When researching consumer advice sites for a recommended solicitor in Surrey Quays, many advise that I should look for a CQS accredited lawyer. What is CQS?

Surrey Quays Conveyancing Quality Scheme solicitors have been granted certification by the law Society The Law Society established CQS to establish evidence of quality standards in the home legal process. CQS enables house movers to recognise solicitor firms that provide a quality residential conveyancing. Surrey Quays is one of locations in England and Wales in which CQS have a presence. The conveyancing scheme requires practices to undergo a strict assessment, compulsory training, self-reporting, random audits and annual reviews in order to maintain CQS status. It is available to solicitors and not licensed conveyancers and has the support of the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

4 months have gone by following my purchase conveyancing in Surrey Quays took place. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £215,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the property from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

I'm purchasing my first flat in Surrey Quays with the aid of help to buy. The builders refused to budge the price so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The property agent advised me not to tell my lawyer about this extras as it could affect my mortgage with . Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer 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.

Are there any apps to help identify a Surrey Quays law firm on the conveyancing panel? I drive a motor bike and am prepared to travel upto 20kilometers to meet the lawyer.

Feel free to make use of the search on this website. Please pick a bank and your location and you will see a number of Surrey Quays conveyancing lawyers locally. We have listed some Surrey Quays conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can ring them to see whether they are on the panel

As co-executor for the estate of my father I am selling a residence in Swansea but live in Surrey Quays. My lawyer (approximately 235 miles from meneeds me to sign a statutory declaration ahead of the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in Surrey Quays to witness and place their company stamp on the document?

strictly speaking you should not need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are located in Surrey Quays