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Reasons to use our Ottery St Mary conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The Ottery St Mary conveyancing practitioners that are identified are committed to supplying value for money, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and investors in Ottery St Mary
  • 2 The companies listed on our directory have a mix of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 3 Ottery St Mary lawyers work in partnership with Ottery St Mary estate agents, house builders, surveyors, lenders and other professionals to ensure that a quality service is offered to home movers every step of the way, offering all the advice and help you require
  • 4 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these companies are often based hundreds of miles away with little understanding of the factors that affect property transactions in Ottery St Mary
  • 5 You can gain comfort when you select the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Ottery St Mary has a number to select from, but for a truly professional and reliable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Ottery St Mary since December 2024*

Sale

of semi-detached residence, Thorne Farm Way, EX11 1GX completing on 06/01/2025 at a price of £274,000. 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, agreeing completion date with parties

Disposal

of semi residence, Mallocks Close, EX10 0AP completing on 08/01/2025 at a price of £430,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s solicitor

Transfer

of terraced residence, Station Road, EX14 3DF completing on 14/01/2025 at a price of £200,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties

Disposal

of house premises, Meadow Acre Road, EX14 3FE completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £318,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Ottery St Mary

Me and my partner are buying our first property. The conveyancer has messagedto ask if we wish to purchase additional conveyancing searches. Frankly we have no idea as to what's appropriate for conveyancing in Ottery St Mary

The scope of Ottery St Mary conveyancing searches should be triggered based primarily on the property, the location, the likelihood of any of these risks, your knowledge of the area and risks, your general appetite to risk. What is important is that you properly appreciate what information each search could give you. You may then make a decision if you personally think you need that information. If uncertain, ask the conveyancer to guide you.

We see that you have a post code search directory listing solicitors on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I retain them for our conveyancing in Ottery St Mary?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the HSBC conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Ottery St Mary.

I have been told that property searches are the main cause of delay in Ottery St Mary house deals. Is this right?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the conclusions of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature within the most frequent causes of delays during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are not likely to be the root cause of slowing down conveyancing in Ottery St Mary.

I am looking for a flat up to £235,500 and identified one close by in Ottery St Mary I like with amenity areas and transport links nearby, however it only has 61 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Ottery St Mary in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a short lease?

Should you need a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term may be a potential deal breaker. Reduce the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current owner has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you may request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer concerning this matter.

How easy is it to change solicitor as I need to find a firm on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing list. I had appointed a local conveyancing solicitor in Ottery St Mary five minutes from me but she is not accepted by Bank of Ireland

It would be our pleasure to help you find a conveyancing solicitor in Ottery St Mary on the Bank of Ireland panel. Please note that the solicitors that we list do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are authorised and regulated by the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Ottery St Mary. In making use of search facility on this site, you can scrutinise costs for conveyancing solicitors in Ottery St Mary and beyond.

Do you have any advice for leasehold conveyancing in Ottery St Mary from the perspective of speeding up the sale process?

  • A significant proportion of the frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Ottery St Mary can be avoided if you appoint lawyers the minute you market your property and ask them to put together the leasehold information needed by the buyers’ representatives.
  • If you have the benefit of shareholding in the freehold, you should make sure that you have the original share certificate. Arranging a replacement share certificate can be a lengthy formality and slows down many a Ottery St Mary conveyancing transaction. Where a new share certificate is necessary, you should approach the company officers or managing agents (where applicable) for this as soon as possible. In the event that you altered the property did you need the Landlord’s consent? Have you, for example laid down wooden flooring? Most leases in Ottery St Mary state that internal structural changes or laying down wooden flooring calls for a licence from the Landlord approving such alterations. Should you dont have the approvals in place do not contact the landlord without contacting your lawyer first. Many landlords or managing agents in Ottery St Mary levy fees for supplying management packs for a leasehold property. You or your lawyers should find out the fee that they propose to charge. The management pack sought on or before finding a buyer, thus accelerating the process. The average time it takes to receive management information is three weeks. It is the most frequent reason for frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Ottery St Mary.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Ottery St Mary - Examples of Questions you should consider Prior to Purchasing

    If a Ottery St Mary lease has fewer than 80 years it will affect the value of the flat. Check with your bank that they are willing to go ahead with the loan given the lease term. Leases with less than 80 years remaining means that you will most likely require a lease extension sooner rather than later and you need to have some idea of what this will be. Remember, in most cases you will need to own the premises for a couple of years in order to be entitled to extend the lease. Who takes responsibility for maintaining and repairing the building? The best form of lease structure is where the freehold reversion is owned by the leaseholders. In this scenario the tenants enjoy control and even though a managing agent is frequently employed if the building is bigger than a house conversion, the managing agent is directed by the tenants.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Ottery St Mary

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Ottery St Mary practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • Everys, The Laurels, 46 New Street, Honiton, Devon, EX14 1BY

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Ottery St Mary regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Ottery St Mary practicing in commercial conveyancing in Ottery St Mary. This should include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Everys, The Laurels, 46 New Street, Honiton, Devon, EX14 1BY

Typically, Ottery St Mary conveyancing for a sale includes some of the following tasks

  • Obtaining instructions from parties involved
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and related documents
  • Supplying draft papers to the conveyancer acting for the purchaser
  • Negotiating contracts and responding to supplemental queries from the buyer’s conveyancer
  • Agreeing the transfer document
  • Answering requisitions prepared by the purchaser’s conveyancer
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Accepting the sale proceeds and transferring funds to the vendor, the estate agent and paying off the mortgage (if appropriate)

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

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