In the event thatI were to buy a freehold housein Kenley for cash and have no survey and no conveyancing searches how much would I expect to have to pay for conveyancing in Kenley?

Any savings you would make would be limited to the Kenley conveyancing searches. The conveyancer is obliged to do the vast majority of work - money laundering, liaising with the vendors conveyancer, SDLT return, register the ownership etc. A slight saving might be made by not needing to register a mortgage however it won't be significant.

Can your site be used to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Kenley even where I’m not buying or selling a house, for instance if I intend to acquire an office in Kenley with a mortgage from Skipton Building Society?

The service is primarily used to get a quote from domestic conveyancing solicitors in Kenley but we have set out towards the bottom of this page a selection of Kenley commercial conveyancing firms. You should make contact with the firm directly to see if they are also authorised to represent Skipton Building Society

We had selected conveyancing lawyers located in Kenley on the Principality solicitor approved list. They are now charging me an additional amount for handling the Principality mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee specified by Principality?

Provided it is contained in their Terms of Engagement or Quote then yes your lawyer may charge a fee for this. The charge is not set by Principality but by your Kenley lawyer. Plenty of firms on the Principality panel will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.

We have agreed to purchase a house in Kenley. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Lloyds be concerned?

As you are obtaining a mortgage with Lloyds your lawyer must comply with the formal requirements set out in Part 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Lloyds. The CML Handbook includes minimum requirements for solar panel roof-space leases, and property lawyers are required to report to Lloyds where a lease fails to comply with these provisions. The provisions relate to the installation of panels on properties nationwide and is not limited to Kenley.

We expect to receive a OIP from Virgin Money this week so we can work out what to offer on a property we like as otherwise we only have online calculators to go by (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc). Do Virgin Money recommend any Kenley solicitors on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel, or is it better to find our own lawyer?

You will need to appoint Kenley solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and Virgin Money through the process.

I'm purchasing a new build house in Kenley with a loan from Lloyds TSB Bank. The builders would not move on the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The sale representative suggested that I not disclose to my conveyancer about this extras as it may affect my loan with the lender. Should I keep quiet?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Kenley and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Kenley. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Kenley area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Kenley. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found