As a novice what is the most important advice you can give me regarding purchase conveyancing in Penkridge?

You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Penkridge or throughout Staffordshire is an adversarial experience. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there exists plenty of opportunity for friction between you and others involved in the home moving process. For instance, the seller, estate agent and even potentially a lender. Selecting a lawyer for your conveyancing in Penkridge an important selection as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONE person in the transaction whose responsibility is to protect your best interests and to keep you safe.

There is a definite ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone has to be blamed for the process taking so long. You your first instinct should be to trust your lawyer above the other players when it comes to the legal transfer of property.

I am considering mortgaging my house in Penkridge, does my lawyer have to be on the RBS Conveyancing panel?

In theory, you could use a solicitor that is not on the RBS conveyancing panel, but RBS would require one of their panel solicitors to be instructed to act in their interests, and you'd have to pay for this - so most people instruct a panel solicitor. It's also easier, as otherwise you'd have to deal with two solicitors for the same conveyancing matter.

Due to the guidance of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Penkridge ahead of appointing lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. My surveyor advised that some banks will refuse to grant a loan on this type of home.

It varies from the lender to lender. Bank of Scotland has different instructions from Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to telephone us we can check via the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Penkridge. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.

What tools are available to identify a Penkridge law firm on the Alliance & Leicester conveyancing panel? I have a car and am willing to travel upto 20kilometers to meet the lawyer.

You can use the search on this page. Please choose the bank and your location and you will see a number of Penkridge conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have listed some Penkridge conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can telephone them to verify if they are on the Alliance & Leicester member panel

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor for sale conveyancing in Penkridge. I've chance upon a web site which seems to have the ideal solution If there is a chance to get all formalities done via web that would be ideal. Do I need to be wary? What should out be looking out for?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?