"Whether you are buying or selling, awareness of local considerations will positively impact the likelihood of a successful sale or purchase. Fridaysmove's Melton Mowbray Conveyancing team is able to employ their local knowledge to help you move home sooner.

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Local issues considered by Melton Mowbray Conveyancing Solicitors:

Melton Mowbray Tree Preservation Orders

TPOs are often made in respect of groups of trees (including hedgerows) or a number of trees on a large estate. The existence of any planning conditions, originally imposed on the developers of a Melton Mowbray property, will be revealed in a local search. If a newer property is affected by a planning condition imposed upon the original builders, it would be a breach of planning control to remove any trees this condition required the developer to plant.

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 Melton Mowbray 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. If your Melton Mowbray conveyancing solicitor is not on your preferred lender's panel, then the lender will not instruct that firm to act in connection with the mortgage. You then have a choice:

• 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.

Looking for a mortgage lender with a branch in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, try:

• Lloyds TSB Bank plc, 7, Sherrard St, LE13 1XR - Tel: 0845 3000000
• Santander, 5, Nottingham St, LE13 1NN - Tel: 0845 7654321
• Barclays Bank plc, Wilton Rd, LE13 0UD - Tel: 0845 7555555

Are you eligible for Melton Mowbray stamp duty relief?

Around 2,000 wards nationwide are eligible for stamp duty relief. Areas designated are identified by local government ward or electoral divisions. For homes bought for less than £150,000, this relief may be available. Normal rates of stamp duty apply for purchases greater than £150k. For a purchase below the threshold, it is worth making a simple postcode search to find out if a property is in a disadvantaged area. 'Mixed use' property, including a shop with an apartment above, may also receive stamp duty relief.