The conveyancer who helped my previous purchase has sent a quote for £1350 for fixed fee conveyancing in Broadway. I’m looking to sell a purpose built property for £250,000. Are these conveyancing fees excessive? Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in Broadway?
The charges are a tad high. Where you are happy to invest time comparing quotes you could decrease the fees marginally by perhaps a hundred pounds. On the other hand, you couldlive to rue choosing an an untested lawyer. If is important to enquire that the firm can represent your mortgage company. You can utilise our comparison tool to locate a Broadway conveyancing firm on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Broadway.
Our conveyancer has uncovered a a legal deficiency with the lease for the property we are buying in Broadway. The other side have offered defective title insurance as a solution. We are happy with insurance and will cover the costs. Our conveyancer has advised that he must be satisfied that the mortgage company is willing to move forward with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the mortgage company ?
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 conveyancer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects with the lease so that the lender 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 conveyancing practitioner will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.
We see that you have a post code search directory listing law firms on the Skipton conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I retain them for our conveyancing in Broadway?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Skipton conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Broadway.
I have 71 years remaining on my lease and need a lease extension for my apartment in Broadway. Conveyancing solicitors on the Platform panel can deal with such extensions correct?
Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are obtaining a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Platform have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 5/2/2026 the requirements read as follows :
Given that I will soon part with hundreds of thousands of pounds on a garden flat in Broadway I wish to have a conversation with the lawyer about myhouse move before instructing the firm. Can this be arranged?
This is something that we recommend - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you speaking to the solicitor who will be carrying out your conveyancing in Broadway.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is an important person, not a case number. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for your conveyancing in Broadway should be the figure that you end up paying.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my father I am selling a house in Swansea but I am based in Broadway. My solicitor (who is 250 kilometers from meneeds me to sign a statutory declaration prior to the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Broadway to witness and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Broadway based