We were about to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Liphook recommended using your search tool but have come across some other estimates via the web appear less expensive – why is this?

There are numerous conveyancers advertising at first sight what seems to be cut price. We would urge you to think twice about how much you respect your own move to you are willing to be penny wise pound foolish with regard to the standard of the conveyancing. Many of them list a cheap quote to catch your eye but hide extra charges in the fine print..

At what point will exchange of contracts take place for sale conveyancing in Liphook and am I required to be at the solicitors branch?

Where you are near to our conveyancing solicitors in Liphook you are welcome to attend to sign the paperwork. That being said, the firms we recommend offer a nationwide conveyancing service and provide as equally diligent and professional a job for you when dealing with you digitally. The signing of the sale agreement is not when everything is set in stone. Signing on the dotted line is necessary for the firm to exchange contracts when the time is right, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The procedure is is usually a five minute process, although where a long "chain" is in play, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Liphook)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

My relative advised me that if I am purchasing in Liphook I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your Liphook conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Liphook around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Liphook Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Liphook Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Liphook.

I'm buying my first flat in Liphook with the aid of help to buy. The developers would not move on the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep suggested that I not disclose to my solicitor about the extras as it will impact my loan with the lender. 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.

We have been advised by various friends that it can take 6-8 weeks for Liphook conveyancing to complete.This was 3 ago. The paperwork was only forwarded to my property lawyer yesterday so now does it countdown?

Six to eight weeks is an extremely loose timescale. Addressing accurately how long Liphook conveyancing will take is an impossible task. Every Liphook conveyancing transaction will have it’s bespoke set of concerns. As a result your solicitor should find it difficult to predict the an exact timescale to conclude your conveyancing in Liphook.