I am need of leasehold conveyancing for a flat in a relatively new development (6 years built) in Wolverley. Almost all the appartments are already sold. Is it strictly necessary to order local searches as part of conveyancing in Wolverley?

Where you are obtaining a mortgage, your mortgage company will require some (many) of the searches so you'll have no choice. If not, then Wolverley conveyancing searches are for you to decide upon. Your solicitor, will 'advise', perhaps strongly, that you should not go ahead without searches, but he or she is duty bound in this regard. One thing to bear in mind; if you are likely to sell the house one day, it may be of interest to your future buyer what the searches contain. Sometimes houses with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. But if you insist that your lawyer to proceed without searches then your lawyer will have to follow your instructions or you will need to switch to another solicitor for your conveyancing in Wolverley.

We note that you have a post code search directory listing solicitors on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a commission if I retain them for our conveyancing in Wolverley?

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

Do I need to pay for insurance to protect me from financial exposure to chancel repairs when buying a house in Wolverley?

Unless a prior purchase of the house took place after 12 October 2013 you could take it that solicitors delivering conveyancing in Wolverley to continue to recommend a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Wolverley?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Wolverley. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

I am an executor of my recently deceased mother’s Will, with a bungalow in Wolverley which will be marketed. The property has never been registered at the Land Registry and I'm told that many buyers solicitors will insist that it is done before they will move forward. What's the mechanism for this?

In the situation that you have set out it seems prudent to apply to register in the names of the personal representative(s) as named in the probate and in their capacity as PRs. HMLR’s online guidance explains how to register for the first time and what is required re the deeds and forms. You would need to include and official copy of the probate as well and complete the form FR1 to refer to the PRs as the applicant.