Why would one use a Suffolk conveyancing company when national conveyancers are less expensive?
To take your time to find get 2 or 3 like-for-like quotes for conveyancing costs in Suffolk and you should seek a competitive fee calculation but don’t expend your energy sourcing the cheapest Suffolk conveyancer. Identifying the right conveyancer can be the difference between a smooth and a stressful home move. It is important that you ensure that you have expert guidance from a specialist lawyer. An e-mail can never be as helpful as a telephone conversation and are no substitute for a face to face meeting. The firms that we work with will allocate you a qualified and top rated conveyancing solicitor that will handle your conveyancing from beginning to end, giving the sort of hand holding that you are unlikely to received from an internet conveyancer. He or She will contact you regularly to update you as to any developments making sure that you are ensuring that you are updated at regular intervals. Should it ever be necessary to call the firm you will know who to ask for and they will endeavour to make sure that you are kept fully informed.
Finally the sale completed on my house in Suffolk last April but my buyer keeps texting me complaining that their conveyancer is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?
Following your sale your lawyer is obliged to forward the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer should also send confirmation that the home loan has been repaid to the purchasers solicitors. There are no post completion procedures peculiar conveyancing in Suffolk.
I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Suffolk. My lender is Nationwide Building Society
Nationwide Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 17/2/2025, the requirements read as follows :
Various internet forums that I have visited warn that are the number one reason for delay in Suffolk house deals. Is there any truth in this?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published conclusions of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the most frequent causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Searches are not likely to feature in any holding up conveyancing in Suffolk.
It has been three months since my purchase conveyancing in Suffolk concluded. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £215,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the asset from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
I'm purchasing a new build house in Suffolk with a loan from TSB. The developers refused to reduce the amount so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent suggested that I not reveal to my lawyer about the deal as it will impact 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.