My financial adviser says he needs my Oakwood law firm’s panel reference for the Santander conveyancing panel. What is the best way to find this out. I have tried my local Oakwood office but they have not responded to me.

You are best placed to get this information from your Oakwood conveyancing practitioner . They should have a central record lender panel numbers.

Can your site be used to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Oakwood even if I’m not buying or selling a house, for instance where I want to buy a shop in Oakwood with a mortgage from The Mortgage Works?

Our search tool is mainly utilised to find residential conveyancing solicitors in Oakwood but we have recorded towards the end of this page a few Oakwood commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to speak with the company directly to establish if they are also authorised to represent The Mortgage Works

I am buying a new build flat in Oakwood. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Oakwood

The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided.

We are four weeks into a freehold purchase having been recommend to solicitors by the local agent to perform conveyancing in Oakwood. I am am very frustrated with the level of service. Can you help me find new lawyers?

A lawyer would need to be really poor to suggest changing them. Has the mortgage offer been generated? In the event that it has you must inform them of the replacement conveyancer and get the loan are re-issued. Your solicitor ideally should be on the mortgage company approved list to avoid escalating costs and complications. That should be your first question of the new solicitors. The search tool can help you find a lender approved lawyer for your home move in Oakwood

The solicitors conducting our conveyancing in Oakwood has sent documents to review that state the land is unregistered with epitome documents. Why is the property not registred at HM Land Regsitry?

It is rare for premises in Oakwood to be unregistered. An 'epitome' is basically a dossier of photocopies of documents affecting an unregistered title. Many Oakwood conveyancing lawyers will be familiar with such matters but if any uncertainty reigns the standard guidance presently seems to be for the current owners to undertake the registration formalities first and thereafter deal with the transfer to the buyer - this this chain of events will result in a significant delay.