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Reasons to use our Kingsdown conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Our site is the first site that enables you the ability to ensure that your conveyancing in Kingsdown will be conducted by a law firm on your bank approved panel.
  • 2 The Kingsdown conveyancing practitioners that are identified are dedicated to providing value for money, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and remortgagors in Kingsdown
  • 3 Kingsdown solicitor are the key to a successful Kingsdown conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your move
  • 4 Retaining the services of a a family Solicitor generally means that you will receive a more personal touch. Online forums often suggest that in appointing a an online conveyancing factory, your conveyancing is dealt with by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by reading from their computer screens.
  • 5 Firms that specialise in conveyancing in Kingsdown are familiar with the local issues peculiar to Kingsdown and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and expeditious conveyancing.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Kingsdown since December 2024*

Transfer

of terraced premises, High Kingsdown, BS2 8EW completing on 20/01/2025 at a price of £631,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

Disposal

of apartment Sydenham Hill BS6 5SL, at buying sum of £350,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in readiness for completion, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Purchase

of flat Elmgrove Road BS6 6AH, at a price of £355,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, obtaining official copies of the title

Sale

of semi-detached premises, Lansdown Road, BS6 6NR completing on 15/01/2025 at a price of £803,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Kingsdown

We are about to sign contracts for a semi detached house in Kingsdown. We encountered a stumbling block. Our mortgage offer with Barclays expires on 23/5/2025 but the vendors are suggesting a completion date of 28/5/2025. Is it possible to extend the loan expiry date?

The person best placed to deal with your issue is your conveyancer who should calculate if he or she is better off negotiating with the mortgage broker, vendor’s solicitors, estate agents or conceivably all parties taking into account what has happend in your conveyancing to date.

I'm the single recipient of my late mum's will with all property in now in my sole name, including the my former home in Kingsdown. The Kingsdown property was put into my name in February. I want to move. I understand that there is a Mortgage Lenders 6 month 'rule', meaning my proprietorship may be considered the same way as if I'd bought the property in February. Is the property unsalable for six months?

The CML handbook instructs conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you may be impacted by that. How sensible a view lenders take of it, depend on the bank as this requirement primarily exists to pick up on the purchase and immediately sell or the wholesaling and assigning of property.

Can I be sure that the Kingsdown conveyancing solicitor on the Lloyds panel is any good?

When it comes to conveyancing in Kingsdown seeking recommendations is a good starting point. Before you go ahead, check if they offer a no sale no fee offer. Also, you often get what you pay for - a firm which quotes more, will often provide a better service than one advertising the lowest fees. We would always advocate that you speak with the lawyer handling your transaction.

My wife and I are in the process of looking at flats in Kingsdown and I am now considering a potential offer. Should I already have a conveyancer appointed at this stage? I intend to finance via a mortgage with HSBC.

You should start requesting conveyancing estimates from solicitors ASAP. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their contact information on to the selling agent. As you are taking out a mortgage with HSBC, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the HSBC conveyancing panel.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Kingsdown. 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 questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Kingsdown

    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. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier?

Over the last few months I have been searching for a ground for flat up to £305k and identified one near me in Kingsdown I like with amenity areas and station nearby, however it's only got 49 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Kingsdown for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?

If you need a mortgage that many years will be problematic. Discount the price by the expected lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current owner has owned the premises for a minimum of twenty four months you can ask them to 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 solicitor regarding this matter.

I have been recommended by two or three local selling agents in Kingsdown to choose a solicitor using your seach tool. What’s the financial incentive for Estate Agents to promote your services rather than another?

We refuse to make any financial incentive for sending work in our direction. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission as members of the public would think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Kingsdown for my remortgage. Can I check a firm’s record with the legal regulator?

Members of the public can find published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions stemming from inquisitions started on or after Jan 2008. Visit Check a solicitor's record. To find records about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's record, call 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For callers outside the UK, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes monitor call for training purposes.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Kingsdown regulated by the SRA

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

  • Kelcey & Hall, Fosters Chambers, 17 Small Street, Bristol, Avon, BS1 1DE
  • Wards Solicitors, 52 Broad Street, Bristol, Bristol, BS1 2EP
  • Charles Cook & Company Limited, 77, 79 and 81, Alma Road, Clifton, Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2DP
  • Leung & Co, Tower House, Fairfax Street, Bristol, BS1 3BN
  • Bobbetts Mackan, 17 Berkeley Square, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1HB

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Kingsdown regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Kingsdown practicing in commercial conveyancing in Kingsdown. This could include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Wards Solicitors, 52 Broad Street, Bristol, Bristol, BS1 2EP
  • Charles Cook & Company Limited, 77, 79 and 81, Alma Road, Clifton, Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2DP
  • Leung & Co, Tower House, Fairfax Street, Bristol, BS1 3BN
  • Bobbetts Mackan, 17 Berkeley Square, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1HB
  • Simpson Millar Llp, 48 Corn Street, Bristol, Bristol, BS1 1HQ

Planning law solicitors in Kingsdown regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Kingsdown specialising in planning law. This could include advice on compulsory purchases in Kingsdown
  • Star Legal Limited, 3 Richmond Hill, Clifton, Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1AT
  • Temple Bright Llp, 29 Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5QT
  • Clarke Willmott Trust Corporation Limited, 1 Georges Square, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6BA
  • Renew Legal Limited, Qc30 30 Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol, BS1 4HJ
  • Bartons.co.uk.limited, Suite 103, First Floor Qc30, 30 Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 4HJ

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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