My best friend’s brother is a conveyancing practitioner. I am hopeful that I will receive mate’s rates for conveyancing, but if not, what kind of figure should I be expecting for conveyancing in Port Talbot?
Do compare pricing. Make use of our search tool on this site. You will notice that amounts may be different but the service one can expect are distinct between property lawyers as is the case with the vast majority of professional services.
We are about to sign contracts for a garden flat in Port Talbot. We have hit a problem. Our mortgage offer with Bank of Ireland runs out on 26/11/2026 but the owners are suggesting a completion date of 30/11/2026. Can one extend the loan expiry date?
The person best placed to address this question is your conveyancer who should calculate if they should be discussing with the bank, seller’s conveyancers, property agents or possibly all three given what has gone on in your transaction to date.
We note that you have a post code search directory listing firms on the Principality conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I instruct them for our conveyancing in Port Talbot?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Principality conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Port Talbot.
I have a 4 bedroom Edwardian property in Port Talbot. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and Leeds Building Society. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw a couple of entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold with the matching address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?
You should review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Port Talbot and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also question the position with the conveyancing practitioner who conducted the work.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Port Talbot is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Port Talbot are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Port Talbot you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Port Talbot may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.
My wife and I about to exchange buying a house in Port Talbot but as a consequence of wreckage from the recent storms I have negotiated compensation from the seller of £3k by way of a deduction in the price. I had intended this to be dealt with as part of the conveyancing process but the lender will not agree to this. Should they have been approached?
The conveyancing practitioner that is on the lender approved list is required to inform the lender of any changes to the purchase figure. If you prohibit your conveyancer to disclose the price change to your bank then they would need to discontinue acting for you and the bank.