As I am unsure how the conveyancing bit works what is the most important piece of guidance you can impart concerning purchase conveyancing in Badminton?

Not many law firms or advisers will tell you this but conveyancing in Badminton or throughout Gloucestershire is an adversarial experience. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there exists lots of opportunity for confrontation between you and others involved in the home moving process. For example, the seller, selling agent and sometimes a lender. Appointing a lawyer for your conveyancing in Badminton is a critical decision as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONLY person in the legal process whose role it is to protect your legal interests and to protect you.

There is a definite creep in the "blame" culture- someone has to be at fault for the process being so protracted. You your first instinct should be to trust your lawyer ahead of the other parties when it comes to the legal assignment of property.

My mortgage company has recommended a law firm on their panel based in Badminton but I would rather use a conveyancing lawyer in Badminton round the corner to me. Are you able to help?

Far from all Badminton conveyancing practitioners are approved and listed on all lender’s conveyancing panel. Please make the most of the above search tool to locate a Badminton conveyancing solicitor on the on the lender panel.

A friend advised me that where I am purchasing in Badminton I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your Badminton conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Badminton around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Badminton Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Badminton Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Badminton.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in last month in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Badminton is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Badminton are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Badminton you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Badminton may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.

What do I do if I am dissatisfied with the property lawyer who undertook our conveyancing in Badminton?

Occasionally the level of service you receive is not as you expect, and unfortunately sometimes things do go wrong. Nevertheless there is recourse if you were dissatisfied with your conveyancing in Badminton. This varies from trying to resolve matters directly with them, through to reporting a lawyer to their regulator. If you remain unhappy you may consider getting in touch with the Legal Ombudsman.