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Choosing the right solicitor is the most important decision when it comes to your Frampton Cotterell house move

Top reasons to let us help you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in Frampton Cotterell

  • 1 Frampton Cotterell solicitor are the key to a successful Frampton Cotterell conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your move
  • 2 Frampton Cotterell lawyers work in conjunction with Frampton Cotterell estate agents, developers, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is provided to home movers every step of the way, helping make the process as straightforward as possible
  • 3 Frampton Cotterell lawyers have a significant advantage when it comes to Frampton Cotterell conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that can affect your home move
  • 4 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor on the whole means that you will receive a more personal touch. Online forums often suggest that in appointing a large conveyancing firm, your matter is handled by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 5 There is a better than average chance that the the conveyancers for the other party are located in Frampton Cotterell - if so sets of conveyancers will be less confrontational

Examples of recent conveyancing in Frampton Cotterell since April 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Frampton Cotterell

My wife and I are hoping to acquire a house in Frampton Cotterell and have instructed a Frampton Cotterell conveyancing practice. Within the last couple of days our solicitor has forwarded the sale agreement to be signed with a detailed report in anticipation of exchanging contracts shortly. Leeds Building Society have this morning contacted us to inform me that they have now hit a problem as our Frampton Cotterell conveyancer is not on their approved list of lawyers. What do we do from here?

Where you are buying a property requiring a mortgage it is usual for the purchasers' solicitors to also represent the purchaser's lender. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your property lawyer should contact your mortgage company and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the bank's conveyancing panel and you may continue to use your own Frampton Cotterell solicitors, in which case it will likely add costs, and it will likely delay the transaction as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.

My Frampton Cotterell lawyer has identified an inconsistency when comparing the information in the home valuation survey and what is revealed within the title deeds. My solicitor has advised that he is duty bound to check that the bank is OK with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my lawyer’s stance legitimate?

Your conveyancing practitioner must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

How does conveyancing in Frampton Cotterell differ for newly converted properties?

Most buyers of new build premises in Frampton Cotterell approach us having been asked by the seller to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the property is ready to move into. This is because developers in Frampton Cotterell typically acquire the land, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct property lawyers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Frampton Cotterell or who has acted in the same development.

I have been on the look out for a flat up to £245,000 and identified one round the corner in Frampton Cotterell I like with amenity areas and station nearby, however it only has 51 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Frampton Cotterell suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a lease with such few years left?

If you need a mortgage that many years will likely be an issue. Discount the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current owner has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you may 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 with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer concerning this.

My father-in-law has encouraged me to instruct his conveyancing solicitors in Frampton Cotterell. Should I find my own property lawyer?

No doubt the ideal way to select a conveyancing solicitor is to have feedback from friends or relatives who have previously instructed the firm you're contemplating using.

We own a leasehold flat in Frampton Cotterell. Conveyancing was completed in 2009. I have read on various advice forums that I mustn’t let the lease length fall too short. Is this correct?

Frampton Cotterell domestic long term leases are for a prescribed term - often just under one hundred years when they are first granted. However a significant appartments in Frampton Cotterell were built or converted 35 or more years ago and so such leases now have under 80 years unexpired. This may seem like plenty of time however Banks, Building Societies and other mortgage institutions tend to require leases to have a minimum of seventy five years remaining to be mortgageable. Accordingly when you come to sell the property you will need a lease extension if you are approaching 75 years. To increase the marketability of your property you should be considering whether to extend your lease long before you come to sell it. Furthermore significant benefits to doing so before the lease hits eighty years as when the lease is less than eighty years the premium to be paid to extend starts to get a lot more expensive.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Frampton Cotterell regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Frampton Cotterell practicing in commercial conveyancing in Frampton Cotterell. This could include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Clutton Cox Limited, Parliament House, 4 High Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6AH
  • Beaufort Montague Harris, Old Bank House, 79 Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6AD
  • Hoole & Co, 65 Gloucester Road, Patchway, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS34 5JH
  • Adams Burrows, 34 Broad Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS16 5NS
  • Richard Herne & Co, 113 High Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS16 5HF

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Frampton Cotterell regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Frampton Cotterell but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Ocean Property Lawyers Ltd, Unit 7 The Willow Brook Centre, BS32 8BS
  • Hoffman Male, Regus Aztec West, BS32 4AQ

Planning law solicitors in Frampton Cotterell regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Frampton Cotterell specialising in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including tree preservation orders
  • Martin Evans, 36 Laurie Crescent, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, BS9 4TA

Neighboring Locations

Thornbury
Bradley Stoke
Stoke Gifford
Frampton Cotterell
Yate
Downend
Easton
Fishponds
Emersons Green

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