How up to date is your database of Whitland solicitors on the conveyancing panel? Do send you an updated list?

Whitland conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from directly.

My colleague suggested that if I am purchasing in Whitland I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

A search of this type is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Whitland conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Whitland around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Whitland Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Whitland Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Whitland.

I'm purchasing my first flat in Whitland with a loan from . The sellers would not move on the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The property agent suggested that I not disclose to my solicitor about the side-deal as it could impact my loan with the lender. Should I keep quiet?.

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.

My business partner and I are intending to lease a unit on the high street. Can you recommend conveyancers offering fixed costs for non-domestic conveyancing in Whitland for under 1500k?

We are happy to recommend firms who host a wealth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Whitland, including the disposal and acquisition of businesses as well as simply premises. Whether you are intending to acquire or lease a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a whole business we will put you in touch with the right firm. As for the charges this will depend on the structure and complexity of the deal. Let us have your contact information or phone us so that we may furnish you with a detailed commercial conveyancing calculation.

Should local authority permission be necessary to change a single dwelling into two flats in Whitland? This has taken place to a property adjacent to my home in Whitland and was ignorant of it happening until the works were finished.

Planning Consent yes. Building Reg Approval yes.