Can you vouch for a Yorkshire Building Society approved Abercarn conveyancing solicitor who can have us moved in within a short deadline? Would it be better to use a high street Abercarn firm or a web based firm?
We can recommend some very good Abercarn conveyancing firms. You can also walk up the high street in Abercarn. Visit some well established firms and ask to see a conveyancing solicitor for a quote. Discuss your requirements together with your reasons and ask for an assurance on your deadline. Choose the lawyer that appears most efficient.
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Abercarn. My lender is Chelsea Building Society
Chelsea Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 15/10/2025, the requirements read as follows :
This question may be naive but I am wet behind the ears as FTB of a two bedroom flat in Abercarn. Do I pick up the keys to the premises on completion from my conveyancer? If so, I will find a local conveyancing solicitor in Abercarn?
There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Your solicitors will arrange to send the purchase money to the owner’s conveyancers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you should be able to receive the keys from the selling Agents and move into your new home. Usually this happens between 1 and 3pm.
Is it the case that all Abercarn solicitors on the Lloyds conveyancing panel are regulated by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?
As solicitors, in order to be on the Lloyds conveyancing panel they would need to be governed by the SRA. Many lenders do allow licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such organisation would be governed by the CLC.
I have paid off my mortgage with Lloyds. I assume I don't need a Abercarn property lawyer on the Lloyds panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.
If you have finished paying off your Lloyds mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Lloyds mortgage from the register. Lloyds, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where Lloyds has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Lloyds has instructed the Land Registry to do so
I'm converting the mortgage on my existing house to a buy to let mortgage with Halifax and intend to use the remaining equity as a down payment on further property. The location we are talking about is Abercarn. Will your solicitors be able to act for both sets of mortgage companies and link together the transactions?
Do use our search tool on this site to be sure that the lawyers are approved by both banks. On the basis that they are the conveyancer will be able to simultaneously deal with the two transactions but you should talk with you conveyancer and specify your expectations and requirements.
My step-father has recommend that I use his conveyancing solicitors in Abercarn. Do I follow his guidance?
No doubt the best way to select a conveyancing practitioner is to seek referrals from friends or relatives who have previously instructed the firm that you are contemplating using.
I am looking at a couple of flats in Abercarn which have about 50 years remaining on the leases. should I be concerned?
A lease is a legal document that entitles you to use the property for a prescribed time frame. As the lease shortens the marketability of the lease deteriorates and it becomes more costly to extend the lease. This is why it is generally wise to extend the lease term. It is often difficulties arise selling premises with a short lease because mortgage lenders may be unwilling to lend money on properties of this type. Lease enfranchisement can be a protracted process. We advise that you get professional assistance from a solicitor and surveyor with experience in this field.
Leasehold Conveyancing in Abercarn - A selection of Questions you should consider Prior to buying
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Is the freehold reversion owned jointly by the leaseholders? How many years are left on the lease? Can you inform me if there are any major works on the horizon that could increase the maintenance charges?