My mortgage broker requires my Torfaen lawyer’ panel reference for the Nat West conveyancing panel. What is the best way to discover this. I have e-mailed my local Torfaen office but they cant find it on their system.

Have you tried calling your Torfaen property lawyer about this?. They should have a central record lender panel numbers.

Our Torfaen lawyer has uncovered a difference between the information in the valuation report and what is in the conveyancing documents. My lawyer says that he is duty bound to ensure that the lender is happy with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my lawyer’s course or action correct?

Your conveyancing practitioner must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook specifications which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

We just had an offer accepted to buy with Loughborough BS. I popped in a few local firms but am unable to find a Torfaen conveyancing firm on the Loughborough BS panel. Could you help?

You should make the most of the search tool on this web page. Please choose the mortgage company and type Torfaen or your location and you will discover numerous conveyancers based in Torfaen or nearest you.

We're first time buyers - agreed a price, yet the estate agent informed us that the vendor will only go ahead if we use the agent's preferred conveyancers as they need a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a family solicitor with experience of conveyancing in Torfaen

We suspect that the owner is unaware of this demand. If they want ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a genuine purchaser is not the way to achieve this. Speak to the owners direct and make sure they understand (a)you are serious buyers (b)you are ready to go, with mortgage lined up © you are unencumbered (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you are going to instruct your own,trusted Torfaen conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will earn the negotiator at the agency a commission or achieve conveyancing thresholds pre-set by HQ.

I am on look out for some leasehold conveyancing in Torfaen. Before diving in I require certainty as to the remaining lease term.

If the lease is registered - and 99.9% are in Torfaen - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

Torfaen Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Questions you should ask Prior to Purchasing

What is the name of the managing agents? Best to be warned whether fixing the lift or some other significant cost is anticipated to be shared amongst the tenants and will dramatically impact the level of the service fees or necessitate a one time invoice. The best form of lease arrangement is where the freehold reversion is owned by the leaseholders. In this arrangement the lessees enjoy being in charge if their destiny and even though a managing agent is frequently employed if the building is bigger than a house conversion, the managing agent is directed by the tenants.