Are the BSA intent on creating a searchable register to to identify law firms on the conveyancing panel for example in Derby?

LenderPanel has not been advised of any plans on the part of the BSA to promote such a register.

Should commercial conveyancing searches disclose planned roadworks that may affect a commercial estate in Derby?

Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Derby will execute a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers expend in sourcing accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Derby. The report provides definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Derby.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Derby it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately could cause delays to Derby commercial conveyancing deals as well as pose a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not ordered for residential conveyancing in Derby.

My wife and I purchased a terraced Victorian property in Derby. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and . I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are a couple of entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold under the exact same property. Is it worth asking to clarify?

You need to review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Derby and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with lenders. You can also check the position with your conveyancing practitioner who conducted the conveyancing.

I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £305k and identified one close by in Derby I like with a park and transport links nearby, the downside is that it only has 52 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Derby suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a lease with such few years left?

Should you require a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term will be an issue. Discount the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing owner has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you could ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer regarding this.

We're FTB’s - agreed a price, yet the agent informed us that the vendor will only go ahead if we instruct the agent's preferred lawyers as they want a ‘quick sale’. Our preferred option is to instruct a family conveyancer used to conveyancing in Derby

We suspect that the seller is unaware of this request. Should the owner require ‘a quick sale', alienating a genuine buyer is not the way to achieve this. Speak to the vendors direct and make sure they comprehend that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances in place © you are unencumbered (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you are going to use your preferred Derby conveyancing firm - rather thanthose that will earn their negotiator at the agency a introducer fee or achieve conveyancing figures set by head office.