We were about to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Andover endorsed using your search tool but have come across alternative fee calculations via the web look cheaper – how come?

You can find numerous conveyancers offering theoretically looks to be very low prices. We would encourage you to think twice as to how much you respect your own move to want to be penny wise pound foolish concerning the standard of the legal work. Many of them highlight a cheap quote to grab your attention but conceal additional fees in the fine print..

I have given 8 weeks notice to my current landlord and have to leave my rented apartment in Andover by 16/3/2026. Conveyancing for my house purchase is underway. How realistic is it to complete in 5 weeks as don't want to have to move into temporary accommodation?

It is unwise to provide notice for your letting unless you have exchanged. Assuming that you have not already done so, speak to your conveyancer and request that they chase the owners side, try to get a realistic time scale from them that everyone will aim towards

A colleague suggested that where I am buying in Andover I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

A search of this type is usually included in the estimate for your Andover conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing significant information about Andover around the property and the people living there. It includes 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 Property Price, Crime details, Andover Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Andover.

About to purchase a new build apartment in Andover. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Andover

Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on two weeks back in what should have been a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Andover is where the house is located. What do you suggest?

Flying freeholds in Andover are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Andover you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Andover may decide 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 premises.