Can your site be used to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Long Sutton even where I’m not buying or selling a house, for example where I intend to buy a shop in Long Sutton with a loan from The Mortgage Works?

The service is primarily used to select residential conveyancing solicitors in Long Sutton but we have listed at the end of this page a few Long Sutton commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to enquire with the solicitors directly to check if they can also act for The Mortgage Works

I require expedited conveyancing in Long Sutton as I have a deadline to complete within one month. A home loan is not required. Is it possible to escape the need for conveyancing searches to save money and time?

As you are not taking a home loan you are at free not to do searches although no conveyancer would advise that you don't. Drawing on years of experience of conveyancing in Long Sutton the following are instances of what can be revealed and therefore impact future saleability: Refused Planning Applications, Overdue Charges, Outstanding Grants, Railway Schemes,...

I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in Long Sutton. Now, I need the documents however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Long Sutton of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

In my capacity as executor for the estate of my grandmother I am selling a property in Newport but I am based in Long Sutton. My lawyer (based 300 miles awayhas requested that I execute a stat dec before the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Long Sutton who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?

strictly speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Long Sutton based

I happen to be an executor of my recently deceased aunt’s Will, with a house in Long Sutton which will be sold. The property is unregistered at HMLR and I'm advised that some estate agents will insist that it is in place before they will move forward. What's the mechanism for this?

In the situation that you have set out it seems prudent to seek to register in the names of the personal representative(s) as named in the probate and in their capacity as PRs. The Land Registry’s online guidance explains how to register for the first time and what is required re the deeds and forms. You would need to include and certified copy of the probate as well and complete the form FR1 to refer to the PRs as the applicant.