The Burnham Market conveyancing firm handling our Burnham Market conveyancing has uncovered a difference between the information in the home valuation survey and what is revealed within the title deeds. My lawyer has advised that he must check that the bank is happy with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my solicitor’s approach correct?
Your conveyancing practitioner must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions 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.
I am about to put a bid on a leasehold flat in Burnham Market. The property agents tell me that it is standard for flats in Burnham Market to have less than 75 years unexpired on the lease. I am taking out a loan with Tesco Bank. Is this going to be acceptable if the lease has 70 years remaining.
Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are getting a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Tesco Bank have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 30/4/2026 the requirements read as follows :
I am helping my sister sell her property in Burnham Market. Will the conveyancer order an energy performance certificate or it is for the seller to coordinate?
After the demise of Home Information Packs, energy performance certificates became a required element of selling a property. An energy assessment needs to be commissioned before the property is advertised. This is not as aspect of the sale process that solicitors normally organise. Where you are using a Burnham Market conveyancing practitioner they might be willing to arrange energy assessments due to their contacts with reputable local assessors
I have paid off my mortgage with Bank of Ireland. I assume I don't need a Burnham Market solicitor on the Bank of Ireland panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.
If you have finished paying off your Bank of Ireland mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Bank of Ireland mortgage from the register. Bank of Ireland, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where Bank of Ireland has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Bank of Ireland has instructed the Land Registry to do so
After weeks of negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Burnham Market. My financial adviser suggested a property lawyer. I paid an on account payment of £200. A couple of days later, the conveyancer called me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the UBS conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the UBS panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
My business partner and I are intending to take an assignment of a lease of an office on a shopping parade. Can you recommend conveyancers offering no-move-no costs for non-domestic conveyancing in Burnham Market for under 2k?
We can recommend firms who host a wealth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Burnham Market, including the disposal and purchase of businesses as well as simply premises. If you are hoping to buy or dispose of a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit or a whole business we will find you the right solicitor. As for the costs these will vary based on the structure and heads of terms of the proposed transaction. Please provide us with your contact information or email so as to enable us to provide you with a detailed commercial conveyancing quote.
My partner has suggested that I use his conveyancing solicitors in Burnham Market. Should I choose my own conveyancer?
There are no two ways about it it’s preferable to find a conveyancing lawyer is to have feedback from friends or family who have experience in using the conveyancer you're contemplating using.
My partner and I have had DIP from Santander who indicated that they will lend up to £218k. When do we need to instruct a solicitor for conveyancing? Burnham Market is where we are .
It would be wise to appoint a conveyancing practitioner now so that the conveyancing practitioner can open the file so they can commence the ID checks etc. As and when you wish them to start work you will be asked for a payment on account usually approximately £225. That would generally be after you have the mortgage offer and survey report, but should you want to speed matters you can get going quicker albeit risking some money.