My grandson is about to exchange on a new build apartment in Woodley with a home loan from Barclays. His lawyer has advised him of a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. Who needs to receive the form?

The form is intended to provide information to the main parties involved in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Barclays conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the surveyor when asked. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Barclays conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.

What is your number one tip for choosing a conveyancing solicitor in Woodley

We would encourage you not to base your choice on the cheapest Woodley conveyancing quote. You really do get what you pay for when it comes to property lawyers. A cheap quote may mean that the conveyancing solicitor is handling a lot of jobs at one time and you won’t get the quality of service and the attention that you need. It is, however, wise to use a conveyancer who has a fixed fee on a no sale, no fee basis. This way, you go into the conveyancing with your eyes wide open.

My bid for a property was accepted at auction in Woodley. Conveyancing is needed. What are my next steps?

Now that you have for in every practical sense signed on the dotted line you now have to hire the services of a conveyancing lawyer soon as you will have a tight deadline in which to complete the purchase. All auction property will have an associated auction pack. This should include the copy title deeds, local authority and drainage searches. In the case of leasehold property the legal papers should include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing paperwork specific to a leasehold property. You must pass this on to your appointed conveyancing solicitor as soon as possible. You also need to ensure that your finances are in order to complete on the date specified in the contract.

I had an offer accepted on an apartment in Woodley on 16/2/2024, valuation was booked 4 days later, all came back fine. Solicitor appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Barclays and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?

A lender would not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Barclays to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Barclays conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

I am buying a new build flat in Woodley. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Woodley

The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Please supply a car parking plan. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme.

I decided to have a survey completed on a house in Woodley prior to retaining lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the property. My surveyor advised that some mortgage companies tend not give a loan on a flying freehold premises.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different instructions from Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can investigate further via the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Woodley. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.

A licensed conveyancer dealt with my conveyancing in Woodley half a dozen years past having archived my registration certificates but has now closed – What can I do to get hold of them?

Deeds, as such, no longer exist as the majority of homes in Woodley are archived electronically at Land Registry. If you need to prove evidence of proprietorship or are disposing of or re-mortgaging your conveyancer can obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.

If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned with reasonable haste.