Are the Lakenham conveyancing solicitors identified as being on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by Coventry BS?

Lakenham conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Coventry BS directly.

I am purchasing a new build house in Lakenham with a mortgage from Nottingham Building Society. The sellers refused to budge the price so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The property agent suggested that I not reveal to my lawyer about the side-deal as it would impact my loan with Nottingham Building Society. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Lakenham in advance of appointing conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. The surveyor has said that some lenders tend not issue a mortgage on a flying freehold property.

It varies from the lender to lender. Bank of Scotland has different instructions for example to Birmingham Midshires. If you e-mail us we can look into this further with the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Lakenham. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Lakenham to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

I'm converting the mortgage on my current house to a BTL mortgage with Skipton Building Society and intend to use the remaining equity as a deposit on a second house. The location we are interested in is Lakenham. Will your lawyers be able to act for both sets of lenders and tie in the two deals?

Make use of our comparison tool on this site to check that the lawyers are approved by both banks. Assuming that they are the conveyancer should be able to tie up the two transactions but you should have a chat with you conveyancer and specify your expectations and requirements.

I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing solicitor in Lakenham for my home move. Can I see a firm’s complaints history with the profession’s regulator?

Anyone may search for presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions arising from investigations from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For records Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors history, telephone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. International callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator may monitor telephone calls for training reasons.