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Main reasons to use our service to assist you find a high street conveyancing solicitor in Merriott

  • 1 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these firms are often based many miles away with limited appreciation of the factors that affect property transactions in Merriott
  • 2 Solicitor conveyancing solicitors have extremely good personal connections with Merriott selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 Over the years Merriott conveyancer have established very good working relationships with Merriott local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of dealing with your house sale or purchase in Merriott.
  • 4 Our site is the only site offering you the ability to check that your conveyancing in Merriott will be conducted by a solicitor on your bank member panel.
  • 5 The Merriott conveyancing firms that are identified are committed to supplying the most cost, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and investors in Merriott

Examples of recent conveyancing in Merriott since January 2025*

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Transfer

of semi property, Broadway, TA16 5QG completing on 22/01/2025 at a price of £335,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

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Sale

of terraced residence, School Lane, TA19 0QD completing on 21/01/2025 at a price of £258,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

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Sale

of detached residence premises, Beech Road, TA12 6DT completing on 23/01/2025 at a price of £490,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s solicitor

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Sale

of house property, Vincent Way, TA12 6DG completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £317,500. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s lawyers

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Merriott

I am hoping to complete my purchase in Merriott next Tuesday. I have now been asked to send a copy of my building insurance schedule by my solicitor as he says that he has to check this in his capacity as lawyer for the lender. What risks does the lender expect the insurance to cover?

Any lawyer on acting for banks would need to check that the following risks are covered fire; lightning; aircraft; explosion; earthquake; storm; flood; escape of water or oil; riot; malicious damage; theft or attempted theft; falling trees and branches and aerials; subsidence; heave;landslip;collision;accidental damage to underground services;professional fees, demolition and site clearance costs; and public liability to anyone else. There are some other issues such as the level of excess that are set out in a lender’s Part 2 instructions. These obligations are not limited to conveyancing in Merriott.

My wife and I are spending time viewing flats in Merriott and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it premature to have a solicitor in place? I intend to finance via a home loan with UBS.

It would be prudent to instigate your search sooner rather than later. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their contact information on to the selling agent. Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with UBS, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the UBS conveyancing panel.

I can not fathom if my lender requires a lease extension. I have called into my local Merriott building society branch on various occasions and was told they are content with the situation and they would lend. My Merriott conveyancing solicitor - who is on the mortgage company conveyancing panel- called to say that they refuse to lend based on their specific requirements. Who do I believe?

Provided that the conveyancer is on the lender panel, they must follow the CML Handbook requirements for the lender. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the bank will go ahead, your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask the lender to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years remaining.

Yorkshire BS have agreed my mortgage in principle, my bid on a flat in Merriott has been accepted, what happens next?

The estate agent will need to know who your solicitors are (make sure the lawyers are on the bank’s panel). Call up Yorkshire BS or the financial adviser and complete any outstanding forms. Yorkshire BS will instruct a valuer who will get in touch with the selling agent or vendor to arrange a slot for the valuation to happen. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes on average a week to get a mortgage offer. Yorkshire BS will issue the offer to you and your conveyancers. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Merriott.

Should commercial conveyancing searches reveal impending roadworks that may affect a commercial site in Merriott?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Merriott will perform a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers invest in researching accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Merriott. The search result sets out definitive data on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Merriott.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Merriott it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately may result in delays to Merriott commercial conveyancing deals as well as pose a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not ordered for domestic conveyancing in Merriott.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a ground for flat up to £245,000 and identified one close by in Merriott I like with amenity areas and transport links in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 52 years on the lease. There is not much else in Merriott in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a lease with such few years left?

If you need a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will be a potential deal breaker. Reduce the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the property for at least 2 years you may request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor regarding this matter.

What does commercial conveyancing in Merriott cover?

Non domestic conveyancing in Merriott incorporates a broad range of guidance, offered by qualified solicitors, relating to business property. For example, this area of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more commonly, the assignment of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of tenancies.

My husband and I are 3 weeks into a leasehold purchase having been recommend to solicitors by the selling agent to execute conveyancing in Merriott. I am not happy. Can you you assist me in finding new lawyers?

They would need to be very poor to suggest replacing them. Has the loan offer been generated? If so you must advise them of the new solicitor and ensure the loan are re-sent. The conveyancer needs to be on the mortgage company panel to avoid supplemental costs and frustration. That should be your starting point. The search tool can assist you in finding a bank approved conveyancer for your home move in Merriott

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Merriott

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Merriott practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • Stokes Partners Llp, Kingfisher House, Market Square, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7LH
  • Mrw Law Limited, 2 Church Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7HR
  • Richard P Kemp, 31 North Street, Martock, Somerset, TA12 6DH

Residential in Merriott is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process.

  • Obtaining instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and related documents
  • Supplying draft papers to the lawyer retained by the buyer
  • Finalising the wording for contracts and answering further enquires from the purchaser’s lawyer
  • Finalising the transfer deed
  • Replying to requisitions prepared by the purchaser’s lawyer
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion formalities
  • Receiving sale proceeds and sending funds to the vendor, the estate agent and other relevant parties (where relevant)

Merriott commercial property solicitors provide expert offering advice on a number of aspects of commercial property law

    Industrial and warehouse premises Formation of commercial management companies Compulsory land purchase Comprehensive advice on planning issues Property finance transactions, including disposal and leaseback Property realisations and advice for insolvency practitioners

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

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