The lawyer who assisted with my previous purchase has sent a quote for £1700 for no sale no fee conveyancing in Frenchay Common. I am hoping to downsize from a Edwardian detached home for £125,000. Are these conveyancing fees excessive? Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in Frenchay Common?
The costs illustration is slightly on the expensive side. If you shop around you might reduce the fees marginally by as much as a hundred pounds. That being said, you mightlive to regret opting for an an untested solicitor. Don't forget to enquire the conveyancer can act for your mortgage company. You can make use of our search tool to get a quote a Frenchay Common conveyancing company on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Frenchay Common.
We are a couple about to sign contracts for a freehold house in Frenchay Common. We have hit a problem. Our mortgage offer with Nottingham Building Society runs out on 2/3/2026 but the sellers are putting forward a completion date of 4/3/2026. Can one extend the mortgage offer?
The person best placed to deal with your question is your lawyer who is in a position to calculate if he or she is corresponding with the lender, seller’s conveyancers, estate agents or conceivably all parties taking into account the history of your house move to date.
How up to date is your database of Frenchay Common solicitors on the TSB conveyancing panel? Do TSB send you an updated list?
Frenchay Common conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the TSB conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from TSB directly.
I am assisting my niece sell her house in Frenchay Common. Will the solicitor commission the energy performance certificate or should I organise this?
After the demise of HIPs, EPC’s remained a compulsory component of selling a property. An energy assessment needs to be commissioned in advance of the property being advertised. It is not a task that law firms ordinarily arrange. If you are using a Frenchay Common conveyancing lawyer they may help arrange energy assessments due to their relationships with reputable Frenchay Common energy assessors
I have a mortgage with Nationwide for my property in Frenchay Common. Conveyancing was finalised some time ago. In the event that I decide to rent out my property and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a BTL mortgage or inform Nationwide?
Nationwide must be informed of your intention in advance of renting your property as this is likely to be a breach of Nationwide’s mortgage conditions. In many cases banks or building societies will permit you to let out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Nationwide directly. You need not do this via a Nationwide conveyancing panel lawyer.
I was told three weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by Nationwide. Is it usual for Nationwide to only issue the offer once my solicitor in Frenchay Common is approved on their conveyancing panel? Nationwide have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their Professional Indemnity Insurance Schedule.
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Nationwide to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I have offered on two weeks back in what should have been a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Frenchay Common is the location of the property. Can you offer any advice?
Flying freeholds in Frenchay Common are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Frenchay Common you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Frenchay Common may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.
Builders have put forward a conveyancer and I've sought a quote from them. It's almost three hundred pounds cheaper than my local Frenchay Common property lawyer. Should I use them?
Developers often have panels of conveyancing practitioners who expedite matters and who know the seller’s documentation and conveyancer. Plenty of developers offer an incentive to use a preferred property lawyer for this reason, any increased fees can be avoided and a developer won't recommend a conveyancing warehouse and run the risk of having the transaction delayed when they need an exchange within a tight time frame. A counter-argument for not opting for the suggested conveyancer is that they may be reluctant to 'push' your interests at the risk of upsetting the developer. Where you have concerns that this may be the situation you should remain with your high street Frenchay Common conveyancing practitioner.