I understand that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I require chancel insurance when acquiring a residence in Lewes? or I am told that there is a law dating back centuries that could mean that homeowners living in a parish church boundary will be compelled to pay for maintenance towards the chancel within the church. Is this relevant for conveyancing in Lewes?

Unless a previous acquisition of the property took place post 12 October 2013 you can expect lawyers handling conveyancing in Lewes to continue to propose a a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

The deeds to our home are lost. The lawyers who did the conveyancing in Lewes 5 years ago have long since closed. Will I be able to sell the house?

Assuming the title is registered the details of your proprietorship will be held by HMLR under a Title Number. It is possible to conduct a search at the Land Registry, find your house and obtain up to date copies of the Registered Entries for a small fee. If the title is Leasehold then the Land Registry will in most cases hold a file copy of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be obtained for twenty pounds.

I am buying my first flat in Lewes with a loan from Halifax. The developers would not reduce the price so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The sale representative advised me not reveal to my conveyancer about the extras as it could affect 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.

Is it possible to change conveyancer as I need to retain a firm on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing list. I had appointed a high street conveyancing solicitor in Lewes five minutes from me but the firm is not approved by Birmingham Midshires

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Lewes on the Birmingham Midshires panel. Please note that the property lawyers that we work with do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are fully regulated by the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Lewes. In utilising search facility on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Lewes.

My parents are having problems in finding their Lewes property on the HM Land Registry website. They have a vague memory 48 years ago when they bought the bungalow there were complications with Lewes not being recognised in some systems.

Nearly all residences in Lewes should be revealed. Have you limited your search to just the postcode. Usually it will mention all the residences within that postcode. Where registered it will be there with a title number. Where they bought back in the 60’s it's conceivable it may be unrecorded. The address may still be revealed but with the title number shown 'na'. In this scenario you will need to track down the original title papers which could be with your parent’s lender.