Recently been in touch with my conveyancing lawyer in Grays who acted for me two years ago requesting a conveyancing costs illustration based on the same type of house sale & purchase (a leasehold residence and a freehold property) of almost identical values with a home loan from The Royal Bank of Scotland. I am now being quoted twice the amount. Better the devil I know or should I seek out an alternative conveyancer?

The charges appear a bit high. If you you were to look around you may be able to reduce the fees marginally by perhaps £125. That being said, providing that you were satisfied with the assistance the firm gave you mightlive to regret opting for an an unknown solicitor. If is important to enquire that the solicitor can also act for The Royal Bank of Scotland. You can utilise our search tool to choose a Grays conveyancing firm on the The Royal Bank of Scotland conveyancing panel, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Grays.

We wanted to use a conveyancing solicitor in Grays for our home move. Our broker has since notified us that our mortgage lenders Barnsley Building Society won't deal with them. Surely this is unfair competition?

Mortgage Companies normally imposes restrictions either the type or the volume of conveyancing solicitors on their approved list of lawyers. Typical examples of such criteria being that a law practice must not be a sole practitioner. As well as restricting the profile of firm, a few banks have decided to limit the amount of solicitor practices they use to represent them. You should note that Barnsley Building Society have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any member of Barnsley Building Society Conveyancer Panel. Mortgage fraud was a key driver in the rationalisation of solicitor panels since 2008 even though there remains mixed opinions about the level of solicitor engagement in some of that fraud. Statistics from the Land Registry reveal that thousands of law firms, including some in or near Grays only carry out one or two conveyances a year.

I am buying a new build flat in Grays. 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 is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Grays

Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided.

Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Grays in advance of instructing lawyers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the house. The surveyor has said that some mortgage companies tend not give a loan on this type of house.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different instructions from Halifax. If you contact us we can check with the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Grays. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Grays especially if they are acquainted with such properties in Grays.

I am unable to get to my Grays conveyancing solicitors office to sign documents for conveyancing in Grays – will this be an issue?

No. Grays conveyancing lawyers can deal with conveyancing transactions for clients nationally. You are unlikely to be required to be present a Grays conveyancers office. They can handle everything remotely from their Grays premises.