I am buying a flat in Presteigne. My lawyer is not listed on the bank solicitor panel. Is it possible for me to continue with my Presteigne conveyancing solicitor even though they are excluded from the bank panel?

You have a couple of options open to you here

• Complete the purchase with your preferred Presteigne property lawyer but your bank will no doubt appoint a lawyer on their approved panel. The net result is additional charges together with likely interruption.
• Choose a new lawyer to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the bank conveyancing panel.
• Appeal to your conveyancing practitioner to attempt to join the mortgage company panel

In the event thatI was to purchase a simple residential housein Presteigne for cash and have no survey and no conveyancing searches how much would I expect to to save on my conveyancing in Presteigne?

The sole reduction in fees you would achieve is the disbursement for searches. Your conveyancer is required to do the vast majority of work - money laundering, correspond with the sellers conveyancer, stamp duty submission, register the property etc. A marginal saving might be made by not needing to register a mortgage however it won't be a lot.

Having sold my house in Presteigne last October yet the purchaser is texting daily complaining that her conveyancer needs to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale legalities now that I have sold?

Post completion of your house sale your conveyancer is duty bound to deliver the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer should also evidence that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been redeemed to the purchasers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements unique to conveyancing in Presteigne.

I used Stirling Law a few years past for my conveyancing in Presteigne. I now require my file however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Presteigne of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I see that you have a post code search directory listing law firms on the mortgage company conveyancing panel. Do Presteigne conveyancing firms pay you a referral fee if I instruct them for my house purchase?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the lender conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to the any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Presteigne.