It may have been a long time coming a mortgage agreement from NatWest for the refinancing of my 4 bedroom flat is due imminently. Can you propose a low cost conveyancing solicitor in Great Dunmow?

This site is not designed to aid those in pursuit of a cheap conveyancing in Great Dunmow. Our intention is to offer excellent value conveyancing but our intention is not to advertise as being the cheapest. Avoid the trap of appointing organisations enticing you with ninety nine pound conveyancing in Great Dunmow. At best, in being led by cheap conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst you will end up invoiced for extras and still not receive the service you were looking for.

The Great Dunmow conveyancing lawyers that just started acting on my house acquisition in Great Dunmow have suddenly closed. They were on acting for me because I had to have a lawyer on the Barclays conveyancing panel and my previous Great Dunmow lawyer was not. I paid them 275 plus VAT in advance. What should be my next steps?

If you have an estate agent involved then inform them straight away so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Barclays conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers may be able to help.

Me and my partner are buying a apartment in Great Dunmow. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a lawyer? On completion day we have to put funds into their account. What is the protection we have from them run away with our deposit?

Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.

I can not fathom if my lender obliges me to make sure the lease term for the flat is extended prior to the completion date. I have called into my local Great Dunmow building society branch on numerous occasions and was told it does not impact the mortgage offer and they would lend. My Great Dunmow conveyancing solicitor - who is on the lender conveyancing panel- telephoned and was told they refuse to lend based on their UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook minimum lease term requirements. I simply don't know who is right.

Provided that the conveyancer is on the lender approved list, she or he must adhere to the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook specifications for the lender. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the bank will go ahead, your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask the lender to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years remaining.

I am selling my flat. I had a double glazing fitted in May 2006, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's lender, Aldermore are being difficult. The Great Dunmow solicitor who is on the Aldermore conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but Aldermore are requiring a building regulation certificate. Why do Aldermore have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?

It is probably the case that Aldermore have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Aldermore may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.

I have been advised by numerous selling agents in Great Dunmow to get a quote from a conveyancer using your seach tool. What’s the financial inducement for Estate Agents to recommend your site over alternative conveyancing organisations?

We refuse to make any commission for sending work in our direction. We found it would be just too difficult a fee because a client could think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

How varied are the property law services that Great Dunmow conveyancing practices handle?

In the main Great Dunmow conveyancing companies will handle a number of assistance to domestic and agricultural land owners, vendors, investors, landlords and leaseholders and you can expect them to help you with some of the following services:

Private sale conveyancing in Great Dunmow and throughout the rest of the country Residential purchase conveyancing in Great Dunmow and beyond Unregistered land related matters Housing disrepair disputes Equity Release conveyancing Leasehold conveyancing selling and buying