We are purchasing a house and require a conveyancing solicitor in Martlesham who is on the RBS solicitor panel. Can you recommend a local conveyancing firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for RBS . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Martlesham.

I'm buying my first flat in Martlesham benefiting from help to buy. The builders would not move on the price so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep suggested that I not to tell my lawyer about this side-deal as it may affect my mortgage with the lender. Should I keep quiet?.

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.

How difficult is it to change firm as I have to choose a firm on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. I hired a family conveyancing solicitor in Martlesham five minutes from me but he is not approved by Leeds Building Society

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Martlesham on the Leeds Building Society panel. Please note that the law firms that we work with do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Martlesham. Using search facility on this site, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Martlesham.

Am I better off to instruct a Martlesham conveyancing practitioner based in the location that I am purchasing? I have an old university friend who can carry out the conveyancing however her office is 300kilometers away.

The benefit of a high street Martlesham conveyancing practice is that you can visit the firm to execute documents, deliver your ID and apply pressure on them if necessary. They will also have local intelligence which is a bonus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If other friends have instructed your friend and on the whole were happy that must surpass using an unfamiliar Martlesham conveyancing lawyer just because they are round the corner.

Finally our conveyancing in Martlesham completes on Friday, however the couple I am buying from wishes to vacate 24 hours later at afternoon. Do I accept such a idea?

You can't complete on a Saturday because the bank systems aren't operating.