Our family lawyer has quoted £1700 for no completion no fee conveyancing in Llansamlet. I’m hoping to downsize from a modern property for £125,000. Are these conveyancing fees excessive? Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in Llansamlet?
The estimate does seem marginally steep. If you shop around you may be able to get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by as much as a hundred pounds. On the other hand, you couldlive to rue opting for an a cheaper lawyer. If is important to enquire that the firm can act for your lender. You can make use of our search tool to get a quote a Llansamlet conveyancing practice on the lender’s conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Llansamlet.
We are looking to buy a property and need a conveyancing solicitor in Llansamlet who is on the UBS solicitor panel. Can you recommend a local conveyancing firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for UBS . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Llansamlet.
four months have elapsed following my purchase conveyancing in Llansamlet completed. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £175,000 when infact I paid £180,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the residence from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
I opted to have a survey carried out on a house in Llansamlet before appointing lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. Our surveyor advised that some lenders will not grant a mortgage on a flying freehold house.
It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different instructions for example to Nationwide. If you e-mail us we can check with the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Llansamlet. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Llansamlet to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.
Am I best advised to appoint a Llansamlet conveyancing lawyer based in the vicinity that I am purchasing? We have a good friend who can deal with the legal work but her office is 200miles drive away.
The benefit of a local Llansamlet conveyancing firm is that you can pop in to sign documents, hand in your ID and apply pressure on them where appropriate. They will also have local intelligence which is a benefit. That being said it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If if people you trust used your friend and they were impressed that must surpass using an unfamiliar Llansamlet conveyancing lawyer just because they are round the corner.
I am about to exchange buying a house in Llansamlet but as a consequence of wreckage from the recent storms I have negotiated compensation from the owner of £2k taking the form of a reduction in the price. This was going to be addressed as part of the conveyancing process however the mortgage company will not permit this. Should they have been informed?
Your lawyer being on a mortgage company conveyancing panel is required to disclose to the lender of any amendments to the purchase price. If you were to refuse your conveyancer to report the price change to your bank then they would have to disinstructing themselves from acting for you and the lender.