My previous lawyer has quoted £1150 for no sale no fee conveyancing in Dunvant. I am hoping to sell a Edwardian house for £125,000. This appears too much. Is it above the average fee for conveyancing in Dunvant?
The estimate does seem marginally overpriced. Where you are prepared to expend time contrasting fee on a like for like basis you may be able to trim some of the expense by perhaps £100 plus VAT. On the other hand, you couldcome to regret opting for an an untested lawyer. If is important to enquire that the firm can also act for your mortgage company. You can use our search tool to choose a Dunvant conveyancing firm on the banks approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Dunvant.
My flat in Dunvant is up for sale and I have a purchaser. Will my lawyer have to be required to be on the Skipton conveyancing panel in order to deal with paying off my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Skipton conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their conditions fairly frequently at the moment.
We are planning on selling our property in Dunvant and according to the buyers it appears that there is a possibility that the property was built land that was not decontaminated. Any high street Dunvant conveyancer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers are using an online conveyancing firm rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Dunvant. We have lived in Dunvant for 5 years we know of no issue. Do we contact our local Authority to seek clarification that there is no issue.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing solicitor currently acting for you. What do they say? You must check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same sickness)
Do I need to be wary that brokers that I am dealing with are recommending a factory type conveyancing firm as opposed to a High Street Dunvant conveyancing company?
As with lots of professional services, often recommendations from family and friends can be most helpful. Yet there are lots of people with a keen interest in a conveyancing transaction; estate agents, mortgage brokers and mortgage companies may recommend solicitors to use. On occasion the lawyers might be known to one of the organisations as being good in their field, but occasionally there may be a financial incentive behind the endorsement. You have the discretion to choose your own conveyancer. However, bear in mind that some banks specify a panel list of lawyers you are obliged to use for the mortgage related work in your home move.
Should I choose a Dunvant conveyancing solicitor in close proximity to the house I am hoping to buy? I have an old university friend who can deal with the legal formalities but her office is 300miles drive away.
The primary upside of using a local Dunvant conveyancing practice is that you can pop in to sign documents, hand in your identification documents and apply pressure on them where appropriate. Having local Dunvant know how is a plus. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If you know people who used your friend and they were content that must trump using an unfamiliar Dunvant conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being local.
Our estate agent has recommended their property lawyer for my conveyancing in Dunvant - won’t it be advisable to just instruct them?
This is not necessarily the case and you are entitled to use whichever property lawyer you prefer for your Dunvant home move. The conveyancing practitioner put forward by an estate agent may not always be the right conveyancer, they may suggest their preferred conveyancing firm who are based far away. In this instance you may not have contact with your lawyer and due to the lack of continuity in the transaction, it may be difficult to obtain updates.