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Reasons to use our Cotham conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Excellent communication and pure property local knowledge are key benefits that you should seek when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Cotham property deals can become significantly more protracted because of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers we work with endeavour to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 2 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often based many kilometers away with little appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Cotham
  • 3 Conveyancer conveyancing firms have excellent personal links with Cotham selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 The Cotham conveyancing practitioners that are identified are committed to providing the most cost, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and investors in Cotham
  • 5 Using a high street Solicitor generally results in a more bespoke service. When using a large conveyancing firm, your transaction is handled by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Cotham since December 2024*

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of apartment Cotham Brow BS6 6AP, purchased for £290,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

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of flat Sydenham Hill BS6 5SL, purchased for £350,000. Leasehold conveyancing work included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, ordering official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

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of apartment Elmgrove Road BS6 6AH, sold for £355,000. Leasehold conveyancing work included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, ordering official copies of the title

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of flat Sydenham Road BS6 5SJ, acquired for £340,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Cotham

Me and my partner are acquiring our first property. The property lawyer has messagedto check if we want to order extra conveyancing searches. We are really unsure what's relevant for conveyancing in Cotham

The extent of Cotham conveyancing searches should be triggered based entirely on the property, the location, the likelihood of any of these risks, your knowledge of the locality and risks, your overall appetite to risk. What is important is that you adequately comprehend what information each search could provide. Then you can decide if you consider that you need that search. If uncertain, ask your property lawyer to advise.

My wife and I purchasing a detached bungalow in Cotham. The intention is to an extension at the rear at the property.Will legal work on the property include investigations to ascertain if these works are prohibited?

Your property lawyer should review the registered title as conveyancing in Cotham can occasionally identify restrictions in the title documents which prevent categories of changes or need the consent of another owner. Some extensions call for local authority planning permissions and approval in compliance with building regulations. Some locations are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or affect extensions. It would be wise to check these issues with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.

We are getting the release of further funds on our mortgage from HSBC as we wish to conduct a loft conversion to our property in Cotham. Are we obliged to choose a bricks and mortar Cotham solicitor on the HSBC conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?

HSBC do not ordinarily require a member of their approved list of lawyers to deal with the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the HSBC panel.

We have agreed to purchase a house in Cotham. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Clydesdale be concerned?

Given that your lender is Clydesdale your lawyer must comply with the conveyancing instructions contained in Part 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Clydesdale. The CML Handbook sets out minimum provisions for solar panel roof-space leases, and lawyers are required to report to Clydesdale where a lease fails to satisfy these provisions. The specifications relate to the installation of panels on properties countrywide and is not restricted to Cotham.

I have been told that property searches are the number one cause of stalling in Cotham house deals. Is that correct?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the determinations of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the most frequent causes of delays in the conveyancing process. Local searches are not likely to be the root cause of slowing down conveyancing in Cotham.

I have been on the look out for a ground for flat up to £245,000 and identified one round the corner in Cotham I like with a park and station nearby, however it's only got 61 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Cotham suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a short lease?

If you require a home loan the shortness of the lease may be problematic. Discount the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you could ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor regarding this matter.

My partner has suggested that I appoint his conveyancers in Cotham. Should I use them?

There are no two ways about it the ideal way to find a conveyancing solicitor is to have feedback from friends or family who have actually previously instructed the solicitor that you are are thinking of instructing.

Should one as executor remove a deceased person's details from the title register for a house in Cotham?

If a Cotham property is co-owned and one of the owners passes away, the name will not automatically be removed from the title deeds. You are not required to amend the title as when it comes to a sale your lawyer would just be asked to evidence why the other owner is missing from the conveyance, usually this takes the form of a grant of probate.

With a view to making the sale conveyancing smoother in the future you may apply to have the deceased party removed from the title entries by submitting an application to the land registry with evidence of the death. There is no charge from the Registry for this service.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Cotham

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Cotham practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • Capstone Solicitors, 62 Gloucester Road, Bishopston, Bristol, BS7 8BH
  • Henriques Griffiths Llp, 18 Portland Square, Bristol, BS2 8SJ
  • Charles Cook & Company Limited, 77, 79 and 81, Alma Road, Clifton, Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2DP
  • Battrick Clark Solicitors Ltd, 151 Whiteladies Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2RA
  • Wards Solicitors, 52 Broad Street, Bristol, Bristol, BS1 2EP

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Cotham regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Cotham but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Ocean Property Lawyers Ltd, 199 Gloucester Road, BS7 8BG
  • Ocean Property Lawyers Ltd, 199 Whiteladies Road, BS8 2SB
  • Ocean Property Lawyers Ltd, The Plaza, 275 North Street, BS3 1JN
  • Ocean Property Lawyers Ltd, 73 Westbury Hill, BS9 3AD
  • Key Property Lawyers Limited, Barley Lodge, BS31 2BP

Planning law solicitors in Cotham regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Cotham specialising in planning law. This will likely include advice on applications about listed buildings and conservation areas
  • Bevan Brittan Llp, Kings Orchard, 1 Queen Street, Bristol, Bristol, BS2 0HQ
  • Star Legal Limited, 3 Richmond Hill, Clifton, Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1AT
  • Clarke Willmott Trust Corporation Limited, 1 Georges Square, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6BA
  • Tlt Llp, 1 Redcliff Street, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6TP
  • Bartons.co.uk.limited, Suite 103, First Floor Qc30, 30 Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 4HJ

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

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