Finally the sale completed on my house in Shefford last August but the buyer keeps e-mailing daily to say their conveyancer is waiting to hear from mylawyer. What should have happened now that I have sold?
Following your house sale your solicitor should forward the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. If applicable, your solicitor must also confirm that the mortgage has been discharged to the buyers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks specific conveyancing in Shefford.
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Shefford. My lender is Tesco Bank
Tesco Bank have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 25/1/2026, the requirements read as follows :
My wife and I have a semi-detached Victorian property in Shefford. Conveyancing lawyer acted for me and Skipton Building Society. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are a couple of entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold under the matching property. Is it worth asking Skipton Building Society to clarify?
You should read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be 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 Shefford 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 purchasers. You can also check the situation with the conveyancing lawyer who conducted the purchase.
I'm purchasing my first flat in Shefford with a mortgage from Barclays . The developers would not reduce the amount so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The house builders rep suggested that I not reveal to my solicitor about this deal as it could jeopardize my mortgage with the lender. Should I keep quiet?.
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.
I am looking into buying my first house which is in Shefford and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Shefford. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Shefford area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Shefford. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found
I'm going to purchase an apartment very soon in Shefford. I am in need of a Shefford conveyancing solicitor. The family lawyer is located in Scotland and unable to help.Can you suggest a cheap Shefford conveyancer that can act for us as well as represent Santander?
LenderPanel.com is limited to being a directory service for lawyers who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Santander in certain locations for example Shefford . We dont recommend any particular solicitor.