I am helping my step-mother sell her property in Montpelier. Will the conveyancing solicitor arrange the energy performance certificate or it is for the owner to coordinate?

Following the demise of Home Information Packs, energy assessments was kept a required element of selling a property. An EPC needs to be to hand in advance of the property being marketed. It is not something that law firms normally arrange.If you are using a Montpelier conveyancing lawyer they may be willing to arrange energy assessments due to their relationships with reputable local energy assessors

I'm buying a new build house in Montpelier benefiting from help to buy. The developers would not move on the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep told me not inform my lawyer about this deal as it may impact my loan 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.

Hoping to buy a property located in Montpelier and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Montpelier. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Montpelier area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Montpelier. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found