We note that you have a search directory listing law firms on the conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I instruct them for our own conveyancing in Chessington?

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

We're in Chessington, FTBs purchasing with a mortgage (lender is , and our lawyer is on the conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?

The fact that your lawyer is on the conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.

My wife and I buying a 3 bedroom semi in Chessington. We would like to carry out an extension to the side at the property.Will legal due diligence on the property include investigations to ascertain if these works are allowed?

Your solicitor should check the registered title as conveyancing in Chessington will sometimes identify restrictions in the title documents which prohibit certain works or necessitated the consent of a 3rd party. Some works need local authority planning consent and approval in compliance with building regulations. Certain areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or affect extensions. You should check these things with a surveyor before you commit yourself to a purchase.

Does a directory service exist listing panel solicitors in Chessington on the Council of Mortgage Lender’s Website?

Unfortunately not yet. There is no such tool on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association websites. A small selection of mortgage companies make their panel listings viewable on the web. Where you are in need of a Chessington on the please use our facility.

I am selling my apartment. I had a double glazing fitted in March 2007, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's mortgage company, are being pedantic. The Chessington solicitor who is on the conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but are requiring a building regulation certificate. Why do have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?

It is probably the case that have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.

Am I better off to appoint a Chessington conveyancing solicitor based in the area that I am hoping to buy? I have an old university friend who can conduct the legal work but her office is over three hundred kilometers drive away.

The benefit of a local Chessington conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to execute documents, hand in your ID and pester them where appropriate. They will also have local intelligence which is a plus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If other friends have instructed your friend and in the main were happy that should trump using an unknown Chessington conveyancing lawyer just because they are round the corner.

We are soon to complete buying a property in Chessington but as a consequence of wreckage from the recent storms I have agreed compensation from the seller of five thousand pounds taking the form of a deduction in the price. This was going to be dealt with as part of the conveyancing process but my bank will not permit this. Why were they involved?

Any being on the bank conveyancing panel is required to inform the lender of any changes to the sale figure. In the event that you did not allow your to report the price change to your mortgage company then they would have to disinstructing themselves from representing you and the bank.