My financial adviser has requested my Petworth solicitor’s panel member for the Nationwide conveyancing panel. How do I find this out. I have tried my local Petworth office but they don't know it.

Have you tried contacting your Petworth lawyer about this?. Most Petworth law firms will retain a file or database of lender panel information which would include, if applicable, their conveyancing panel details for each lender.

It is a dozen years since I acquired my house in Petworth. Conveyancing lawyers have just been appointed on the sale but I am unable to find the title documents. Is this a major issue?

You need not be too concerned. First the deeds may be kept by the lender or they may still be with the lawyers who handled your purchase. Secondly in all probability the property will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you own the property by your conveyancing solicitors procuring up to date copy of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Petworth involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your home is unregistered it adds to the complexity but is not insurmountable.

I have a decision in principle. The lender mentioned the mortgage came with free conveyancing. Is the implication that I have to appoint their panel solicitor as I would prefer to use a Petworth based conveyancing firm?

You should check but the chances are that allocate you one of their panel solicitors where you want the "fee-free" incentive. Speak to the mortgage company to check if they offer you a cash alternative. It is not unheard for a lender to give a £250 cashback as a further option in which case that money can go towards your preferred conveyancing solicitor in Petworth.

I am buying a new build apartment in Petworth. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

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

Please supply a car parking plan. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease.

My mother purchased her house in Petworth 9 years ago. She has been married, widowed and in recent months got married again. She intends to market the property next moths. I think she will just be need to supply copies of her marriage papers to the conveyancer however she is anxious it will frustrate the house move. Is it worth updating the title documents for the house?

It is not absolutely necessary to update the register on the basis that you have the evidence needed to show how the name change resulted.

The buyer’s solicitor should examine the registered details and requisition evidence by way of proof of the name change e.g. marriage certificates.