IfI were to buy a straightforward housein Stone Cross for cash and have no survey and no local authority searches how much should I expect to to save on my conveyancing in Stone Cross?

Any savings you would make will be isolated to the disbursement for searches. Your property lawyer still got to do everything else - money laundering, liaising with the vendors property lawyer, SDLT submission, register the property etc. A marginal saving might be made by not having to register a charge but it will not be a lot.

We are looking to buy a property and need a conveyancing solicitor in Stone Cross who is on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a conveyancing firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Lloyds . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Stone Cross.

I am buying a house and the lawyer has raised the issue of Chancel Repair to which the property may be liable as it falls into the area of such a church. He has suggested insurance. Is this strictly warranted for conveyancing in Stone Cross

Unless a prior acquisition of the house took place after 12 October 2013 you can take it that conveyancing practitioners delivering conveyancing in Stone Cross to continue to propose a a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

I purchased a renovated Edwardian house in Stone Cross. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and Leeds Building Society. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are a couple of entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold under the exact same property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

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 Stone Cross and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also enquire as to the position with your conveyancing lawyer who conducted the conveyancing.

My wife and I are selling a Stone Cross flat we inherited seven years ago in 2012. I have over twenty years conveyancing knowledge and, now retired, wish to undertake the legal work. The purchaser's conveyancing practitioner has informed me that their bank will not allow us to do our own conveyancing insisting the funds to be transferred to a solicitor's bank account.

Mortgage instructions to lawyers from all mainstream lenders state that If the vendor does not have legal representation the buyer’s lawyers should check whether the bank needs to be informed so that a decision can be made if they are prepared to progress.