It is is a decade since I acquired my property in Moston. Conveyancing lawyers have just been appointed on the sale but I can't locate the deeds. Is this a problem?
You need not be too concerned. Firstly there is a chance that the deeds will be with your mortgage company or they could be in the possession of the solicitor who acted in your purchase. Secondly in all probability the title will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to prove you are the registered owner by your conveyancing solicitors obtaining current official copies of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Moston involves registered property but in the rare situation where your home is not registered it is more tricky but is resolvable.
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Moston. My lender is Chelsea Building Society
Chelsea Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 8/2/2026, the requirements read as follows :
My colleague recommended that where I am buying in Moston I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Moston conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Moston around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Moston Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Moston.
I am purchasing a new build house in Moston with the aid of help to buy. The developers would not move on the price so I negotiated 6k of extras instead. The estate agent suggested that I not to tell my conveyancer about this deal as it would put at risk my mortgage with the lender. Is this normal?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.
What tools are available to search for a Moston solicitor on the National Westminster Bank conveyancing panel? I have wheels and am willing to travel upto 20kilometers to meet the lawyer.
You can use the tool on this website. Please select a bank and your location and you will see a number of Moston conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have listed some Moston conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can telephone them to verify if they are on the National Westminster Bank approved list
We are 3 weeks into a leasehold purchase having been referred to conveyancers by the selling agent to handle our conveyancing in Moston. I am not happy. Can you help me find new lawyers?
They would need to be really poor in order to consider diss instructing them. Has the mortgage been issued? In the event that it has you need to inform them of the new contact details and have the loan are re-issued. Your new conveyancer should be on the mortgage company approved list to avoid supplemental fees and complications. So that should be your starting point. Our find a solicitor tool can help you find a bank approved lawyer for your conveyancing in Moston