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Top reasons to let us assist you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Cricklade

  • 1 Cricklade conveyancers have a significant edge when it comes to Cricklade conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your home move
  • 2 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Cricklade is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the high standards of professionalism you will expect.
  • 3 Using a local Solicitor in the main results in a more personal touch. When using a an online conveyancing factory, your transaction is handled by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 4 Cricklade lawyers work in partnership with Cricklade estate agents, property finders, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to ensure that the highest level of service is offered to home movers every step of the way, with the aim of reducing administrative burdens and transaction times
  • 5 Cricklade property lawyers will acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents

Examples of recent conveyancing in Cricklade since February 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Cricklade

Do the conveyancing lawyers that you recommend carry out right to buy conveyancing in Cricklade?

We work with plenty of conveyancing solicitors who can service right to buy conveyancing matters Please get in touch with the solicitors listed in order to get a conveyancing quote.

Why is leasehold purchase conveyancing in Cricklade is more expensive?

In short, leasehold conveyancing in Cricklade and elsewhere usually requires more due diligence compared to freehold transactions. This includes reviewing the lease, communicating with the landlord about serving required notices, procuring current service charge and management information, obtaining the landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts. The obligations on both the landlord and the tenant in the lease need to be studied by the buyer’s conveyancing team and read from beginning to end – no matter how many different proprietor have owned the lease since it was first entered into.

The Cricklade conveyancing lawyers that I recently instructed on my purchase in Cricklade have without warning closed. I only went with them because I had to have a firm on the Nottingham conveyancing panel and my family Cricklade lawyer was not. I paid them money on account. What do I do now?

Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then inform them immediately so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Nottingham conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors should be in a position to help.

I have been on the look out for a flat up to £245,000 and found one round the corner in Cricklade I like with amenity areas and transport links nearby, the downside is that it's only got 49 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Cricklade suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?

Should you need a home loan the shortness of the lease will be problematic. Reduce the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you could request that they start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer concerning this.

My husband and I are novice buyers - agreed a price, yet the property agent has warned us that the vendor will only proceed if we instruct the agent's chosen lawyers as they need an ‘expedited deal’. Our preferred option is to instruct a high street solicitor who is familiar with conveyancing in Cricklade

It is unlikely the sellers are driving this. If they desire ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a genuine purchaser is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Bypass the agents and go straight to the owners and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you do not need to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you will continue to use your own,trusted Cricklade conveyancing firm - not the ones that will earn their estate agent a commission or achieve conveyancing targets demanded by head office.

When it comes to my conveyancing in Cricklade should I be paying VAT on the following: (1) Land reg fee on purchase (2) Pre - completion search fee (3) SDLT E submission on purchase (4) Bank TT fee

(1) Land reg fee on purchase - No (2) Pre - completion search fees -No, (such conveyancing searches are HMLR ones and means £4 and possibly £2 bankruptcy per name on your mortgage) (3) SDLT E submission on your purchase - There is no VAT on Stamp Duty. However if the firm is charging a stamp duty e-submission fee as part of their services - some Cricklade conveyancers do - that will incur VAT(4) Bank transfer fee - Yes it is for the solicitor's time in submitting the funds this way.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Cricklade

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Cricklade specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Terms and conditions of tenancy agreements

  • Stella Maris Solicitors Llp, 5 Percy Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 2AZ

Domestic in Cricklade 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
  • Checking the title unregistered or registered
  • Carrying out Cricklade conveyancing searches with respect to the property
  • Considering the draft sale agreement and other documentation forwarded by the seller’s property lawyer
  • Raising enquiries with the seller’s property lawyer
  • Agreeing the wording of the purchase contract
  • Assessing replies prepared by the owner to pre-contract enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for the Transfer document
  • Advising the buyer in respect of the mortgage offer: (where relevant)
  • Drawing up and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; reporting to the buyer on the contents of the contract pack, pre-contract enquiries and the result of the searches)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion of the purchase
  • Completing and submitting to HMRC the appropriate SDLT forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the purchase and the mortgage (where relevant) at the Land Registry.

Cricklade commercial property solicitors provide expert offering advice on numerous aspects of commercial property law

    Offices, retail or industrial units Formation of commercial management companies Property realisations and advice for insolvency practitioners Offices, shops, public houses, off licenses, factories, nursing homes and warehouses Acquisitions and disposals of property portfolios at commercial auctions Property finance for investment and development loans for mortgage companies and borrowers

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

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