I have given 2 months notice to my current landlord and have to be out of my rented apartment in Lansbury by 3/12/2025. Conveyancing on my purchase is underway. Can I complete in 4 weeks as don't want to have to move into temporary accommodation?

It is unwise to serve notice for your tenancy unless your lawyer suggests that you should. Assuming that you have not already done so, update to your conveyancer and request that they apply pressure on the owners lawyers, try to get a realistic time scale from them that everyone will aim towards

We note that you have a search directory listing solicitors on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for our conveyancing in Lansbury?

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

We wanted to use a conveyancing solicitor in Lansbury for our house purchase. Our financial adviser informed us that our mortgage lenders Alliance & Leicester won't deal with them. Surely this is unfair competition?

Banks ordinarily restrict either the category or the number of conveyancing practices on their panel. A common example of such restriction(s) being that a firm must not be a sole practitioner. As well as restricting the type of firm, a few lenders have decided to limit the number of solicitor practices they allow to act for them. Be aware that Alliance & Leicester have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any member of Alliance & Leicester Conveyancer Panel. Mortgage fraud was a primary driver in the rationalisation of conveyancing panels a few years ago even though there remains differing views concerning the level of solicitor engagement in some of that fraud. Data from the Land Registry indicate that plenty of law firms, including some in or near Lansbury only carry out one or two conveyances per annum.

Do commercial conveyancing searches reveal impending roadworks that may impact a commercial land in Lansbury?

Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Lansbury will carry out a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers expend in researching accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Lansbury. The search result provides definitive data on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Lansbury.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Lansbury it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately could cause delays to Lansbury commercial conveyancing deals as well as present a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not carried out for residential conveyancing in Lansbury.

It has been 3 months since my purchase conveyancing in Lansbury completed. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £170,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the residence from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.