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Reasons to use our Bewdley conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Personal touch together with a wealth of local knowledge are key benefits that you should value when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Bewdley conveyancing can be made a lot more complicated as a result of 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 expeditiously.
  • 2 Chances are that the other side’s lawyers are located in Bewdley - if so sets of conveyancers are likely to have worked on conveyancing matters in the past
  • 3 Conveyancer conveyancing firms have extremely good personal links with Bewdley selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these companies are often based hundreds of kilometers away with limited appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Bewdley
  • 5 Regardless alternative solicitors inform you it just might be important to pop into your lawyer to sign contracts. There are enough parties with an interest in a house sale without needing to add Royal Mail into the pot.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Bewdley since December 2024*

Sale

of house residence, Baldwin Road, DY12 2BP completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £230,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

Disposal

of terraced premises, The Lakes Road, DY12 2PH completing on 15/01/2025 at a price of £585,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, securing official copies of the title, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s conveyancer

Transfer

of semi-detached property, Laxton Drive, DY12 2PX completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £305,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges

Transfer

of detached residence property, Mostyn Road, DY13 8PN completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £302,500. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Bewdley

My husband and I changing mortgage lender for our apartment in Bewdley with HSBC. We have a son 19 who lives at home. Our solicitor has asked us to disclose anyone over the age of 17 other than ourselves who lives in the flat. The solicitor has now sent a form for our son to sign, giving up any rights in the event that the flat is repossessed. I have a couple of concerns (1) Is this form unique to the HSBC conveyancing panel as he never had to sign this form when we bought 3 years ago (2) Does our son by signing this extinguish his entitlement to inherit the property?

On the face of it your lawyer has done nothing wrong as it is established procedure for any occupier who is aged 17 or over to sign the necessary Consent Form, which is purely to state that any rights he has in the property are postponed and secondary to HSBC. This is solely used to protect HSBC if the property were re-possessed so that in such circumstances, your son would be legally obliged to leave. It does not impact your son’s right to inherit the apartment. Please note that if your son were to inherit and the mortgage in favour of HSBC had not been discharged, he would be liable to take over the loan or pay it off, but other than that, there is nothing stopping him from keeping the property in accordance with your will or the rules of intestacy.

I own a freehold premises in Bewdley but still pay rent, why is this and what is this?

It is rare for properties in Bewdley and has limited impact for conveyancing in Bewdley but some freehold properties in England (particularly common in North West England) pay an annual sum known as a Chief Rent or a Rentcharge to a third party who has no other legal interest in the land.

Rentcharge payments are usually between £2.00 and £5.00 per year. Rentcharges have existed for many centuries, but the Rent Charge Act 1977 barred the creation of new rentcharges from 1977 onwards.

Previous rentcharges can now be extinguished by making a lump sum payment under the Act. Any rentcharges that are still in existence post 2037 is to be dispensed with completely.

My husband and I decided to purchase a newly converted apartment in Bewdley with a residential mortgage from Santander.We like our Bewdley conveyancing lawyer but Santander says her practice is not on their "panel". we are left little option but to use a Santander panel solicitor or keep our local solicitor and pay for a Santander panel lawyer to act for them. We feel as though this is unjust; is there anything we can do?

Unfortunately,no. The mortgage offered to you contains various provisions, a common one being that lawyers needs to be on the Santander conveyancing panel. Until recently, most banks had large numbers of solicitors on their panels: a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your solicitors to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Santander

How does conveyancing in Bewdley differ for new build properties?

Most buyers of new build premises in Bewdley approach us having been asked by the developer to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the premises is constructed. This is because new home sellers in Bewdley usually buy the land, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Bewdley or who has acted in the same development.

I have been on the look out for a ground for flat up to £195,000 and identified one round the corner in Bewdley I like with open areas and railway links nearby, the downside is that it only has 61 years on the lease. There is not much else in Bewdley suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?

Should you need a home loan that many years will be a potential deal breaker. Discount the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for at least 2 years you may 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 and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this matter.

Is it simple use the search facility to choose a conveyancing lawyer in Bewdley on the panel for my bank?

Step one is to choose a lender such as Lloyds TSB Bank, The Royal Bank of Scotland or Nottingham Building Society then choose your location for instance Bewdley. Conveyancing firms in Bewdley and further afield will then be shown.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Bewdley regulated by the SRA

It is important to note that the listed firms do not limit their work for conveyancing in Bewdley but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.

  • Thursfields Legal Limited, 14 Church Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 2AH
  • Painters, 29 Church Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 2AU
  • Mfg Executor And Trustee Company, Adam House, Birmingham Roas, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 2SA
  • Mfg Solicitors Llp, Adam House, Birmingham Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 2SH

Planning law solicitors in Bewdley regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Bewdley with expertise in planning law. This could include advice on applications about listed buildings and conservation areas
  • Thursfields Legal Limited, 14 Church Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 2AH
  • Painters, 29 Church Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 2AU
  • Mfg Solicitors Llp, Adam House, Birmingham Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 2SH

Bewdley commercial property solicitors draw on a wide range of commercial expertise offering advice on numerous aspects of commercial property law

    Buying, selling and leasing land for registered charities Lease renewals and variations Property realisations and advice for insolvency practitioners Subletting, licences and sharing occupation Compulsory land purchase Factories, warehouses, offices, shops, restaurants, hotels, clubs and pubs, nurseries and care homes

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

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