*Updated: 2012-05-13

To improve your chances of a trouble-free move in Farnborough, local knowledge matters. Our Conveyancing specialists in Farnborough have close working associations with a broad range of local information sources. In addition, areas of concern specific to the Farnborough region will also be examined.

We have assisted home movers throughout Farnborough, including Conveyancing in GU14.

What are the consequences if your solicitor is not on your lender's panel?

Many lenders, and particularly nationwide banks, were once willing to instruct any solicitors who requested to be added to their panel. Increasingly however, lenders have lowered the number of firms which they will accept and allow to perform this work. To proceed where your Farnborough lawyer is not on a mortgage lender' s panel, you have the following options:

• Try to obtain a mortgage from another lender who will instruct your Conveyancing solicitor.
• Instruct another firm of Conveyancing solicitors who are on your lender's panel to handle your Conveyancing.
• Continue with your present Conveyancing solicitor, but accept that a separate firm will also act for the lender, and that you will have to pay their costs in addition.

It is usually cheaper to have the same firm act both for you and your lender, and carry out all the conveyancing work in connection with a purchase and the mortgage. Consider these points if you choose to change firms:

• Additional fees may be charged by the new firm which your original lawyers considered to be inclusive.
• Your second choice of firm may have less local knowledge, or be harder to meet in person.

Looking for a mortgage lender with a branch in Farnborough, Hampshire, try:

• Santander, 95, Eastmead, GU14 7SA - Tel: 0845 7654321
• NatWest Bank plc, 1, Queensmead, GU14 7RQ - Tel: 0845 6002803
• Lloyds TSB Bank plc, 92-94, Queensmead, GU14 7SE - Tel: 0845 3000000
• Barclays Bank plc, 34-36, Victoria Rd, GU14 7PQ - Tel: 0845 7555555
• Halifax, 78-80, Queensmead, GU14 7SP - Tel: 01252 805202

Farnborough Tree Preservation Orders

Homebuyers should be aware if a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) is in place over a property they intend to purchase. In order to approve consent, the local authority may request that replacement trees be planted. It is a breach of planning control to remove any trees the original developer was obliged to plant, but a TPO may or may not also be in effect.

Transportation Concerns in Farnborough

Council road and rail projects can be a major inconvenience, or boon, to local residents. People moving into the Farnborough area should be aware of how these will affect their property. A search will reveal local transport works, including:

• Works within 200m of the home
• The status of roads by the home (e.g. are they adopted/a public highway?)
• Proposals for major development relating to adjacent roads

Bear in mind that funding for major projects may not become available for many years, if at all, so searches often reveal schemes which may never be carried out.