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Top reasons to use our service to help you choose a local conveyancing solicitor in Merriott

  • 1 Over the years Merriott lawyer have developed valuable links with Merriott local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of handling your conveyancing in Merriott.
  • 2 Conveyancer conveyancing solicitors have very good personal connections with Merriott estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 Merriott lawyers work in conjunction with Merriott estate agents, house builders, surveyors, banks and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is provided to buyers and sellers every step of the way, ensuring the smoothest, most stress-free process possible
  • 4 Retaining the services of a a family Solicitor generally results in a more bespoke service. When using a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who progress matters by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 5 This site is the only site offering you the facility to check that your conveyancing in Merriott will be carried out by a property lawyer on your bank authorised panel.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Merriott since July 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Merriott

Unfortunately I am unable to travel far from Merriott. Is there a reason why all Merriott property lawyers are not on all mortgage company panels?

Banks ordinarily impose restrictions on either the nature or the number of conveyancing firms on their approved list of lawyers. Typical examples of such criteria being that the practice must have at least two partners. In addition to restricting the structure of firm, some have decided to restrict the number of firms they allow to represent them. It is worth noting that mortgage companies have no accountability for the quality of advice supplied by any Merriott lawyer on their panel. Property fraud was a key driver in the culling of conveyancing panels a few years ago even though there are opposing opinions concerning the extent of solicitor involvement in some of that fraud. Statistics via HMLR indicates that thousands of conveyancing practices only transact one or two conveyances annually. Those advocating conveyancing panel pruning ask why law firms deserve any entitlement to remain on a conveyancing panel when it is apparent that property law is not their speciality?

We had chosen conveyancing lawyers locally in Merriott on the Santander solicitor panel. They have just billed me a separate charge for the legal aspects of the Santander mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee specified by Santander?

Provided it is contained in their Terms of Engagement or Quote then yes your conveyancing practitioner may charge a fee for this. This charge is not set by Santander but by your Merriott conveyancer. Some firms on the Santander panel will quote ’dealing with mortgage’ fee but plenty of firms incorporate it on their overall fee.

After months of negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in Merriott. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an advanced payment of £175. Soon after, the property lawyer called me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the RBS conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the RBS panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

Our sealed bid on a semi in Merriott has been agreed to, the vendors do however have a connected purchase. The vendors have placed an offer on a property, however it’s not yet agreed to, and have viewings of other properties booked. I have chosen a bricks and mortar conveyancing solicitor in Merriott. What should be my next step? When do I get the mortgage application with Clydesdale started?

It is understandable to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to incur costs too early (mortgage application is in the region of £1k, then valuation, Merriott conveyancing search fees, etc). The first thing to do is ensure that your conveyancing practitioner is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. Regarding the subsequent phase this very much depends on the uniqueness of your case, motivation for this property and on the state of the market. During a rising market the majority of purchasers will apply for a home loan with Clydesdale and pay for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they request their conveyancer to proceed with the conveyancing in Merriott.

What tools are available to search for a Merriott solicitor on the Alliance & Leicester conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am willing to travel upto 20miles to meet the lawyer.

Feel free to make use of the facility on this website. Please choose the lender and your location and you will see a number of Merriott conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have detailed some Merriott conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can telephone them to verify if they are on the Alliance & Leicester panel

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Merriott for my remortgage. Is there any facility to see a firm’s record with the profession’s regulator?

Members of the public may find published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations arising from investigations commenced on or after 1 January 2008. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For information about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors record, telephone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. International callers, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA could recorded call for training requirements.

If all goes to plan we aim to complete our sale of a £425,000 flat in Merriott in just under a week. The freeholder has quoted £408 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and previous years service charge statements. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge such fees for a leasehold conveyance in Merriott?

For the majority of leasehold sales in Merriott conveyancing will involve, queries regarding the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :

    Addressing pre-exchange enquiries Where consent is required before sale in Merriott Supplying insurance information Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Your solicitor will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Merriott leasehold property is £350. For Merriott conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to provide the information.

Merriott Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Questions you should consider Prior to buying

    Who is in charge of the building? Make sure you find out if there is anything that is prohibited in the lease. For example some leases prohibit pets being allowed in certain buildings in Merriott. If you love the apartmentin Merriott however your dog can’t move with you then you will be presented with a difficult compromise. Are any of leasehold owners in arrears of their service charge payments?

Why do Merriott conveyancing costs are more expensive for leasehold and freehold properties?

If buying a leasehold property there is more work involved purely due to the fact that usually there are further parties involved in the form of the freeholder and/or Management Agents. As part of a lawyers enquiries they will check that all ground rent and service charges are paid up to date amongst other general leasehold matters. For this reason, the Sellers lawyers usually have to refer to the freeholder or Managing Agent for their replies to our questions. This may be time consuming and beyond the lawyers control

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Merriott

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Merriott specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Service charge disputes

  • 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

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Merriott regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Merriott with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Merriott. This should include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • 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

Typically, Merriott conveyancing for a purchase has some of the following tasks

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Checking the title to the premises
  • Carrying out Merriott searches with respect to the title
  • Reviewing draft contract and other papers prepared the vendor’s property lawyer
  • Submitting enquiries with the vendor’s property lawyer
  • Agreeing the wording of the sale agreement
  • Analysing replies prepared by the owner to pre-contract enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for the Transfer document
  • Guiding the buyer in respect of the mortgage offer: (if applicable)
  • Preparing and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; summarising to the purchaser on the contents of the contract pack, pre-contract enquiries and the result of the searches)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Preparing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the appropriate Land Tax forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the buyer and the mortgage (if relevant) at the HMLR.

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

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