My friend recommended that where I am buying in Cilfynydd I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Cilfynydd conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant information about Cilfynydd around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Cilfynydd Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Cilfynydd Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Cilfynydd.

five months have gone by since my purchase conveyancing in Cilfynydd took place. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £215,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the premises from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Cilfynydd and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Cilfynydd. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Cilfynydd area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Cilfynydd. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

Should I use a Cilfynydd conveyancing solicitor based in the area that I am hoping to buy? An old friend can conduct the legal formalities however they are based a couple of hundredmiles away.

The benefit of a local Cilfynydd conveyancing firm is that you can pop in to sign documents, hand in your identification documents and apply pressure on them if necessary. Having local Cilfynydd know how is a bonus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who used your friend and they were impressed that should outweigh using an unknown Cilfynydd conveyancing solicitor just because they are local.

Are Cilfynydd conveyancing solicitors under an obligation to the Law Society to publish transparent conveyancing figures?

Inbuilt into the Solicitors Code of Conduct are set rules and regulations as to how the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) allow solicitors to publicise their fees to clients.The Law Society have practice note giving advice on how to publicise transparent charges to avoid breaching any such rule. Practice notes are not legal advice issued by the Law Society and is not intended as the only standard of good practice a conveyancing solicitor should adhere to. The Practice Note does, nevertheless, constitute the Law Society’s perspective of acceptable practice for publicising conveyancing charges, and accordingly it’s a recommended read for any solicitor or conveyancer in Cilfynydd or beyond.