The West Dulwich conveyancing lawyers that just started acting on my purchase in West Dulwich have suddenly shut down. I chose them because I needed a solicitor on the Skipton conveyancing panel and my family West Dulwich lawyer was not. I sent them a cheque for two hundred pounds in advance. What should be my next steps?

If you have an estate agent involved then inform them immediately so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Skipton conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers should be in a position to help.

What does a local search tell me about the house my wife and I buying in West Dulwich?

West Dulwich conveyancing often starts with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search organisations such as Searches UK The local search plays a central part in most West Dulwich conveyancing purchase; that is if you wish to avoid any nasty once you have moved into your property. The search will provide data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen subject headings.

four months have gone by since my purchase conveyancing in West Dulwich took place. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £215,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the asset from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

I am buying my first flat in West Dulwich with a mortgage from The Mortgage Works. The developers would not budge the price so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent told me not reveal to my solicitor about the extras as it would impact my mortgage with The Mortgage Works. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

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.

Some months ago I was advised by my bank that their panel lawyers work on no move no fee basis for conveyancing in West Dulwich. I had a purchase abort yet the lawyers have requested search fees! They say the fees are independent!

By promising "no sale no fee" West Dulwich conveyancing lawyers are foregoing their charges for any work conducted. We must stress this is NOT an insurance scheme. you will still need to pay for any disbursements that your property lawyer has expended for you for instance West Dulwich local authority checks