As a first time buyer what is the most important number one tip you can impart concerning purchase conveyancing in Pontcanna?

Not many law firms or advisers will tell you this but conveyancing in Pontcanna and elsewhere in is an adversarial experience. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there exists lots of opportunity for confrontation between you and other parties involved in the transaction. For example, the seller, property agent and sometimes the bank. Choosing a law firm for your conveyancing in Pontcanna an important selection as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the SOLE person in the process whose responsibility is to protect your legal interests and to protect you.

There is a worrying ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone has to be at fault for the process being so protracted. We recommend that you your first instinct should be to trust your solicitor above all other players when it comes to the legal assignment of property.

Me and my brother purchased a 4 bedroom Victorian property in Pontcanna. Conveyancing lawyer represented me and . I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw a couple of entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold under the matching address. Is it worth asking to clarify?

You should assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Pontcanna and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also check the position with the conveyancing practitioner who completed the work.

I am buying my first flat in Pontcanna with a loan from . The sellers refused to reduce the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent suggested that I not inform my lawyer about this deal as it will put at risk my loan with the lender. Should I keep quiet?.

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.

Am I best advised to go with a Pontcanna conveyancing solicitor in close proximity to the house I am buying? I have an old university friend who can deal with the legal work but they are based approximately 350kilometers drive away.

The primary upside of using a local Pontcanna conveyancing firm is that you can drop in to sign documents, present your ID and pester them where appropriate. Having local Pontcanna know how is a benefit. However it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If other friends have used your friend and the majority were content that should surpass using an unfamiliar Pontcanna conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being round the corner.

How much experience do your Pontcanna conveyancing solicitors have with Help To Buy, Shared Equity and similar schemes?

Pontcanna conveyancing lawyers help thousands of people move home every year and helped plenty of clients through the Help To Buy scheme. The chances are that whatever makes your case unique Pontcanna conveyancers have worked on recent similar matters.