The Bramley conveyancing firm handling our Bramley conveyancing has discovered an inconsistency when comparing the assumptions in the valuation survey and what is in the legal papers for the property. My lawyer has advised that he must ensure that the bank is happy with this discrepancy and is still content to lend. Is my conveyancer’s stance legitimate?
Your lawyer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.
Finally the sale completed on my house in Bramley last May yet the purchaser is calling me to say their solicitor needs to hear from myconveyancer. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?
After completion of your disposal your lawyer should forward the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. Where appropriate, your conveyancer must also send confirmation that the mortgage has been discharged to the buyers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements unique to conveyancing in Bramley.
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Bramley. My lender is Accord Mortgages
Accord Mortgages have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 23/6/2025, the requirements read as follows :
I have justbecome aware that Action Conveyancing have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Bramley for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 10 months ago. How can I establish that my home is registered correctly in the name of the former proprietor?
The quickest method to see if the premises is in your name, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Bramley conveyancing specialists.
My husband and I are first time buyers - had an offer accepted, but the property agent informed us that the owners will only go ahead if we instruct their preferred solicitors as they are insisting on an ‘expedited deal’. My instinct tells me that we should use a high street solicitor accustomed to conveyancing in Bramley
We suspect that the owner is not behind this requirement. Should the vendor desire ‘a quick sale', turning down a genuine buyer is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Avoid the agents and go straight to the owners and make the point that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to progress, with finances arranged © you do not need to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you intend to instruct your preferred Bramley conveyancing solicitors - not the ones that will provide the negotiator at the agency a referral fee or achieve conveyancing thresholds set by corporate headquarters.
Is it true that a Bramley conveyancing company got sued by a client for not carrying out comprehensive conveyancing investigations?
Our attention has not be brought to such a Bramley conveyancing matter but it has been reported that, clients purchasing a home elsewhere in England successfully won a case against their solicitor as a consequence of development plans to construct a wind farm not being picked up in conveyancing searches.
If you are buying in Bramley It is critical that your property lawyer conduct all Bramley conveyancing searches required making sure that you have relevant and current information ahead of acquiring a home in Bramley.