It is is a decade since I acquired my property in Summerhill. Conveyancing lawyers have just been instructed on the sale but I am unable to locate my deeds. Will this jeopardise the sale?

You need not be too concerned. First the deeds may be retained by the mortgage company or they may stored with the lawyers who acted in the purchase. Secondly in most cases the title will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you own the property by your conveyancing lawyers procuring current official copies of the land registers. Almost all conveyancing in Summerhill involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your home is unregistered it adds to the complexity but is resolvable.

We just had an offer accepted to purchase with Coventry BS. We have called around locally but cant to find a Summerhill conveyancing firm on the Coventry BS panel. Could you help?

Please do take advantage of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this page. Please choose the lender and type Summerhill or your location and you will be presented with a number of lawyer based in Summerhill or nearest you.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Summerhill. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Summerhill

Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Please supply a car parking plan.

I decided to have a survey completed on a house in Summerhill in advance of retaining lawyers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the house. My surveyor advised that some banks tend refuse to give a loan on a flying freehold house.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different instructions for example to Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can check via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Summerhill. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Summerhill especially if they are accustomed to such properties in Summerhill.

Me and my wife are disposing of a Summerhill flat left to us 5 years ago in 2012. I have over a decades worth of conveyancing knowledge and, now retired, see no reason not to undertake the legal work. The buyer's conveyancing practitioner has informed me that their Lenders will not allow you to do your own conveyancing requiring the funds to be transferred to a solicitor's bank account.

Mortgage instructions to solicitors from all CML members state that If the seller does not have legal representation the borrower's lawyers should check whether the bank needs to be told so that a decision can be made as to whether they are prepared to proceed.