We are planning to buy with Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. We have called around locally yet am unable to find a Dunmow conveyancing firm on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society panel. Can you help?
Feel free to take advantage of the search tool on this page. Pick the lender and type Dunmow or your preferred area and you will be presented with a number of lawyer offices in Dunmow or nearest you.
We are buying a 4 bedroom semi-detached house in Dunmow. The intention is to carry out an extension to the side at the property.Will the conveyancing process involve checks to determine if these works are permitted?
Your conveyancer should check the registered title as conveyancing in Dunmow will on occasion identify restrictions in the title documents which restrict certain changes or need the permission of a 3rd party. Many additions require local authority planning consent and approval in accordance building regulations. Certain locations are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or impact extensions. It would be wise to check these things with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.
Completion of my remortgage has taken place for my property in Dunmow. Conveyancing was satisfactory but I feel I should register my dissatisfaction about the lender. How does one go about formally complaining?
All banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Services Department at head office. Ordinarily complaints to a lender are sorted out very quickly. However if you are not satisfied that the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service who will take matters further.
I was told four weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by Nationwide. Is it usual for Nationwide to only issue the offer once my solicitor in Dunmow is approved on their conveyancing panel? Nationwide have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their PI Insurance.
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Nationwide to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
What will a local search inform me regarding the property I am purchasing in Dunmow?
Dunmow conveyancing often starts with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search organisations such as PSG The local search plays an important role in many a Dunmow conveyancing purchase; that is if you don’t want any unpleasant once you have moved into your new home. The search will supply information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 subject areas.
I own a 4 bedroom Victorian house in Dunmow. Conveyancing solicitor acted for me and TSB. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw two entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold under the matching property. I thought I was buying a freehold how can I check?
You need to read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Dunmow and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they remortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with lenders. You can also check the situation with the conveyancing solicitor who conducted the purchase.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my uncle I am selling a residence in Swansea but reside in Dunmow. My lawyer (approximately 235 miles awayhas requested that I sign a stat dec ahead of completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Dunmow who can attest this legal document for me?
Technically speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are located in Dunmow
We have just discovered that one of the partners of the conveyancing practice handling the purchase conveyancing in Dunmow is an aunty of the seller. Is this allowed?
Provided there is no conflict of interest this is permitted. Where you are needing mortgage finance then the bank may have a say as many banks have specific instructions on this. For example for Clydesdale Bank as of 3/12/2025, the requirements read as follows :