Can your site be used to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Swanage even where I’m not purchasing or selling a house, for example if I wish to buy a shop in Swanage with a loan from The Royal Bank of Scotland?

Our comparison service is mainly there to help choose residential conveyancing solicitors in Swanage but we have recorded towards the end of this page a few Swanage commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to speak with the company directly to see if they are also authorised to represent The Royal Bank of Scotland

Forgive me if this question is silly but I am wet behind the ears as a 1st time purchaser of a two bedroom flat in Swanage. Do I pick up the keys to the property on completion from my lawyer? If this is the case, I will find a local conveyancing solicitor in Swanage?

On the day of completion you do not need to attend the conveyancers office in Swanage. Conveyancing lawyers for you will arrange to send the purchase money to the vendor’s conveyancers, and once they have received this, you should be invited to pick up the keys from the selling Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen early afternoon.

Does a directory service exist listing Leeds Building Society panel solicitors in Swanage on the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook Website?

Unfortunately not yet. There is no such tool on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association sites. A small selection of lending institutions make their panel listings available over the internet. Where you are seeking to appoint a Swanage property lawyer on the Leeds Building Society please use our tool.

I am due to exchange contracts on my flat. I had a double glazing fitted in May 2008, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's mortgage company, Santander are being difficult. The Swanage solicitor who is on the Santander conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but Santander are insisting on a building regulation certificate. Why do Santander have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?

It is probably the case that Santander have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Santander may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.

I used Action Conveyancing several years past for my conveyancing in Swanage. Now, I need my documents but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing 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 Swanage of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

About to purchase a new build apartment in Swanage. Conveyancing is a frightening process 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.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Swanage

Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme.

My husband and I are selling a Swanage bungalow left to us some years ago in 2010. I have over twenty years conveyancing know-how and, now retired, see no reason not to carry out the legal work. The purchaser's solicitor has informed me that their mortgage company will not allow you to do your own conveyancing mandating that the funds to be sent to a solicitor's bank account.

Lending requirements to conveyancers from all mainstream lenders state that If the seller does not have legal representation the purchaser’s lawyers should check whether the mortgage company needs to be informed so that a decision can be made if they are prepared to progress.