My fiance’s sister is a conveyancer. I suspect that I will receive friends and family pricing for conveyancing, but if not, what level of figure should I be expecting for conveyancing in Bath?
It’s sensible to obtain 3 or more like-for-like conveyancing quotes. Make use of our comparison tool on this page. The amounts will be different but service levels do differ between conveyancers as is the case with most professions.
I have given 8 weeks notice to my current landlord and must leave my rented apartment in Bath by 27/12/2024. Conveyancing on my purchase is underway. How realistic is it to complete in three weeks as don't want to have to find short term accommodation?
It is unwise to give notice on a rental unless your lawyer suggests that you should. Assuming that you have not previously done so, contact to your solicitor and request that they chase the sellers lawyers, try to get a realistic time scale from them that everyone will work towards
My friend advised me that if I am buying in Bath I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?
A search of this type is occasionally included in the estimate for your Bath conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Bath around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Bath Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Bath Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Bath.
I'm buying my first flat in Bath with the aid of help to buy. The builders would not budge the amount so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The property agent advised me not reveal to my conveyancer about this deal as it could jeopardize my loan with Coventry Building Society. Should I keep quiet?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.
I have been pointed in your direction by a number of selling agents in Bath to find a property lawyer using your seach tool. Is there a financial advantage for Estate Agents to recommend your services over another?
We don’t give any referral fee for directing people in our direction. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission because home movers will 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.
Am I better off to instruct a Bath conveyancing practitioner based in the location that I am purchasing? I have an old university friend who can carry out the legal work but her office is a couple of hundredkilometers away.
The primary upside of using a high street Bath conveyancing firm is that you can drop in to sign paperwork, hand in your identification documents and apply pressure on them if necessary. They will also have local insight which is a benefit. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If you know people who instructed your friend and on the whole were happy that must surpass using an unknown Bath conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being based in the area.