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  • 1 Excellent communication and a wealth of local knowledge are key benefits that you should value when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Frenchay Common home moves can become significantly more stressful due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
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  • 5 Regardless alternative on-line conveyancers advise it could be necessary to attend your conveyancer to execute legal papers. There are various parties with involved in a homemove without needing to include the postman into the pot.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Frenchay Common since July 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Frenchay Common

My friend's step-father is a conveyancer. I hope that I'll be able to get preferential rates for conveyancing, but if not, what kind of fees should I be expecting for conveyancing in Frenchay Common?

It’s wise to seek two or three conveyancing estimates. Make use of our search tool on this page. You will notice that amounts may be different but the service one can expect are distinct between conveyancers as is the case with most professions.

My wife and I intend to remortgage our apartment in Frenchay Common with Leeds Building Society. We have a son approaching twenty who lives at home. Our solicitor requested us to identify any adults other than ourselves who reside at the property. The solicitor has now sent a form for our son to sign, giving up any rights in the event that the apartment is forfeited by the lender. I have a couple of questions (1) Is this document specific to the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel as he never had to sign this form when we purchased 4 years ago (2) In signing this form is our son in any way compromising his right to inherit the property?

On the face of it your lawyer has done nothing wrong as it is established procedure for any occupier who is aged 17 or over to sign the necessary Consent Form, which is purely to state that any rights he has in the property are postponed and secondary to Leeds Building Society. This is solely used to protect Leeds Building Society if the property were re-possessed so that in such circumstances, your son would be legally obliged to leave. It does not impact your son’s right to inherit the apartment. Please note that if your son were to inherit and the mortgage in favour of Leeds Building Society had not been discharged, he would be liable to take over the loan or pay it off, but other than that, there is nothing stopping him from keeping the property in accordance with your will or the rules of intestacy.

I am assisting my niece sell her property in Frenchay Common. Does the conveyancing solicitor commission an energy performance certificate or do I organise this?

After the abolition of Home Packs, energy assessments was retained a mandatory component of selling a house. An energy assessment must be to hand before the property is marketed. This is not a task that solicitors ordinarily organise. Where you are instructing a Frenchay Common conveyancing solicitor they might be willing to arrange EPC’s given their relationships with long established Frenchay Common accredited person

Have just purchased a repossessed house at auction in Frenchay Common. Conveyancing is needed. What are my next steps?

Given that you are now to in every practical sense signed on the dotted line you will need to choose a conveyancing lawyer as a matter of priority as you are faced with a pending deadline in which to complete the deal. Every auction property will ordinarily have a corresponding auction pack. This should include evidence of title and search results. If you have purchased leasehold premises the conveyancing papers should provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing paperwork pertinent to a leasehold property. You should give this to the conveyancer instructed by you as soon as possible. Do make sure that that you have the requisite funding in order to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

After shopping around on the internet I have found a Frenchay Common conveyancer having made sure that they are on the Principality conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?

Principality will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Principality will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Frenchay Common surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.

I am purchasing a property and the conveyancer has referenced Chancel Repair to which the property may be liable given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. She has mentioned insurance. Is this strictly warranted for conveyancing in Frenchay Common

Unless a prior acquisition of the premises completed post 12 October 2013 you can take it that lawyers carrying out conveyancing in Frenchay Common to remain recommending a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

How do I use your search facility to locate a conveyancing practitioner in Frenchay Common on the authorised to act for my mortgage?

First select a bank such as Birmingham Midshires, Coventry Building Society or Godiva Mortgages Ltd then type in your location for example Frenchay Common. Conveyancing practices in Frenchay Common and across England and Wales will then be listed.

My husband and I are new on the property ladder - had an offer accepted, but the agent has warned us that the owners will only go ahead if we appoint their chosen conveyancers as they want a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a high street conveyancer accustomed to conveyancing in Frenchay Common

It is unlikely the vendors are behind this. Should the seller desire ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a genuine purchaser is not the way to achieve this. Contact the sellers directly and make the point that (a)you are serious buyers (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances in place © you are chain free (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you will continue to appoint your own,trusted Frenchay Common conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will earn their estate agent a introducer fee or meet his conveyancing figures pre-set by senior management.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Frenchay Common regulated by the SRA

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

  • Davis Wood, 884 Fishponds Road, Fishponds, Bristol, Avon, BS16 3XB
  • Richard Herne & Co, 113 High Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS16 5HF
  • Adams Burrows, 34 Broad Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS16 5NS
  • Batchelor Sharp, 377-381 Two Mile Hill Road, Kingswood, Bristol, ., BS15 1AD
  • Barcan+kirby Llp, 111-117 Regent Street, Kingswood, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS15 8LJ

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Frenchay Common

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Frenchay Common with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • Davis Wood, 884 Fishponds Road, Fishponds, Bristol, Avon, BS16 3XB
  • Batchelor Sharp, 377-381 Two Mile Hill Road, Kingswood, Bristol, ., BS15 1AD
  • Barcan+kirby Llp, 111-117 Regent Street, Kingswood, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS15 8LJ
  • Hoole & Co, 65 Gloucester Road, Patchway, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS34 5JH
  • Capstone Solicitors, 62 Gloucester Road, Bishopston, Bristol, BS7 8BH

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Frenchay Common regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Frenchay Common practicing in commercial conveyancing in Frenchay Common. This will likely include advice on commercial leases including all matters relating to landlord and tenant law
  • Davis Wood, 884 Fishponds Road, Fishponds, Bristol, Avon, BS16 3XB
  • Richard Herne & Co, 113 High Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS16 5HF
  • Adams Burrows, 34 Broad Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS16 5NS
  • Batchelor Sharp, 377-381 Two Mile Hill Road, Kingswood, Bristol, ., BS15 1AD
  • Barcan+kirby Llp, 111-117 Regent Street, Kingswood, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS15 8LJ

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