I am planning to acquire a flat and require a conveyancing solicitor in Bromham who is on the Virgin Money conveyancing. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a conveyancing firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Virgin Money in certain locations such as Bromham. We dont recommend any particular firm.

I am assisting my step-mother sell her house in Bromham. Does the conveyancer order an EPC or it is for the seller to see to?

After the abolition of HIPs, energy performance certificates remained a mandatory part of selling a house. An energy assessment must be to hand prior to the property being put on the market. It is not something that conveyancers ordinarily organise. Where you are instructing a Bromham conveyancing lawyer they may be willing to arrange EPC’s given their relationships with long established local energy assessors

My father pointed out to me me that in buying a property in Bromham there could be various restrictions preventing external alterations to the property. Is this right?

There are a number of properties in Bromham which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to execute external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Bromham should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

After months of negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Bromham. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £200. A couple of days later, the solicitor called me to say that they were not on the Aldermore conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Aldermore panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Bromham?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Bromham. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

I am buying my first flat in Bromham with a mortgage from Platform Home Loans Ltd. The developers would not reduce the amount so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The sale representative suggested that I not inform my lawyer about this side-deal as it may adversely affect my loan with the bank. 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'm remortgaging my existing house to a buy to let mortgage with Nottingham Building Society and I will use the rest of the raised equity towards another house. The area we are looking at is Bromham. Will your conveyancers be able to act for the two lenders and tie in the conveyances?

Make use of our comparison tool on this site to check that the conveyancers are on the appropriate lender panels. On the basis that they are the conveyancer should be able to simultaneously deal with the two deals but you should talk with you lawyer and make apparent your expectations and needs.