My IFA says he needs my Dorset law firm’s panel reference for the Nationwide conveyancing panel. How do I find this out. I have e-mailed my local Dorset office but they have not responded to me.

You are best placed to get this information from your Dorset conveyancing practitioner . They keep a central record lender panel numbers.

Can you suggest a HSBC Bank sanctioned Dorset conveyancing practice finish our home move within under 3 weeks? Would it be better to use a local Dorset firm or an online conveyancer?

We can recommend some very good Dorset conveyancing firms. You can also walk up the high street in Dorset. Go in to two or three firms and ask to speak with a conveyancing solicitor for a quote. Mention your time frames together with the reasons and ask for an assurance on your deadline. Select the lawyer that you trust.

Can your site be used to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Dorset even if I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for example if I wish to buy an office in Dorset with a mortgage from Norwich and Peterborough Building Society?

Our comparison service is predominantly there to find domestic conveyancing solicitors in Dorset but we have listed at the end of this page a selection of Dorset commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to enquire with the solicitors directly to establish if they are also authorised to represent Norwich and Peterborough Building Society

I am helping my niece sell her flat in Dorset. Does the conveyancer order an EPC or do I organise this?

After the demise of Home Packs, energy performance certificates was kept a mandatory element of moving house. An energy performance certificate needs to be to hand before the property is advertised. It is not a task that conveyancers ordinarily organise. Where you are using a Dorset conveyancing solicitor they may be able to arrange energy performance certificates given their relationships with reputable Dorset energy assessors

My solicitor has informed me that defective lease insurance is needed on my purchase. What is the level of cover for Dorset conveyancing?

The right level of defective lease indemnity insurance depends on your lender. It would differ for example between Yorkshire Building Society and Skipton Building Society. Conveyancing lawyers as opposed to members of the public take out such policies.

I currently have a mortgage with RBS for my property in Dorset. Conveyancing has been completed a year ago. If I am intending to rent out my property and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a BTL mortgage or inform RBS?

RBS must be informed of your intention prior to letting out your property as this is likely to be a breach of RBS’s mortgage conditions. It may be that RBS will permit you to let out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact RBS directly. You need not do this via a RBS conveyancing panel lawyer.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Dorset. Conveyancing is a frightening process 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 selection of leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Dorset

Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company?