The Eccles conveyancing firm handling our Eccles conveyancing has discovered a discrepancy between the assumptions in the home valuation report and what is revealed within the legal papers for the property. My solicitor has advised that he is duty bound to check that the bank is OK with this discrepancy and is still content to lend. Is my conveyancer’s stance correct?

Your conveyancing practitioner must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. 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.

Finally the sale completed on my house in Eccles last April yet the purchaser is SMS messaging every few hours to say her lawyer needs to hear from mysolicitor. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?

After completion of your house sale your solicitor should deliver the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. Where appropriate, your lawyer should also evidence that the home loan has been redeemed to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements peculiar conveyancing in Eccles.

I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Eccles. My lender is Platform

Platform have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 25/1/2026, the requirements read as follows :

The deeds to our home can not be found. The solicitors who dealt with the conveyancing in Eccles 10 years ago are no longer around. What do I do?

Assuming the title is registered the details of your proprietorship will be retained by HMLR with a Title Number. It is possible to carry out a search at the Land Registry, locate your property and get current copies of the property title for a small fee. If the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will also normally hold a file duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be ordered for a small fee.

I’m about to sell my garden apartment in Eccles.Conveyancing is yet to be initiated however I have just had a yearly maintenance charge invoice – Do I pay up?

Your conveyancing lawyer is likely to suggest that you should clear the service charge as normal because all rents and maintenance charges should be allottedas part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you will be reimbursed by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially