Please could you recommend a Barclays approved Holmes Chapel conveyancing conveyancer finish our home move within a very limited time frame? Would it be better to use a local Holmes Chapel practice or a nationwide comparison site?

We can recommend some very good Holmes Chapel conveyancing firms. You can also walk up the high street in Holmes Chapel. Go in to some well established law practices and request to see a conveyancing solicitor for a quote. Discuss your expectations together with the reasons and get a commitment on speed. Choose the lawyer that you trust.

I used Stirling Law a few years past for my conveyancing in Holmes Chapel. I now require my papers however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Holmes Chapel of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I am purchasing my first flat in Holmes Chapel with the aid of help to buy. The builders refused to move on the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The house builders rep suggested that I not disclose to my conveyancer about the side-deal as it would affect my loan with the bank. Should I keep quiet?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Am I best advised to instruct a Holmes Chapel conveyancing lawyer in close proximity to the house I am purchasing? An old friend can conduct the legal work but they are based 200kilometers away.

The benefit of a local Holmes Chapel conveyancing practice is that you can drop in to sign documents, hand in your ID and pester them if necessary. They will also have local intelligence which is a bonus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who instructed your friend and on the whole were happy that should surpass using an unfamiliar Holmes Chapel conveyancing solicitor just because they are round the corner.

I have checked your search tool I can't find the lawyer I was hoping to instruct as being on the lender conveyancing panel. My lawyer has said that they are on the mortgage company approved panel. How can I be sure given that they are not listed on your directory?

Not all firms are yet listed on our lender panel search tool which is still relatively new. Law firms are listing on a daily basis and it is probably the case that your lawyer is on the mortgage company conveyancing lawyer and you should probably take them at their word. Please do feel free to suggest that they completing their listing on our site as it would only cost them £1 a month to list themselves as being on the mortgage company solicitor panel.