Are you able to recommend a Barclays Direct allowed Cambridgeshire conveyancing practice that can complete within less than a month? Would it be better to use a local Cambridgeshire conveyancer or a factory type firm?
We can recommend some very good Cambridgeshire conveyancing firms. Another option is to visit the main road in Cambridgeshire. Visit a couple of firms and ask to speak with a conveyancing solicitor for a quote. Discuss your deadline together with your reasons and ask for a commitment on speed. Appoint the lawyer that you trust.
I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Cambridgeshire. My lender is Chelsea Building Society
Chelsea Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 3/2/2025, the requirements read as follows :
My friend recommended that where I am buying in Cambridgeshire I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is usually included in the estimate for your Cambridgeshire conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Cambridgeshire around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Cambridgeshire Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Cambridgeshire.
I am purchasing a new build house in Cambridgeshire with the aid of help to buy. The developers refused to reduce the price so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep advised me not disclose to my conveyancer about this extras as it may impact my mortgage with the lender. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.
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.
I decided to have a survey carried out on a house in Cambridgeshire in advance of instructing lawyers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. My surveyor advised that some banks tend refuse to give a mortgage on a flying freehold property.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different instructions for example to Nationwide. If you e-mail us we can look into this further via the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Cambridgeshire. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Cambridgeshire to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.
Hoping to buy a property located in Cambridgeshire and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Cambridgeshire. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Cambridgeshire area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Cambridgeshire. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found