Is it necessary during the course of the conveyancing process to pop into the offices of the solicitor to execute the legal charge? If so, I will instruct a firm who offer conveyancing in Monken Hadley so that I can attend their offices when needed.

These days approved lawyers for mortgage companies undertake the vast majority of work through the post, e-mail or over phone calls. This means that they can undertake the legal work for your home move regardless of where you live in the country. That being said you can check if you can still book an appointment to visit conveyancing lawyer if you prefer.

Do I need to pay for insurance to address the risk of chancel repairs when purchasing a house in Monken Hadley?

Unless a prior purchase of the property took place post 12 October 2013 you can take it that conveyancing practitioners conducting conveyancing in Monken Hadley to continue to advocate a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our property can not be found. The lawyers who conducted the conveyancing in Monken Hadley 10 years ago are no longer around. What do I do?

Assuming you have a registered title the details of your proprietorship will be documented by HMLR with a Title Number. It is easy to conduct a search at the Land Registry, find your property and order up to date copies of the Registered Entries for a small fee. Where the title is Leasehold then the Land Registry will also normally hold a certified copy of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be retrieved for £20 inclusive of VAT.

I am purchasing a new build house in Monken Hadley with the aid of help to buy. The sellers would not reduce the price so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The estate agent suggested that I not inform my lawyer about the extras as it would jeopardize my loan 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.

I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing lawyer in Monken Hadley for my house move. Can I see a solicitor's record with the profession’s regulator?

You can review presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations arising from inquisitions commenced on or after 1 January 2008. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For details Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors history, ring 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For non-uk callers, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator could recorded telephone calls for training reasons.