We are buying a flat and need a conveyancing solicitor in Wellesbourne who is on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. Can you recommend a local conveyancing firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Virgin Money . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Wellesbourne.

My relative advised me that if I am buying in Wellesbourne I should 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 Wellesbourne conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Wellesbourne around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Wellesbourne Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Wellesbourne.

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

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Wellesbourne. 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 looking for a conveyancing solicitor in Wellesbourne for my house move. Can I see a solicitor's record with the profession’s regulator?

Members of the public may read presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations resulting from investigations from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For records Pre 2008, or to check a firm's history, telephone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For callers outside the UK, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA may monitor call for training requirements.

I happen to be an executor of my recently deceased aunt’s Will, with a house in Wellesbourne which will be sold. The bungalow is unregistered at HMLR and I'm told that some estate agents will insist that it is done before they will proceed. What's the mechanism for this?

In the circumstances you refer to it seems prudent to apply to register in the names of the personal representative(s) as named in the probate and in their capacity as PRs. The Land Registry’s online guidance explains how to register for the first time and what is required re the deeds and forms. You would need to include and official copy of the probate as well and complete the form FR1 to refer to the PRs as the applicant.