My previous conveyancer has quoted £995 for freehold conveyancing in Baldock. I’m selling a newly refurbished detached home for £175,000. Are the quoted fees excessive? Is it above the norm for conveyancing in Baldock?
The costs illustration is slightly on the expensive side. Where you are content to expend time comparing prices you could get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by say a hundred pounds. On the other hand, you mightcome to rue opting for an a cheaper conveyancer. Remember to be sure the solicitor can represent your lender. You can make use of our search tool to find a Baldock conveyancing company on the banks conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Baldock.
My nephew is about to exchange on a house that has just been built in Baldock with a home loan from Coventry BS. His lawyer has said that there is a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. What is this document - I have never come across this before?
The form is intended to provide information to the main parties involved in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer when requested. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Coventry BS conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
We note that you have a post code search directory identifying firms on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for our own conveyancing in Baldock?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Baldock.
I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Baldock. My lender is Platform
Platform have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 16/4/2026, the requirements read as follows :
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our house can not be found. The lawyers who did the conveyancing in Baldock 10 years ago no longer exist. What do I do?
As long as the title is registered the information relating to your ownership will be held by HMLR under a Title Number. It is easy to execute a search at the Land Registry, find your house and obtain current copies of the property title for a small fee. Where the title is Leasehold then the Land Registry will in most cases hold a file duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be obtained for twenty pounds.
I’m about to sell my 2 bed flat in Baldock.Conveyancing is yet to be initiated but I have recently had a quarterly maintenance charge invoice – Do I pay up?
The sensible thing to do is clear the invoice as usual because all ground rent and service charges should be apportionedon completion, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process