We note that you have a search directory listing firms on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a commission if I retain them for our own conveyancing in Leeswood?

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

My wife and I have a renovated Victorian property in Leeswood. Conveyancing practitioner represented me and Leeds Building Society. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw two entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold with the matching property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You need to review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Leeswood and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also enquire as to the position with the conveyancing practitioner who carried out the work.

I am purchasing my first flat in Leeswood with a mortgage from Nottingham Building Society. The builders would not move on the amount so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The house builders rep told me not reveal to my solicitor about the extras as it may impact my loan with the lender. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

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.

What tools are available to search for a Leeswood solicitor on the Santander conveyancing panel? I have a car and am willing to travel upto 25kilometers to meet the solicitor.

You can use the tool on this website. Please pick a lender and your location and you will see a number of Leeswood conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have listed some Leeswood conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can ring them to see if they are on the Santander panel

My uncle has suggested that I use his conveyancing solicitors in Leeswood. Should I use them?

No doubt it’s preferable to find a conveyancing solicitor is to have feedback from friends or family who have previously instructed the solicitor that you are are thinking of instructing.