The housing market in Ferring and Goring is heating up. What can I do to quicken up the legal process?

First, If the seller is applying time constraints for your conveyancing it is highly recommended that your lawyer is familiar with the area as they will make use of local connections and intelligence. It is even conceivable that they would have transacted otherhomes in the same neighbourhood. You would be best advised to use a Ferring and Goring conveyancing solicitor. In addition, ensure that the conveyancing firm is on the on the approved list for your mortgage company. It is understood that 18% of Ferring and Goring conveyancing deals are held up or derailed after finding out that a purchaser’s lawyer was not on their banks panel. This can often result in the transaction being delayed by almost three weeks. It is claimed that this issue impacts approximately 100,000 home moves every year. Many Ferring and Goring conveyancing firms can not represent certain banks so do check as early as possible.

The Ferring and Goring conveyancing firm that I appointed last week on my purchase in Ferring and Goring have suddenly shut down. They were on acting for me because I had to have a lawyer on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel and my previous Ferring and Goring lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take £195 for searches. What are my options?

If you have an estate agent involved then inform them immediately so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors may be able to help.

Have just purchased a probate house at auction in Ferring and Goring. Conveyancing is necessary. What are my next steps?

Given that you have now legally bound yourself to purchase you must appoint a conveyancing practitioner quickly as you will have a pending a drop dead date to complete the conveyancing. Every auction property will ordinarily have a corresponding legal set of papers. This will likely include most,if not all of the documents that your solicitor requires. In the case of leasehold property the conveyancing papers should provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing paperwork pertinent to a leasehold property. You need to hand this to the lawyer instructed by you as soon as possible. You also need to ensure that you have funds in place to complete on the on the contractual date .

A colleague pointed out to me me that in purchasing a property in Ferring and Goring there could be various restrictions preventing external alterations to the property. Is this right?

We are aware of a number of properties in Ferring and Goring which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to external changes. Part of the conveyancing in Ferring and Goring should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

I am due to exchange contracts on my flat. I had a double glazing fitted in February 2006, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's lender, Clydesdale are being a right pain. The Ferring and Goring solicitor who is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel is happy to accept ‘lack of building regulation’ insurance but Clydesdale are requiring a building regulation certificate. Why do Clydesdale have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?

It is probably the case that Clydesdale have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Clydesdale 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.

What does a local search reveal about the property my wife and I buying in Ferring and Goring?

Ferring and Goring conveyancing often starts with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search company for instance Xpress Legal The local search is essential in every Ferring and Goring conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any unpleasant surprises after you move into your new home. The search will supply information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 topic headings.

We have been advised by many estate agents that it may take up to two months for Ferring and Goring conveyancing to complete.This was four weeks ago. The property information was only forwarded from the vendors conveyancer yesterday so does the clock start running now?

Do not rely on completing on a specific date until exchange of contracts occurs. Regardless of the promises the people you are buying from or selling to make, or your mortgage broker provides don't rely on them. More stress is caused to clients trying to move home by false assurances than any other factor when it comes to conveyancing in Ferring and Goring.