Are you able to vouch for a Alliance & Leicester allowed Ovingham conveyancing practice finish our house move within 28 days? Am I best advised to choose a high street Ovingham conveyancer or a national conveyancer?

We can recommend some very good Ovingham conveyancing firms. You can also walk up the high street in Ovingham. Go in to some well established law practices and request to speak with a conveyancing solicitor for a fee estimate. Explain your time frames together with the reasons and get a commitment on your deadline. Appoint the one that you are most comfortable with.

Finally the sale completed on my house in Ovingham last September yet the purchaser is e-mailing me to moan that her conveyancer is waiting to hear from mylawyer. What should have happened following completion?

After completion of your disposal your lawyer is duty bound to deliver the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Where relevant, your solicitor must also evidence that the mortgage has been discharged to the purchasers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements peculiar conveyancing in Ovingham.

We're in Ovingham, First time buyers purchasing with a mortgage (lender is Santander , and our lawyer is on the Santander conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?

The fact that your lawyer is on the Santander conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no property lawyer should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.

Various online forums that I have come across warn that are the main cause of obstruction in Ovingham house deals. Is that correct?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released findings of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature within the most frequent causes of delays in the conveyancing process. Local searches are not likely to be the root cause of slowing down conveyancing in Ovingham.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Ovingham. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Ovingham

Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Please supply a car parking plan.