Can you recommend a Alliance & Leicester approved Dunstable conveyancing firm finish our home move within two weeks? Am I best advised to go for a high street Dunstable solicitor or a nationwide firm?
We can recommend some very good Dunstable conveyancing firms. Another option is to visit the main road in Dunstable. Go in to some well established law practices and request to see a conveyancing solicitor for a fee estimate. Mention your deadline together with the reasons and get a commitment on your deadline. Choose the lawyer that genuine.
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Dunstable. My lender is Virgin
Virgin have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 12/2/2025, the requirements read as follows :
I am helping my aunt sell her house in Dunstable. Will the conveyancing solicitor commission the energy performance certificate or do I organise this?
After the abolition of Home Information Packs, EPC’s was maintained a compulsory part of selling a house. An energy assessment should be to hand before the property is marketed. This is not a task that solicitors ordinarily organise. Where you are using a Dunstable conveyancing solicitor they may be able to arrange energy assessments given their relationships with long established Dunstable assessors
We are due to move property in April. Does my conveyancing solicitor update the removal company on the day of completion. On a separate note, can you put forward a removal company in Dunstable. Conveyancing solicitor was chosen before I stumbled across this website.
On the day of completion you will need to pick up the house keys from the estate agent however this can only take place after the vendors solicitors inform the agent that they acknowledge receipt of the completion payment and the keys can be given over. You should tell the removal men that they can start moving you in. As a matter of policy we do not suggest a specific removal organisation but can help you find a conveyancing in Dunstable or a lawyer that specialises in conveyancing in Dunstable.
Aldermore have agreed my home loan in principle, my bid on a flat in Dunstable has been accepted, what are the next steps?
Your property agent will need to know who your solicitors are (ensure that the property lawyers are on the bank’s approved list). Call up Aldermore or your broker and finish off any outstanding documentation. Aldermore will sellect a valuer who will get in contact with the selling agent or seller to schedule an appointment. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes on average a week to receive the mortgage offer. Aldermore will send the offer to you and your conveyancers. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Dunstable.
I purchased a terraced Edwardian property in Dunstable. Conveyancing solicitor acted for me and Chelsea Building Society. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are two entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold under the exact same property. Is it worth asking Chelsea Building Society to clarify?
You need to assess 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 proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Dunstable and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also check the situation with the conveyancing practitioner who conducted the purchase.
I am purchasing a new build house in Dunstable with the aid of help to buy. The sellers would not move on the amount so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The sale representative suggested that I not inform my solicitor about the deal as it may affect my loan with the bank. Should I keep quiet?.
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.
As co-executor for the estate of my grandmother I am disposing of a property in Cardiff but reside in Dunstable. My conveyancer (based 250 miles awayneeds me to execute a statutory declaration ahead of the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Dunstable to witness and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you should not be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are located in Dunstable