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Logical reasons to use our service to help you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Pontllanfraith

  • 1 Firms that specialise in conveyancing in Pontllanfraith have a grasp oflocal concerns specific to Pontllanfraith and therefore you may benefit from better advice and faster conveyancing.
  • 2 The practices shown on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 3 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Pontllanfraith is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the high standards of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 4 Pontllanfraith conveyancers have a significant edge when it comes to Pontllanfraith conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your sale or purchase
  • 5 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often located hundreds of miles away with little understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Pontllanfraith

Examples of recent conveyancing in Pontllanfraith since May 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Pontllanfraith

What is the best way of identifying a commercial conveyancing in Pontllanfraith?

First ask your friends and family who they would recommend.

Option 2 is to search the internet for conveyancing in Pontllanfraith. Telephone a couple or more firms listed and ask them to email you their conveyancing fees and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will handle your legal process beforemaking your decision.

Third is to make use of this site to help you find the right solicitors for you based on your individual expectations including area of the property,speed, complications and who the proposed lender is. Do not be fooled by £99 conveyancing in Pontllanfraith

Our Pontllanfraith lawyer has discovered a discrepancy between the surveyor’s assumptions in the valuation survey and what is revealed within the conveyancing documents. My solicitor says that he is duty bound to ensure that the bank is OK with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my conveyancer’s stance legitimate?

Your conveyancing practitioner must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook specifications which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

Completed the sale of my flat in Pontllanfraith last February but the buyer keeps e-mailing me complaining that his lawyer is waiting to hear from mylawyer. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?

Following your disposal your solicitor is obliged to send the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. If applicable, your solicitor must also send confirmation that the home loan has been paid off to the purchasers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements peculiar conveyancing in Pontllanfraith.

My aunt pointed out to me me that in buying a property in Pontllanfraith there may be various restrictions prohibiting external changes to the property. Is this right?

We are aware of a number of properties in Pontllanfraith which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Pontllanfraith should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

Can you help - my lawyer advises that chancel insurance is needed on my purchase. What is the typical level of cover needed for conveyancing in Pontllanfraith?

The right level of chancel indemnity insurance should be dictated by who your lender. It would differ for example between National Westminster Bank and Chelsea Building Society. Conveyancing lawyers as opposed to members of the public take out such insurances.

I'm the only recipient of my late mum's will with all property in now in my sole name, including the my former home in Pontllanfraith. The Pontllanfraith property was put into my name in July. I want to move. I understand that there is a Mortgage Lenders 6 month 'rule', which means that my property ownership may be regarded the same way as though I had purchased the property in July. Do I have to wait 6 months to sell?

The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook instructs conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." Technically you may be impacted by that. Some lenders would take a pragmatic view as this obligation is primarily there to pick up on subsales or the flipping of property.

three months have elapsed since my purchase conveyancing in Pontllanfraith concluded. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £150,000 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 asset 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 need to review estimates for conveyancing in Pontllanfraith from various property lawyer and appoint one. Should I ask them to sit tight until I have found somewhere to acquire.

We suggest that you wait to ask your lawyer to open a file and submit searches once the offer has been accepted on the property particularly as Pontllanfraith conveyancing searches are costly.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Pontllanfraith regulated by the SRA

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

  • Granville-west Chivers & Morgan Incorporating G. Edward Williams & Son, Po Box 1, 182 High Street, Blackwood, Caerphilly, NP12 1YB
  • P D Law Limited, 183 High Street, Blackwood, Caerphilly, NP12 1ZF
  • Granville-west Chivers & Morgan, Somerset Chambers, 1 Tynewydd Terrace, Newbridge, Caerphilly, NP11 4LS
  • Jill Jones & Co, High Meadow House, High Meadow, Abercarn, Newport, Gwent, NP11 5AE
  • T S Edwards & Son, 1 The Square, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Mid Glamorgan, CF82 7DU

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Pontllanfraith

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Pontllanfraith with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • P D Law Limited, 183 High Street, Blackwood, Caerphilly, NP12 1ZF
  • Jill Jones & Co, High Meadow House, High Meadow, Abercarn, Newport, Gwent, NP11 5AE
  • Owen & O'sullivan, 5 The Square, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Mid Glamorgan, CF82 7DU
  • Michael Leighton Jones & Co, Suite 3, Tredomen Innovation Centre, Tredomen Park, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Mid Glamorgan, CF82 7FQ
  • Gough Thorne Llp, 1 Hanbury Square, Bargoed, Mid Glamorgan, CF81 8QQ

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

  • Conveyancer instructed by the buyer on acceptance of the offer
  • Investigating the title unregistered or registered
  • Undertaking Pontllanfraith searches for the property
  • Reviewing draft contract pack and other documentation supplied by the seller’s property lawyer
  • Raising queries with the vendor’s property lawyer
  • Negotiating the purchase contract
  • Going through replies supplied by the vendor to pre-contract enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Advising the purchasing in respect of the loan offer: (if applicable)
  • Drafting and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion formalities
  • Completing and submitting to HMRC the appropriate stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the buyer and the mortgage (where applicable) at the Land Registry.

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

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