What is the best way to find the right lawyer who can supply a quality service for my conveyancing in Hailsham?

First ask relatives whom they would instruct.

Option 2 is to use a search tool on the internet for conveyancing in Hailsham. Ring two or three listed and invite them to email you their conveyancing costs illustrations and have a conversation with the lawyer who will oversee your conveyancing prior tocommitting.

Third is to make use of this site to help you find the right solicitors for you based on your unique requirements including location,timings, complications and who the proposed lender is. Do not be teased by ninety nine pound conveyancing in Hailsham

My husband and I are buying a newly constructed flat in Hailsham and my solicitor is advising me that she has to the mortgage company to disclose incentives from the seller. The Estate Agents are hassling me to exchange and my preference is not to delay the conveyancing. Is my lawyer right?

You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your solicitor. A precondition to being on a lender panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.

We see that you have a post code search directory listing law firms on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I retain them for our conveyancing in Hailsham?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Lloyds conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Hailsham.

I decided to have a survey carried out on a property in Hailsham before appointing lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. The surveyor advised that some lenders tend refuse to issue a mortgage on a flying freehold house.

It varies from the lender to lender. Bank of Scotland has different instructions for example to Nationwide. If you call us we can check via the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Hailsham. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Hailsham especially if they are familiar with such properties in Hailsham.

My in 2008. He has been wed, widowed and in recent months got married again. He will be selling the apartment next January. I suspect that he will just be requested to provide a copy of his marriage certificates to the solicitor however he is anxious it could hold up the sale of the flat. Should he instruct a lawyer to update the Land Registry details for the property?

It is not absolutely necessary to bring up to date the register on the basis that you have the evidence required to demonstrate how the name change occurred.

Any buyer’s conveyancer should examine the title details and need evidence to prove the change of name for instance marriage documentation.