My fiance and I are looking to purchase a flat in City of Darlington and have appointed a City of Darlington conveyancing practice. Within the past 48 hours our solicitor has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through with the expectation that exchange is imminent. The Royal Bank of Scotland have this afternoon contacted us to inform me that there is now an issue as our City of Darlington solicitor is not on their approved list of lawyers. What do we do from here?

When purchasing a property with mortgage finance it is standard for the purchasers' lawyers to also act for the purchaser's lender. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your solicitor should contact your lender and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own solicitors to act. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the bank's conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred City of Darlington lawyers, in which case it will likely add costs, and it will likely delay the transaction as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.

Completed the sale of my flat in City of Darlington last May yet the purchaser is telephoning every few hours complaining that their solicitor needs to hear from mylawyer. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?

Post completion of your sale your conveyancer should forward the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. If applicable, your conveyancer should also confirm that the mortgage has been repaid to the purchasers solicitors. There are no post completion formalities specific conveyancing in City of Darlington.

I have been referred to a conveyancing solicitor in City of Darlington. I I would like to check if they are accepted on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Could you help?

The first thing to do is contact your conveyancer and ask them if they can act for the bank. Otherwise you should call Barclays who may be able to assist.

I am buying a new build flat in City of Darlington. Conveyancing is daunting 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 can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in City of Darlington

The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. 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. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared.

I am a sole trader wishing to lease a unit on the high street. Can you recommend conveyancers offering fixed charges for non-domestic conveyancing in City of Darlington for under 1500k?

We can recommend firms who host a wealth of experience of commercial conveyancing in City of Darlington, including the sale and purchase of businesses as well as simply premises. If you are looking to buy or dispose of a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a whole business we will find you the right lawyer. As for the charges these will vary based on the structure and heads of terms of the deal. Let us have your contact information or phone so as to enable us to provide you with a detailed commercial conveyancing quote.