My partner and I are buying our first property. Our conveyancing practitioner has messagedto enquire if we wish to purchase extra conveyancing searches. We are really unsure what's recommended for conveyancing in Roehampton

The quantity and type of Roehampton conveyancing searches should be dictated entirely on the premises, the location, the likelihood of any of these risks, your familiarity of the locality and risks, your general approach to risk. What matters is that you adequately understand what information the searches could supply. Then you can make a decision if you consider that you need that information. If unclear, ask the solicitor to guide you.

We see that you have a search directory listing law firms on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I instruct them for our conveyancing in Roehampton?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Roehampton.

I am buying a semi-detached house in Roehampton. Can I do my own conveyancing?

Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Roehampton you will have to appoint a solicitor on your mortgage company's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Roehampton.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in last month in what was supposed to be a simple, chain free conveyancing. Roehampton is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Roehampton are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Roehampton you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Roehampton may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.

My husband and I are FTB’s - had an offer accepted, yet the estate agent advised that the vendor will only issue a contract if we use their recommended conveyancers as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. Our preferred option is to instruct a local conveyancer who is familiar with conveyancing in Roehampton

We suspect that the owner is unaware of this demand. If they want ‘a quick sale', alienating a genuine buyer is not the way to achieve this. Contact the vendors directly and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to progress, with finances arranged © you have nothing to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you are going to appoint your preferred Roehampton conveyancing firm - as opposed tothose that will earn the estate agent a commission or meet his conveyancing targets set by corporate headquarters.