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Reasons to use our Adamsdown conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Using a high street Solicitor usually results in a more personal touch. Online forums bear testimony to the idea that in using a large conveyancing firm, your conveyancing is dealt with by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.
  • 2 Conveyancer conveyancing firms have excellent personal links with Adamsdown estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 There is a better than average chance that the other side’s conveyancers are located in Adamsdown - if so sets of solicitors are likely to be familiar
  • 4 You can rest easier when choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Adamsdown has a number to choose from, but for a truly professional and reliable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.
  • 5 Personal touch together with a wealth of expertise are key benefits that you should value when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Adamsdown conveyancing can be made significantly more complicated due to poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Adamsdown since December 2024*

Acquisition

of apartment Clifton Street CF24 1LS, purchased for £110,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: obtaining official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

Disposal

of detached residence property, Clifton Street, CF24 1LT completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £240,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, ordering official copies of the title

Transfer

of terraced property, Cumnock Terrace, CF24 2AF completing on 08/01/2025 at a price of £160,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

Sale

of apartment The Court CF24 1RH, at purchase sum of £236,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, securing official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Adamsdown

Our conveyancer has uncovered a defect with the lease for the flat we are buying in Adamsdown. The other side have offered defective title insurance as a solution. We are content with insurance and will cover the costs. Our conveyancer has advised that he must ensure that the lender is happy with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the lender?

The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the risk of a conflict of interest, you and the lender are the client. Your conveyancing practitioner must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects with the lease so that the lender can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your conveyancing practitioner will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

Finally the sale completed on my house in Adamsdown last March but my buyer keeps SMS messaging daily complaining that her solicitor is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What should my lawyer have done following completion?

Following your house sale your solicitor should deliver the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Where appropriate, your solicitor must also evidence that the home loan has been paid off to the purchasers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion procedures just for conveyancing in Adamsdown.

I am buying a house and the lawyer has referenced Chancel Repair for which the house may be obligated to contribute to because it falls into the area of such a church. She has mentioned insurance. Is this really appropriate for conveyancing in Adamsdown

Unless a prior acquisition of the house completed after 12 October 2013 you may take it that conveyancing practitioners conducting conveyancing in Adamsdown to continue to recommend a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £305k and identified one near me in Adamsdown I like with open areas and transport links nearby, the downside is that it only has 49 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Adamsdown for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a lease with such few years left?

If you require a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will be an issue. Reduce the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you could ask them to start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor concerning this.

Having checked my lease I have discovered that there are only 62 years left on my lease in Adamsdown. I need to extend my lease but my freeholder is missing. What should I do?

If you qualify, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can submit an application to the County Court for an order to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will enable the lease to be extended by the magistrate. However, you will be required to prove that you or your lawyers have made all reasonable attempts to track down the landlord. In some cases an enquiry agent should be helpful to conduct investigations and to produce a report which can be used as evidence that the landlord is indeed missing. It is advisable to get professional help from a solicitor in relation to devolving into the landlord’s disappearance and the application to the County Court overseeing Adamsdown.

Adamsdown Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Questions you should ask before buying

    It is important to be aware if fixing the lift or some other significant cost is due in the near future that will be shared by the leasehold owners and could well materially impact the level of the service costs or result in a one time invoice. How much is the annual maintenance fee and ground rent? The answer will be important as a) areas may cause problems in the block as the communal areas may start to deteriorate if repairs remain unpaid b) if the tenants have an issue with the managing agents you will want to have all the details

Our sealed bid on semi in Adamsdown has been agreed to, the vendor does however have a dependent purchase. The sellers have offered on a property, although it’s not yet tied up, and has viewings of other apartments booked. I have instructed a local conveyancing lawyer in Adamsdown. What do I do now? At what point do I apply for the mortgage with Clydesdale?

It is normal to have anxieties where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket prematurely (home loan application is in the region of £1k, then valuation, Adamsdown conveyancing search costs, etc). The first course of action is to ensure that your solicitor is on the Clydesdale approved list. Regarding the subsequent phase this very much depends on the circumstances of your transaction, desire for the property and on the state of the market. In a hot market some home buyers would apply for a home loan with Clydesdale and arrange for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they ask their lawyer to press on with searches.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Adamsdown regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Adamsdown practicing in commercial conveyancing in Adamsdown. This should include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Spicketts Battrick Law Practice, 126 Clifton Street, Roath, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF24 1LX
  • Thomas Simon Limited, 62 Newport Road, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF24 0DF
  • Crowley & Co, Oxford House, 10-16 Vere Street, Roath, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF24 3DS
  • Charles Crookes Limited, 51 The Parade, Roath, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF24 3AB
  • Howells Legal Limited, First Floor, Hallinans House, 22 Newport Road, Cardiff, Cardiff, CF24 0TD

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Adamsdown regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Adamsdown but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Countrywide Property Lawyers Limited, Brunel House, CF24 0ZZ
  • Griffiths Ings Property Lawyers Limited, 9 Kings Road, CF11 9BZ
  • West Coast Conveyancing Limited, 9 Kings Road, CF11 9BZ
  • Beverly Davies Penny, Brunswick House, CF5 1LJ
  • Susan Cotter & Co, 63 Merthyr Road, CF14 1DD

Planning law solicitors in Adamsdown regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Adamsdown practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including special planning controls
  • Thomas Simon Limited, 62 Newport Road, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF24 0DF
  • Howells Legal Limited, First Floor, Hallinans House, 22 Newport Road, Cardiff, Cardiff, CF24 0TD
  • Insight Law Llp, The Maltings, East Tyndall Street, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF24 5EZ
  • Berry Smith Llp, Haywood House, Dumfries Place, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF10 3GA
  • Geldards Llp, Dumfries House, Dumfries Place, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF10 3ZF

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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