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Conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury : Keep it Local

Main reasons to let us help you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Chipping Sodbury

  • 1 The Chipping Sodbury conveyancing practitioners that are identified are committed to providing the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and remortgagors in Chipping Sodbury
  • 2 Excellent communication together with a wealth of experience are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Chipping Sodbury conveyancing can be made significantly more stressful as a result of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers listed strive to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.
  • 3 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these organisations are often located many kilometers away with little appreciation of the factors that affect property transactions in Chipping Sodbury
  • 4 Using a high street Solicitor usually results in a more personalised service. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by reading from their computer screens.
  • 5 Chipping Sodbury conveyancers will have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents

Examples of recent conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury since February 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury

Would the conveyancing practitioners indexed on your site handle right to buy conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury?

We do have numerous conveyancing solicitors carrying out right to buy transactions Please get in touch with the solicitors listed with a view to obtain a costs illustration.

Finally the sale completed on my house in Chipping Sodbury last August but my buyer keeps Skype messaging daily to say their conveyancer is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale legalities following completion?

Following your sale your solicitor should forward the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor must also confirm that the home loan has been repaid to the purchasers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements specific conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury.

My relative recommended that if I am purchasing in Chipping Sodbury I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

This is a search is usually quoted for as part of the standard Chipping Sodbury conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Chipping Sodbury around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Chipping Sodbury.

I used Wolstenholmes a few years ago for my conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury. I now require my papers however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Chipping Sodbury of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I'm buying a new build house in Chipping Sodbury with a loan from Barclays . The sellers would not budge the price so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent suggested that I not inform my solicitor about the side-deal as it would impact my mortgage with Barclays . 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've found a house that seems to tick a lot of boxes, at a great figure which is making it more attractive. I have just found out that the title is leasehold as opposed to freehold. I would have thought that there are particular concerns buying a house with a leasehold title in Chipping Sodbury. Conveyancing lawyers have are about to be appointed. Will my lawyers set out the implications of buying a leasehold house in Chipping Sodbury ?

The majority of houses in Chipping Sodbury are freehold and not leasehold. In this scenario it’s worth having a local solicitor who is familiar with the area who can assist with the conveyancing process. it is apparent that you are buying in Chipping Sodbury in which case you should be looking for a Chipping Sodbury conveyancing solicitor and be sure that they have experience in transacting on leasehold houses. As a matter of priority you will need to check the number of years remaining. As a tenant you will not be entirely free to do whatever you want with the house. The lease comes with conditions such as obtaining the landlord’sconsent to carry out changes to the property. You may also be required to pay a maintenance charge towards the maintenance of the communal areas where the property is part of an estate. Your solicitor will advise you fully on all the issues.

I invested in buying a studio flat in Chipping Sodbury, conveyancing was carried out August 1995. Can you work out an approximate cost of a lease extension? Similar flats in Chipping Sodbury with a long lease are worth £206,000. The ground rent is £45 invoiced annually. The lease terminates on 21st October 2090

With only 65 years unexpired we estimate the price of your lease extension to be between £13,300 and £15,400 as well as legals.

The suggested premium range above a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you a more accurate figure in the absence of detailed due diligence. You should not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt other issues that need to be considered and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not take any other action placing reliance on this information without first getting professional advice.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Chipping Sodbury regulated by the SRA

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

  • Beaufort Montague Harris, Old Bank House, 79 Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6AD
  • Clutton Cox Limited, Parliament House, 4 High Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6AH
  • Adams Burrows, 34 Broad Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS16 5NS

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Chipping Sodbury

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Chipping Sodbury practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Beaufort Montague Harris, Old Bank House, 79 Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6AD
  • Clutton Cox Limited, Parliament House, 4 High Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6AH

Transfer of Equity conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process:

  • Obtaining instructions from parties involved
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Following instructions from the lender (if relevant)
  • Negotiating the terms of the transaction
  • Drawing up Transfer or approving draft Transfer
  • Agreeing amendments to the draft Transfer
  • Communicating with parties concerning the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and releasing funds to relevant parties
  • Preparing and submitting to HMRC the correct SDLT forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the buyer and the home loan (where relevant) at the Land Registry.

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

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