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Reasons to use our Coleshill conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Solicitors that specialise in conveyancing in Coleshill are familiar with the local concerns specific to Coleshill and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and speedier conveyancing.
  • 2 Coleshill conveyancing lawyers are likely to be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 3 Excellent communication together with pure property experience are key benefits that you should look for when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Coleshill home moves can be made a lot more protracted because of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 4 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these companies are often located hundreds of kilometers away with little appreciation of the factors that affect property transactions in Coleshill
  • 5 Over the years Coleshill conveyancer have established very good links with Coleshill local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your conveyancing in Coleshill.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Coleshill since September 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Coleshill

After what seems like an age a loan agreement from Nationwide for the remortgage of my 3 bedroom apartment is due imminently. Are you able to propose a low cost conveyancing law firm in Coleshill?

You have come to the wrong site to search for a cheap conveyancing solicitors in Coleshill. Our aim is to provide affordable conveyancing but our intention is not to work with the cheapest lawyers. Avoid the trap of appointing organisations seducing you with low cost conveyancing in Coleshill. Optimistically, in being led by low cost conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst you will end up paying a lot in extras and still not end up with the service you were looking for.

I am buying a terraced house in Coleshill. Conveyancing solicitors are said to be ‘a necessary evil’ but can I do it myself?

Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Coleshill you will have to appoint a solicitor on your mortgage company's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Coleshill.

It has been three months following my purchase conveyancing in Coleshill took place. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £170,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the residence from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

I am buying a new build apartment in Coleshill. Conveyancing is necessary evil 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 legal work.

Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Coleshill

    Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier?

I have recently realised that I have Fifty years remaining on my flat in Coleshill. I now want to get lease extension but my freeholder is missing. What options are available to me?

If you qualify, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the County Court for for permission to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will mean that your lease can be granted an extra 90 years by the magistrate. However, you will be required to prove that you or your lawyers have used your best endeavours to find the lessor. On the whole a specialist should be useful to conduct investigations and prepare an expert document to be used as proof that the freeholder is indeed missing. It is wise to seek advice from a property lawyer both on proving the landlord’s absence and the application to the County Court covering Coleshill.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Coleshill - Examples of Questions you should consider before buying

    Best to be warned if a new roof is being installed or some other significant cost is due shortly that will be shared between the leasehold owners and will materially increase the the service fees or result in a one time invoice. What prohibitions are contained in the Coleshill Lease? How much is the ground rent and service charge?

My husband and I are selling a Coleshill ground floor flat we inherited seven years ago in 2012. I have over 15 years conveyancing know-how and, although retired, see no reason not to conduct my own legal work. The purchaser's conveyancer has informed me that their bank will not allow us to do our own conveyancing mandating that the funds to be passed via a solicitor's bank account.

Lending instructions to property lawyers from all CML members state that If the vendor is not legally represented the buyer’s lawyers should check whether the mortgage company needs to be informed so that a decision can be reached as to whether or not they are prepared to move forward.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Coleshill

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Coleshill specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

  • Waters & Co, 81 High Street, Coleshill, Birmingham, West Midlands, B46 3AG
  • Ikon Law Ltd, 82 Stechford Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands, B8 2AN
  • Benjamin Law Company Limited, Equipoint, 1506 -1508 Coventry Road, Yardley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B25 8AD
  • Ahmad & Williams Solicitors Limited, The Rock, 201-203 Alum Rock Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B8 1EU
  • Michael G. Wooldridge, 21 Shirley Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B27 7XU

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Coleshill regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Coleshill with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Coleshill. This may include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Waters & Co, 81 High Street, Coleshill, Birmingham, West Midlands, B46 3AG
  • Evans Derry Solicitors, 46 Chelmsley Circle, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 5UH
  • Ikon Law Ltd, 82 Stechford Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands, B8 2AN
  • Aspen Court Solicitors Limited, 191 Church Road, Yardley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B25 8UR
  • Keith Bright Solicitors, 30 Walmley Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B76 1QN

Domestic conveyancing in Coleshill almost always entails the following:

  • Lawyer instructed by the vendor once the offer has been accepted
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Drawing up the contract and related papers
  • Forwarding draft papers to the solicitor acting for the buyer
  • Negotiating contracts and answering supplemental queries from the purchaser’s solicitor
  • Finalising the transfer deed
  • Replying to requisitions raised by the buyer’s solicitor
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion of the sale
  • Receiving sale proceeds and transferring funds to the seller, the estate agent and redeeming the mortgage (where relevant)

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

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