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Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Bideford

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You can try and find the cheapest conveyancing solicitors in Bideford but be careful as you may get what you pay for.

Reasons to use our Bideford conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Experience means that Bideford lawyer have developed valuable working relationships with Bideford local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of handling your house sale or purchase in Bideford.
  • 2 Bideford solicitors will acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 3 Personal touch together with a wealth of local knowledge are key benefits that you should value when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Bideford property deals can be made significantly more stressful as a result of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers listed endeavour to make sure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.
  • 4 Bideford property lawyers have a significant edge when it comes to Bideford conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that can affect your conveyancing
  • 5 Solicitors accustomed to conveyancing in Bideford have a grasp oflocal concerns peculiar to Bideford and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and faster conveyancing.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Bideford since February 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Bideford

A loan agreement from Santander for the remortgage of my 3 bedroom flat is due by the end of next week. Are you able to suggest a cheap conveyancing lawyer in Bideford?

This site is not designed to aid those in pursuit of the cheapest conveyancing solicitors in Bideford. We can offer you cost effective conveyancing but our intention is not to work with the cheapest lawyers. Avoid the trap of appointing brokers teasing you with £100 conveyancing in Bideford. Optimistically, in going for low cost conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst you will end up with a hefty uplift in extras and still not receive the service you were looking for.

How up to date is your database of Bideford solicitors on the Aldermore conveyancing panel? Do Aldermore send you an updated list?

Bideford conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Aldermore conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Aldermore directly.

We wanted to use a property lawyer in Bideford for our house move. Our broker has since advised us that our mortgage lenders Norwich and Peterborough Building Society won't deal with them. Surely this is unfair competition?

A lender may require a panel conveyancer act for it. You would be liable to bear the charges for this. Do use our tool to find a solicitor to conduct conveyancing in Bideford on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society member panel.

About to purchase a new build flat in Bideford. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Here are examples of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Bideford

    Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Please supply a car parking plan.

I have been on the look out for a ground for flat up to £235,500 and identified one round the corner in Bideford I like with open areas and railway links nearby, however it's only got 61 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Bideford in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a lease with such few years left?

Should you require a mortgage that many years will be problematic. Reduce the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for at least twenty four months you could request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer regarding this matter.

My wife and I have recently had an offer accepted on a house and had meeting on Friday with Nationwide for the mortgage. They advised us that when it comes to choosing a lawyer that if they are not on their approved panel of conveyancers then we will incur an additional charge of £250+. This is is due to the fact that they would then have to appoint a conveyancer to act on their behalf in addition to the one we appoint for ourselves and we will be on the hook for their costs. I have asked Nationwide to provide me with a list so I can request estimates only from their approved lawyers but was told they dont have such a list to hand over. Is there a list online?

You can enquire of Nationwide what their panel criteria is for a solicitor.Then ask the conveyancer of your choice whether they meet the criteria and have they acted on loans for Nationwide previously. Where the answer to those is yes, then just double check with Nationwide. Alternatively please make use of our search facility and we may be able to find you a solicitor in Bideford on the approved list for Nationwide.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Bideford regulated by the SRA

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

  • Seldons Llp, 18 The Quay, Bideford, Devon, EX39 2HF

What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Bideford?

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding acquiring and selling property and cover conveyancing throughout England and Wales not just Bideford. If instructing a Licensed Conveyancer regulated by the CLC, you are entitled to:
  • Enjoy the benefit of an honest and lawful conveyancing.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high standard of legal services.
  • Enjoy the benefit of your transaction dealt with using care, skill and legal competence.
  • Have a high standard of service due to your conveyancer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Be supplied with a service which is accessible and responsive to your individual needs.
  • You should not consider yourself discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • Not receive a service which is below the level you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Ensure your individual needs taken into account should a complaint be necessary.
  • Receive a swift, objective and comprehensive service where if a complaint is made about your conveyancing in Bideford.

Typically, Bideford conveyancing for a purchase has some of the following tasks

  • Conveyancer instructed by the purchaser once the offer has been accepted
  • Checking the title to the property
  • Carrying out Bideford searches with respect to the title
  • Considering the draft sale agreement and other papers received from the owner’s solicitor
  • Submitting queries with the vendor’s solicitor
  • Agreeing the wording of the sale contract
  • Examining replies prepared by the owner to pre-contract enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for a Transfer document
  • Advising the buyer in respect of the loan offer: (if appropriate)
  • Drafting and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; reporting to the purchaser on the contents of the contract pack, pre-contract enquiries and the result of the searches)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion formalities
  • Completing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the buyer and the home loan (where relevant) at the Land Registry.

Neighboring Locations

Woolacombe
 Barnstaple
Braunton
Bideford
Torrington
Merton

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

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