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You can try and find the cheapest conveyancing solicitors in Drakes Cross but be careful as you may get what you pay for.

Reasons to use our Drakes Cross conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Excellent communication together with pure property experience are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Drakes Cross home moves can be made a lot more complicated as a result of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 2 Drakes Cross solicitors have a crucial advantage when it comes to Drakes Cross conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will affect your home move
  • 3 Solicitor conveyancing solicitors have excellent personal links with Drakes Cross selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these organisations are often based hundreds of miles away with limited understanding of the factors that affect property transactions in Drakes Cross
  • 5 Our site is the first site that enables you the facility to check that your conveyancing in Drakes Cross will be conducted by a property lawyer on your mortgage lender’s authorised panel.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Drakes Cross since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Drakes Cross

The mortgage offer from Nationwide for the refinancing of my 4 room flat is due imminently. Could you suggest a cheap conveyancing law firm in Drakes Cross?

You have come to the wrong place to search for the lowest fares for conveyancing solicitors in Drakes Cross. Our intention is to offer affordable conveyancing but we do not aim to work with the cheapest lawyers. Resist the temptation to appoint brokers seducing you with low cost conveyancing in Drakes Cross. Optimistically, in being led by cheap conveyancing, you will earn what you pay for and at worst you will end up with a surprising uplift in extras and still not get the service required.

My wife and I are buying a house in Drakes Cross. I might seem paranoid but how we can trust a conveyancer? On the day of competition we will need to deposit funds into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our money?

Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.

What is your number one tip for choosing a conveyancing solicitor in Drakes Cross

We would encourage you not to base your choice on the lowest Drakes Cross conveyancing costs illustration. You really do get what you’re paying for when it comes to conveyancing solicitors. A cheap quote may mean that the conveyancing solicitor is handling a lot of jobs at one time and you won’t get the quality of service and the attention that you need. It is, however, wise to use a conveyancer who has a fixed fee on a no sale, no fee basis. This way, you go into the conveyancing with your eyes wide open.

When it comes to mortgage companies such as Barclays, do Drakes Cross property lawyers have to pay an annual charge to be on the conveyancing panel?

We are unaware of any lender fees to be on their panel, although some do charge an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel submission.

I am buying a new build flat in Drakes Cross. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Drakes Cross

    Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. 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.

Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Drakes Cross prior to instructing solicitors. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. My surveyor has said that some banks tend not give a loan on this type of home.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different requirements from Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further with the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Drakes Cross. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.

Our conveyancer has advised that he intends to complete and exchange simultaneously on the disposal of our £400,000 garden flat in Drakes Cross next week. The management company has quoted £360 for Certificate of Compliance, insurance certificate and previous years statements of service charge. Is the landlord entitled to charge exorbitant fees for a flat conveyance in Drakes Cross?

Drakes Cross conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes nine out of ten times involves administration charges levied by landlords agents :

    Answering pre-exchange enquiries Where consent is required before sale in Drakes Cross Supplying insurance information Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Your solicitor will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Drakes Cross leasehold premises is £350. For Drakes Cross conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are obliged to supply answers.

I invested in buying a 2 bed flat in Drakes Cross, conveyancing was carried out in 1995. Can you let me have an estimated range of the fair premium for a lease extension? Similar properties in Drakes Cross with a long lease are worth £190,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £45 levied per year. The lease comes to an end on 21st October 2087

With just 62 years unexpired we estimate the price of your lease extension to range between £17,100 and £19,800 plus costs.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs 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 additional concerns that need to be taken into account and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not take any other action placing reliance on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.

My conveyancers in Drakes Cross have advised me that they can not locate my conveyancing file. At the time of my purchase I took out a mortgage with the bank. Is it case that being on the bank conveyancing panel they need to have retained the file for a prescribed period?

It very much depends from lender to lender but many of the Terms and Conditions of Conveyancing Panel Appointment require the file to be held for a period of 6 years. That being said we have not seen a copy of the mortgage company Conveyancing Panel Terms. It might be worth you contacting the bank directly.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Drakes Cross regulated by the SRA

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

  • Sydney Mitchell Llp, Chattock House, 346 Stratford Road, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 3DN
  • Wadsworths Solicitors Limited, 325 Stratford Road, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 3BL
  • Eric Bowes & Co, 139 Stratford Road, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 3AY
  • Howell & Co, 1341, Stratford Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B28 9HW
  • Sarah Dwight Solicitor, 1340 Stratford Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B28 9EH

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Drakes Cross regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Drakes Cross practicing in commercial conveyancing in Drakes Cross. This could include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Sydney Mitchell Llp, Chattock House, 346 Stratford Road, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 3DN
  • Howell & Co, 1341, Stratford Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B28 9HW
  • Ashley James Solicitors Limited, Centre Court 1301 Stratford Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B28 9HH
  • Reilly & Co Solicitors Limited, Centre Court, 1301 Stratford Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B28 9HH
  • Glover Priest Solicitors Limited, 56 Springfield Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 7DY

Planning law solicitors in Drakes Cross regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Drakes Cross with expertise in planning law. This will likely include advice on special planning controls
  • Eric Bowes & Co, 139 Stratford Road, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 3AY
  • Dassaur Solicitors Limited, 700 Stratford Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, West Midlands, B11 4AT

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