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Cheap conveyancing in Port Talbot does not necessarily mean low quality - but the odds are stacked against you

Reasons to use our Port Talbot conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Over the years Port Talbot solicitor have developed very good connections with Port Talbot local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of handling your conveyancing in Port Talbot.
  • 2 Lawyer conveyancing lawyers have extremely good personal links with Port Talbot selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these organisations are often based hundreds of kilometers away with little appreciation of the factors that affect property transactions in Port Talbot
  • 4 Chances are that the the conveyancers for the other party are based in Port Talbot - if so both parties are likely to have worked on conveyancing matters in the past
  • 5 Port Talbot solicitors have a crucial advantage when it comes to Port Talbot conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can impact your sale or purchase

Examples of recent conveyancing in Port Talbot since February 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Port Talbot

At long last a mortgage offer from Nationwide for the refinancing of my 4 bedroom garden flat is due imminently. Are you able to suggest a cheap conveyancing practitioner in Port Talbot?

You are on the wrong site if you are in need of a cheap conveyancing in Port Talbot. Our intention is to offer value for money conveyancing but we do not advertise as being the cheapest. Avoid the trap of appointing companies enticing you with £100 conveyancing in Port Talbot. In your best case scenario, in going for cheap conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst it will result in you invoiced for additional fees and still not get the service expected.

At what point will exchange of contracts occur in purchase conveyancing in Port Talbot and am I required to be at the conveyancers office?

Where you are in close proximity to our conveyancing solicitors in Port Talbot you are welcome to come in to sign the paperwork. That being said, the lender approved solicitors we recommend supply a nationwide conveyancing service and provide just as detailed and professional a job for you when dealing with you electronically. The executing of the contract is not the important part. Signing on the dotted line is necessary for the conveyancer to address the formalities at the suitable time, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The exchange process is is usually a five minute process, although where a lengthy "chain" is in the mix, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Port Talbot)to be in the office available at the end of the phone to exchange contracts.

My lender has recommended solicitors on their panel based in Port Talbot but I would rather instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Port Talbot or nearer to where I live. Are you able to help?

The minority of Port Talbot conveyancing solicitors are approved and listed on all lender’s conveyancing panel. Use our find an approved solicitor tool to find a Port Talbot conveyancing conveyancer on the on the mortgage company panel.

Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Port Talbot in advance of retaining lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. My surveyor advised that some banks will not give a loan on this type of property.

It varies from the lender to lender. Lloyds has different requirements for example to Halifax. If you call us we can check via the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Port Talbot. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Port Talbot and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Port Talbot. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Port Talbot area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Port Talbot. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

My lawyers in Port Talbot have advised me that they can not locate my conveyancing file. At the time of my purchase I took out a mortgage with the lender. Is it case that being on the bank conveyancing panel they need to have retained the file for a number of years?

It very much depends from lender to lender but many of the Terms and Conditions of Conveyancing Panel Appointment require the file to be held for a period of 6 years. That being said we have not seen a copy of the lender Conveyancing Panel Terms. It might be worth you contacting the lender directly.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Port Talbot regulated by the SRA

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

  • Howe & Spender, Courtland Chambers, 38-42 Station Road, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, SA13 1JS
  • Aberavon Lawyers Limited, 11 Courtland Place, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, SA13 1JJ
  • Cameron Jones Hussell & Howe Ltd, 1-5 Grove Place, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, SA13 1HX
  • Bowermans, 1 Courtland Place, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, SA13 1WR
  • Hutchinson Thomas, Pendrill Court, 119 London Road, Neath, West Glamorgan, SA11 1LF

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Port Talbot

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Port Talbot specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Terms and conditions of tenancy agreements

  • Howe & Spender, Courtland Chambers, 38-42 Station Road, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, SA13 1JS
  • Cameron Jones Hussell & Howe Ltd, 1-5 Grove Place, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, SA13 1HX
  • Hutchinson Thomas, Pendrill Court, 119 London Road, Neath, West Glamorgan, SA11 1LF
  • Jennifer Melly Law Limited, 45 Alfred Street, Neath, West Glamorgan, SA11 1EH
  • T.l.j. Law Limited, Guildhall Chambers, 2 Church Place, Neath, West Glamorgan, SA11 3LL

Planning law solicitors in Port Talbot regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Port Talbot specialising in planning law. This will likely include advice on development on contaminated land
  • Hutchinson Thomas, Pendrill Court, 119 London Road, Neath, West Glamorgan, SA11 1LF

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

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