We are buying a apartment in Great Missenden. 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 protection do we have from them run away with our monies?

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 am the single beneficiary of my late grandmother’s estate with all property in now in my sole name, including the house in Great Missenden. The Great Missenden property was put into my name in September. I want to move. I understand that there is a CML six month 'rule', meaning my proprietorship will be regarded the same way as though I had purchased the property in September. Is the property unsalable for six months?

The CML handbook mandates solicitors to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." Technically you could be impacted by that. How sensible a view banks take of it, depend on the mortgage company as this provision is chiefly there to identify the purchase and immediately sell or the flipping of property.

After much negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in Great Missenden. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £225. A couple of days later, the solicitor contacted me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the RBS conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the RBS panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

I require fast conveyancing in Great Missenden as I am faced with a deadline to exchange contracts inside one month. Luckily I do not need a mortgage. Can I escape the need for conveyancing searches to save money and time?

If.Given you are are a mortgage free purchaser you have the choice not to have searches carried out although no conveyancer would recommend that you don't. Drawing on years of experience of conveyancing in Great Missenden the following are examples of issues that can crop up and therefore impact the marketability of the property: Enforcement Actions, Overdue Fees, Outstanding Grants, Unadopted Roads,...

Given that I will soon spend over three hundred thousand on 3 bedroom house in Great Missenden I wish to talk to a conveyancer about myhome move prior to appointing the firm. Can this be arranged?

We could not agree more - we would be pleased to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you speaking to the conveyancer who will be carrying out your conveyancing in Great Missenden.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is an important person, not a case reference. The law firms that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are calculated and presented to you for residential conveyancing in Great Missenden should be the figure that you end up paying.

I am a couple of weeks into a freehold purchase having been recommend to solicitors by the local agent to carry out the conveyancing in Great Missenden. I am not happy. Could you you assist me in finding new solicitors?

They would have to be very bad in order to consider diss instructing them. Has the mortgage been issued? In the event that it has you will need to advise them of the new contact details and have the loan are re-sent. Your new solicitor ideally needs to be on the lenders panel to avoid supplemental fees and delays. That should be your first question of the new lawyers. Our search tool should help you find a lender approved solicitor for your conveyancing in Great Missenden

Due to exchange soon on a garden flat in Great Missenden. Conveyancing solicitors have said that they will have a report out to me within the next couple of days. What should I be looking out for?

Your report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Great Missenden should include some of the following:

Advice as to the provision in the lease to to contribute towards maintenance costs - in respect of the block, and the more general rights a tenant enjoys Defining your rights in relation to common areas in the block.For example, does the lease provide for a right of way over an accessway or hallways? The landlord’s rights to access the property. You should be made aware that your landlord has rights of access as well as be informed how much notice must be provided. The physical extent of the demise. This may be the property itself but may incorporate a loft or storage are if relevant. What options are available to the landlord where you breach a clause of your lease?

Leasehold Conveyancing in Great Missenden - Sample of Queries before buying

Does the lease contain onerous restrictions? How much is the ground rent and service charge? Its a good idea to find out as much as possible regarding the managing agents as they can either make your living at the property much easier or uncomfortable. Being a leasehold owner you are frequently at the mercy of the managing agents both financially and when it comes to day to day issues like the upkeep of the common parts. Ask prospective neighbours what they think of them. In conclusion, find out the dates that the service charges are due to the relevant party and specifically how they are spending the funds.