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Reasons to use our Blaenavon conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Solicitors that specialise in conveyancing in Blaenavon are familiar with the local issues peculiar to Blaenavon and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and faster conveyancing.
  • 2 Using a high street Solicitor usually results in a more personal touch. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, your transaction is handled by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 3 Blaenavon solicitors have a crucial advantage when it comes to Blaenavon conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will impact your conveyancing
  • 4 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often based many miles away with little understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Blaenavon
  • 5 Notwithstanding what alternative solicitors tell you it just might be necessary to attend your solicitor to sign legal papers. There are various parties with engaged in a conveyancing transaction without having to include Royal Mail into the pot.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Blaenavon since January 2025*

Transfer

of terraced residence, Duke Street, NP13 1BE completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £125,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

Disposal

of detached residence premises, Richmond Road, NP13 2PF completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £125,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

Transfer

of terraced property, Bowcott Avenue, NP7 6PQ completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £450,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s conveyancer

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Blaenavon

Our family lawyer has sent a quote for £1150 for freehold conveyancing in Blaenavon. I am selling a Edwardian house for £175,000. Is this too much? Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in Blaenavon?

The quote is fractionally on the steep side. If you shop around you may be able to get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by say a hundred pounds. On the other hand, you couldlive to rue choosing an an unknown lawyer. If is important to enquire that the conveyancer can represent your mortgage company. You can utilise our search tool to select a Blaenavon conveyancing firm on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Blaenavon.

My conveyancer has discovered a defect with the lease for the flat we are purchasing in Blaenavon. The seller’s lawyers have put forward title insurance as a workaround. We are content with insurance and will cover the costs. Our property lawyer says that he must ensure that the lender is content with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the bank?

The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the potential for a conflict of interest, you and the mortgage company are the client. Your lawyer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects with the lease so that the mortgage company can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your property lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

There are plenty of conveyancing solicitors in Blaenavon but how do I know who I should use?

It would be unwise to be tempted by the lowest Blaenavon conveyancing costs illustration. You really do get what you pay for when it comes to conveyancing solicitors. A cheap quote may mean that the conveyancing solicitor is handling a lot of jobs at one time and you won’t get the quality of service and the attention that you need. It is, however, wise to use a conveyancer who has a fixed fee on a no sale, no fee basis. This way, you go into the conveyancing with your eyes wide open.

We had instructed conveyancers located in Blaenavon on the Leeds Building Society solicitor approved list. They have just invoiced me a supplemental charge for handling the Leeds Building Society mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee set by Leeds Building Society?

As unfair as it may appear, as long as it’s in their Terms and Conditions or estimate then yes your lawyer may charge a fee for this. This fee is not set by Leeds Building Society but by your Blaenavon lawyer. Numerous firms on the Leeds Building Society panel will levy ’dealing with mortgage’ fee and others do not.

My fiancee and I are in the process of looking at apartments in Blaenavon and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it sensible to have my solicitor on ‘stand by’? I will be getting a mortgage with Co-operative.

It would be wise to instigate your search sooner rather than later. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their contact information on to the selling agent. As you are taking out a mortgage with Co-operative, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Co-operative conveyancing panel.

I'm buying my first flat in Blaenavon with the aid of help to buy. The sellers refused to reduce the price so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep told me not disclose to my conveyancer about this extras as it would put at risk my mortgage with the lender. Should I keep quiet?.

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 straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Blaenavon is where the house is located. What do you suggest?

Flying freeholds in Blaenavon are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Blaenavon you must be sure that your lawyer goes 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 Blaenavon may determine 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 property.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Blaenavon and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Blaenavon. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Blaenavon area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Blaenavon. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Blaenavon regulated by the SRA

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

  • Lewis & Lines, Commercial Chambers, Abertillery, Gwent, NP13 1YB
  • Behr & Co, Hollymount, 3 Market Square, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, NP23 4AJ
  • Brynmawr Law Limited, 74 King Street, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, NP23 4RG
  • R George Davies & Co, 5 Nevill Street, Abergavenny, Gwent, NP7 5AA
  • Fonseca & Partners, St. Marys Chambers, Monk Street, Abergavenny, Gwent, NP7 5ND

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Blaenavon

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Blaenavon with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Terms and conditions of tenancy agreements

  • Behr & Co, Hollymount, 3 Market Square, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, NP23 4AJ
  • Brynmawr Law Limited, 74 King Street, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, NP23 4RG
  • R George Davies & Co, 5 Nevill Street, Abergavenny, Gwent, NP7 5AA
  • Fonseca & Partners, St. Marys Chambers, Monk Street, Abergavenny, Gwent, NP7 5ND
  • Morgans, Central Chambers, Lion Street, Abergavenny, Gwent, NP7 5PE

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Blaenavon regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Blaenavon with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Blaenavon. This could include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Lewis & Lines, Commercial Chambers, Abertillery, Gwent, NP13 1YB
  • R George Davies & Co, 5 Nevill Street, Abergavenny, Gwent, NP7 5AA
  • Fonseca & Partners, St. Marys Chambers, Monk Street, Abergavenny, Gwent, NP7 5ND
  • Morgans, Central Chambers, Lion Street, Abergavenny, Gwent, NP7 5PE
  • Gabb & Co, 32 Monk Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5NW

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

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