s conveyancing team and read from beginning to end – regardless of the fact the lease has passed through many different property solicitors hands since it was first granted.

I am purchasing my first flat in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont benefiting from help to buy. The developers refused to move on the amount so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The sale representative suggested that I not inform my solicitor about this deal as it could put at risk my loan with Barclays Direct. Should I keep quiet?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

We are four weeks into a freehold purchase having been recommend to a firm by the estate agent to carry out the conveyancing in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont. I am not happy. Can you help me find new solicitors?

They would need to be really bad in order to consider replacing them. Has the mortgage offer been generated? If so you need to inform them of the new contact details and get the mortgage documents are issued to the new lawyers. Your conveyancer needs to be on the banks panel to avoid supplemental charges and frustration. That should be your starting point. Our find a solicitor tool will help you find a lender approved solicitor for your home move in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont

When it comes to my conveyancing in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont should I be charged VAT on the following: (1) Land reg fee on purchase (2) Pre - completion search fee (3) SDLT E submission on purchase (4) Bank TT fee

(1) Land reg fee on purchase - No (2) Pre - completion search fees -No, (such conveyancing searches are HMLR ones and means £4 and possibly £2 bankruptcy per name on your mortgage) (3) SDLT E submission on your purchase - There is no VAT on Stamp Duty. However if the firm is charging a stamp duty e-submission fee as part of their services - some Gerrards Cross and Chalfont conveyancers do - that will incur VAT(4) Bank transfer fee - Yes it is for the property lawyer's time in submitting the funds this way.