Can I use your services to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Cottenham even if I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for instance if I wish to acquire an office in Cottenham with a loan from Bank of Scotland?
The service is mainly used to help choose domestic conveyancing solicitors in Cottenham but we have set out at the bottom of this page some Cottenham commercial conveyancing firms. You should make contact with the firm directly to see if they can also act for Bank of Scotland
I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Cottenham. My lender is Tesco Bank
Tesco Bank have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 30/1/2026, the requirements read as follows :
A friend suggested that if I am purchasing in Cottenham I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is usually quoted for as part of the standard Cottenham conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Cottenham around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Cottenham Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Cottenham.
four months have gone by since my purchase conveyancing in Cottenham concluded. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £150,000 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 asset 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.
Am I right to be suspicious by third parties that I am dealing with are encouraging me to use a national conveyancing firm rather than a High Street Cottenham conveyancing firm?
As is the case with lots of professional services, often referrals from relatives can be most helpful. Yet there are lots of parties with a keen interest in a conveyancing deal; estate agents, mortgage brokers and mortgage companies may suggest lawyers to select. On occasion these solicitors might be known to one of the organisations as experts in their field, but sometimes there behind the scenes financial incentive behind the endorsement. You have the discretion to choose your preferred conveyancer. You need to be aware that many lenders specify a panel list of conveyancers you must use for the lender related work in your conveyancing.