As someone not used to the Leiston conveyancing process what’s the number one tip you can give me concerning the ownership transfer in Leiston

Not many law firms or advisers will tell you this but conveyancing in Leiston and elsewhere in England and Wales is an adversarial process. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there exists plenty of opportunity for confrontation between you and other parties involved in the house moving process. For example, the seller, estate agent and even potentially the bank. Appointing a lawyer for your conveyancing in Leiston an important selection as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONE person in the transaction whose role it is to look after your legal interests and to keep you safe.

There is a definite ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone must be at fault for the process being so protracted. You your first instinct should be to trust your conveyancer above the other parties in the home moving process.

I am assisting my sister sell her flat in Leiston. Will the conveyancer order an energy assessment or should I organise this?

After the abolition of HIPs, energy assessments was retained a required part of moving property. An energy assessment should be commissioned before the property is advertised. It is not a task that conveyancers normally arrange. Where you are using a Leiston conveyancing lawyer they might help arrange energy performance certificates given their relationships with long established local assessors

We previously instructed conveyancers located in Leiston on the Kent Reliance solicitor panel. They have just invoiced me a separate sum for handling the Kent Reliance mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee set by Kent Reliance?

Unfortunately, so long as it is in their Terms of Engagement or estimate then yes your conveyancing practitioner is entitled to levy a fee for this. This charge is not set by Kent Reliance but by your Leiston property lawyer. Plenty of firms on the Kent Reliance panel will levy an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.

Intending to buy a house in Leiston. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Leiston conveyancing practitioner is on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Leiston?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Leiston. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

I am purchasing a new build house in Leiston with a mortgage from Platform Home Loans Ltd. The sellers would not reduce the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The property agent told me not disclose to my conveyancer about this deal as it would affect my loan with the lender. Is this normal?.

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.

What does commercial conveyancing in Leiston cover?

Leiston conveyancing for business premises incorporates a wide range of guidance, given by regulated solicitors, relating to business property. For instance, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more commonly, the assignment of existing business tenancies or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of tenancies.