What is the best way to search for the right lawyer who can provide a quality service for our conveyancing in Abertillery?

Option 1 is to ask relatives who they used in the past and if they were happy with the service.

Second, search the web for conveyancing in Abertillery. Pick up the phone to a couple or more firms listed and ask them to send you their conveyancing estimate and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will handle your conveyancing beforemaking your choice.

Third is to use this site to help you find the right lawyers taking into account your personal expectations including location,deadlines, complexity and who the proposed lender is. Do not be teased by low cost conveyancing in Abertillery

Can you suggest a Bank of Scotland accepted Abertillery conveyancing solicitor that can complete within under 3 weeks? Would it be better to use a local Abertillery firm or an online conveyancer?

We would be happy to suggest some excellent Abertillery conveyancing firms. You can also walk up the main road in Abertillery. Go in to some well established law practices and ask to speak with a conveyancing solicitor for a costs illustration. Discuss your expectations together with your reasons and get an assurance on speed. Appoint the lawyer that you are most comfortable with.

Me and my brother have a terraced Georgian property in Abertillery. Conveyancing solicitor represented me and Barclays Direct. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw a couple of entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold with the exact same address. I thought I was buying a freehold how can I check?

You should review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Abertillery and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they remortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also question the position with the conveyancing practitioner who completed the work.

I'm purchasing a new build house in Abertillery with a loan from Chelsea Building Society. The builders would not budge the price so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The estate agent suggested that I not reveal to my conveyancer about the deal as it could affect my loan with Chelsea Building Society. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer 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.

My wife and I soon to exchange on the purchase a house in Abertillery but as a result of wreckage from the recent storms I have negotiated reparation from the seller of £3k taking the form of a deduction in the price. This was going to be dealt with as part of the conveyancing process however my mortgage company will not agree to this. Should they have been notified?

Your conveyancing practitioner that is on a bank approved list is required to advise the lender of any amendments to the purchase amount. In the event that you were to refuse your conveyancing practitioner to notify the price change to your mortgage company then they would need to refrain from representing you and the lender.