The owners of the home we are hoping to buy hired a conveyancing practitioner in Storrington who has suggested a lock out agreement with a non-refundable deposit two thousand pounds. Are such agreements sensible?

This type of agreement is not the norm in Storrington, conveyancers will often encourage clients away from them as they detract from the primary objective, namely conveyancing and if you end up having your deposit forfeited then the solicitor is left exposed. Furthermore, there is no certainty that just because the vendor has entered into a lock out agreement they will sell to you. They may be motivated to break the agreement if they are offered a large enough financial inducement to do so because a wronged party with the benefit of a lockout agreement will still be legally obliged to establish consequential losses from the breach and this may not equalise the extra amount that your seller may gain by breaching the agreement, no matter how morally shameful that may be.

I have been on the look out for a leasehold apartment up to £245,000 and identified one near me in Storrington I like with amenity areas and transport links in the vicinity, however it's only got 52 years on the lease. There is not much else in Storrington suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?

Should you require a home loan the shortness of the lease will likely be an issue. Reduce the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you may ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer concerning this.

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I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing lawyer in Storrington for my sale. Is there any facility to see a solicitor's complaints history with the legal regulator?

You may see documented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations stemming from inquisitions started on or after Jan 2008. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For information about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's record, call 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For callers outside the UK, dial +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA may monitor call for training reasons.

My 20yr old son is about to join the property ladder, the home loan was agreed last week in principle. One the seller agreed the offer on the house we telephoned the building society to go forward with his. I was shocked to hear that mortgage companies do not accept all conveyancer, they must be on their panel, is this right?

Banks normally restrict either the type or the number of conveyancing firms on their approved list of lawyers. A common example of such restriction(s) being that a firm must have two or more partners. In addition to restricting the type of firm, some have decided to limit the number of firms they use to represent them. You should note that banks have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any Storrington lawyer on their panel. Mortgage fraud was a key driver in the rationalisation of conveyancing panels a few years ago and whilst there are differing views about the extent of solicitor involvement in some of that fraud. Statistics from the Land Registry reveal that thousands of law firms only carry out one or two conveyances a year. Those supporting conveyancing panel cuts ask why law firms should have the right to be on a Lender panel when clearly, conveyancing is not their speciality. To put it another way; would you want a conveyancing solicitor to represent you if you were charged with a crime? Presumably not.