A colleague suggested that where I am buying in Crawley Down I should ask my conveyancer to 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 Crawley Down conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant information about Crawley Down around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Crawley Down Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Crawley Down Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Crawley Down.

I used Action Conveyancing several years past for my conveyancing in Crawley Down. I now require my papers but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Crawley Down of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Due to the guidance of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Crawley Down prior to instructing conveyancers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. The surveyor has said that some lenders will refuse to grant a loan on a flying freehold house.

It varies from the lender to lender. HSBC has different requirements from Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can check with the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Crawley Down. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Crawley Down especially if they are accustomed to such properties in Crawley Down.

What does commercial conveyancing in Crawley Down cover?

Crawley Down conveyancing for business premises incorporates a wide range of guidance, given by qualified solicitors, relating to business premises. By way of example, this area of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more commonly, the transfer of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of tenancies.

I see that you have a post code search directory listing firms on the lender conveyancing panel. Do Crawley Down conveyancing firms pay you a commission if I instruct them for my conveyancing?

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