I am need of leasehold conveyancing for an apartment in a fairly new development (6 years built) in Hawarden. Almost all the properties have already been disposed of. Is it strictly necessary to order conveyancing searches for my conveyancing in Hawarden?

You are opening yourself up to an unnecessary risk in failing carrying out Hawarden conveyancing searches. Without searches you have no clarity over flooding, environmental etc which may mean you walk away due to potential problems down the line. If you are buying mortgage free there is no legal necessity to have them, but we would seriously advise in no uncertain terms that you have them. If accelerating the process and price are top of your concerns you should discuss with your conveyancer about the option of search insurance

Completed the sale of my flat in Hawarden last June but the buyer keeps calling daily to say her conveyancer is waiting to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?

Following your house sale your lawyer should send the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. If applicable, your lawyer must also confirm that the mortgage has been redeemed to the purchasers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion formalities unique to conveyancing in Hawarden.

How difficult is it to swap conveyancer as I have to instruct a firm on the The Royal Bank of Scotland conveyancing panel. I hired a family conveyancing solicitor in Hawarden round the corner but he is not approved by The Royal Bank of Scotland

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Hawarden on the The Royal Bank of Scotland panel. Please note that the law firms that we list do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are regulated by the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Hawarden. In utilising search facility on this site, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Hawarden.

I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing lawyer in Hawarden for my sale. Is there any facility to see a firm’s complaints history with the profession’s regulator?

Anyone can review documented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations stemming from investigations from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. To find information Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors history, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For non-uk callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator could recorded call for training purposes.

We are in the process of purchasing a flat in Hawarden. Can the conveyancing practitioner keep the amount we are are buying for private from sites such as Zoopla. Is this achievable and how?

The Land Registry are legally obliged to note price paid data on a register of the title for domestic properties countrywide including properties in Hawarden. The register of title is an open document, so the Land Registry would be breaking the law excluded specific properties such as the one in Hawarden.

In essence you can ask the Land Registry to withhold the amount paid entry however the response will be in the negative.