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Reasons to use our Barry Island conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor on the whole means that you will receive a more personal touch. Online forums often suggest that in selecting a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 2 Barry Island conveyancing lawyers will acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 3 Barry Island solicitors have a crucial edge when it comes to Barry Island conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that will affect your sale or purchase
  • 4 Our site offers most comprehensive residential conveyancing directory service identifying bank approved law practices conducting conveyancing in Barry Island governed by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 5 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these companies are often located many kilometers away with limited appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Barry Island

Examples of recent conveyancing in Barry Island since December 2024*

Sale

of detached residence residence, Heol Penygraig, CF62 5DQ completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £270,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

Transfer

of semi residence, Phyllis Street, CF62 5UU completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £250,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, obtaining official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

Sale

of semi-detached property, Rhodfa Sweldon, CF62 5AD completing on 06/01/2025 at a price of £245,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in readiness for completion, setting up the completion formalities

Acquisition

of apartment Buttrills Road CF62 8DD, purchased for £137,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Barry Island

I am selling my flat in Barry Island and the EA has just text me to warn that the buyers are swapping conveyancer. The excuse is that the bank will only engage with property lawyers on their approved list. Why would a leading lender only deal with specific solicitors rather the firm that they want to choose for their conveyancing in Barry Island ?

UK lenders have always had panels of law firms that can act for them, but in recent years big names such as Yorkshire Building Society, have considered and reduced their conveyancing panel– in some cases removing conveyancing firms who have worked with them for decades.

Banks justify this action to a rise in fraud by way of justification for the pruning – criteria have been narrowed as a smaller panel is easier to monitor. No lender will say how many solicitors have been dropped, claiming the information is commercially sensitive, but the Law Society claims that it is being contacted daily by practices that have been removed from panels. Some do not even realise they have been dropped until contacted by a borrower who has instructed them as might be the situation in your buyers' case. Your purchasers are unlikely to have any impact on this.

We're in Barry Island, FTBs purchasing with a mortgage (lender is Virgin Money , and our solicitor is on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?

The fact that your lawyer is on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no property lawyer should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.

Will commercial conveyancing searches disclose planned roadworks that could impact a commercial estate in Barry Island?

Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Barry Island will perform a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers invest in researching accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Barry Island. The report provides definitive data on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Barry Island.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Barry Island it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately can cause delays to Barry Island commercial conveyancing transactions as well as pose a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not carried out for residential conveyancing in Barry Island.

I am purchasing my first flat in Barry Island with the aid of help to buy. The sellers refused to reduce the amount so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The estate agent told me not to tell my solicitor about this side-deal as it will adversely affect my mortgage with the lender. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a simple, chain free conveyancing. Barry Island is where the house is located. What do you suggest?

Flying freeholds in Barry Island are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Barry Island you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Barry Island may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.

I have been advised by a few property agents in Barry Island to locate a conveyancer using your seach tool. What’s the financial inducement for Estate Agents to recommend your site ahead of alternative conveyancing organisations?

We refuse to make any commission for sending work our way. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission as a client could think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I receiving any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Barry Island regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Barry Island with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Barry Island. This could include advice on commercial leases including all matters relating to landlord and tenant law
  • Cranes, 8 Broad Street, Barry, South Glamorgan, CF62 7AA
  • Vale Solicitors Ltd, 102 High Street, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, CF62 7DS
  • J A Hughes, Centenary House, King Square, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, CF62 8HB
  • Passmores Solicitors Limited, 21 Tynewydd Road, Barry, South Glamorgan, CF62 8HB
  • Passmores, 21 Tynewydd Road, Barry, South Glamorgan, CF62 8HB

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Barry Island regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Barry Island but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Griffiths Ings Property Lawyers Limited, 70 High Street, CF62 7DW

Purchase conveyancing in Barry Island usually involves the following:

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Checking the title to the premises
  • Undertaking Barry Island property searches for the property
  • Considering the draft contract pack and other papers collated by the owner’s lawyer
  • Submitting questions with the vendor’s lawyer
  • Negotiating the sale agreement
  • Examining replies given by the vendor to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for the Transfer document
  • Guiding the purchasing in respect of the mortgage offer: (where appropriate)
  • Preparing and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion of the purchase
  • Completing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the transfer of ownership and the home loan (where relevant) at the HM Land Registry.

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

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