Please could you suggest a The Mortgage Works allowed Bloxham conveyancing solicitor that can complete within a short deadline? Am I best advised to unstruct a high street Bloxham firm or an online firm?
We would be happy to suggest some excellent Bloxham conveyancing firms. You can also walk up the high street in Bloxham. Go in to some well established law practices and request to see a conveyancing solicitor for a fee estimate. Discuss your time frames together with your reasons and ask for an assurance on speed. Choose the one that appears most efficient.
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Bloxham. My lender is Bank of Ireland
Bank of Ireland have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 18/8/2025, the requirements read as follows :
A friend advised me that if I am buying in Bloxham I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
This is a search is occasionally included in the estimate for your Bloxham conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing significant information about Bloxham around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Bloxham 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 plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Bloxham.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what was supposed to be a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Bloxham is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Bloxham are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Bloxham you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Bloxham may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my father I am selling a property in Cardiff but live in Bloxham. My lawyer (approximately 300 miles awayrequires that I execute a statutory declaration prior to completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Bloxham to attest this legal document for me?
Technically speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are located in Bloxham
Our solicitor in Bloxham has discovered a a problem with the lease for the property we are buying in Bloxham. The other side have suggested defective title insurance as a workaround. We are content with insurance and will cover the costs. Our lawyer has advised that as he is on the lender conveyancing panel he must check that the lender is happy with this solution. Are we the client or is the lender?
The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the potential for a conflict of interest, you and the bank are the client. A precondition to being on the bank approved panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects will the lease so that the lender can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected . Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.