IfI were to buy a freehold propertyin Prescot for cash and dispense with a survey and no conveyancing searches how much would I expect to have to pay for conveyancing in Prescot?

Any savings you would gain will be limited to the Prescot conveyancing searches. Your conveyancer still be obliged to do everything else - money laundering, liaising with the sellers solicitor, SDLT submission, register the property etc. A slight saving might be made by not having to register a charge however it won't be meaningful.

I am planning to acquire a house and require a conveyancing solicitor in Prescot who is on the Aldermore solicitor. Can you recommend a local solicitor?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Aldermore in certain locations such as Prescot. We dont recommend any particular firm.

A colleague suggested that where I am purchasing in Prescot I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

A search of this type is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Prescot conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Prescot around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Prescot Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Prescot.

I'm buying my first flat in Prescot benefiting from help to buy. The developers would not move on the amount so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The house builders rep suggested that I not inform my solicitor about this deal as it will adversely affect my mortgage with Chelsea Building Society. 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.

In my capacity as executor for the estate of my grandfather I am selling a house in Monmouth but reside in Prescot. My conveyancer (approximately 300 miles awayrequires that I sign a stat dec ahead of completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Prescot who can witness and place their company stamp on the document?

strictly speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Prescot based