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  • 1 This site is the only site offering you the facility to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Portishead will be carried out by a law firm on your lender’s authorised panel.
  • 2 We are the UKs most comprehensive residential conveyancing directory listing lender approved law practices conducting conveyancing in Portishead governed by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 3 On the balance of probabilities the other side’s lawyers are based in Portishead - if so both parties will have worked on conveyancing matters in the past
  • 4 The practices listed on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases each year.
  • 5 Excellent communication and pure property experience are key benefits that you should look for when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Portishead home moves can be made significantly more protracted due to poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers listed strive to make sure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Portishead since December 2024*

Sale

of terraced premises, Paper Mill Gardens, BS20 7RL completing on 14/01/2025 at a price of £450,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

Transfer

of semi premises, Beach Road West, BS20 7HY completing on 06/01/2025 at a price of £2,400,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

Sale

of house residence, Springfield Road, BS20 6LH completing on 09/01/2025 at a price of £410,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries

Acquisition

of flat High Street BS20 6QL, sold for £165,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, obtaining official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Portishead

We hope to to purchase with Melton Mowbray Building Society. We have called around locally but am unable to find a Portishead conveyancing firm on the Melton Mowbray Building Society panel. Could you assist?

Please do make the most of the search tool on this site. Please choose the building society and type Portishead or your preferred area and you will be presented with numerous conveyancers based in Portishead or by proximity to you.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in Portishead?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Portishead. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

I decided to have a survey done on a house in Portishead before retaining solicitors. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. Our surveyor has said that some lenders tend refuse to grant a mortgage on this type of house.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different instructions for example to Nationwide. Should you wish to call us we can check via the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Portishead. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Portishead to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

We're novice buyers - had an offer accepted, but the property agent informed us that the owners will only issue a contract if we use the agent's chosen solicitors as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a family solicitor who is accustomed to conveyancing in Portishead

It is unlikely the vendors are driving this. If they desire ‘a quick sale', alienating a motivated purchaser is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Avoid the agents and go straight to the sellers and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are unencumbered (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you are going to appoint your preferred Portishead conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will provide their negotiator at the agency a referral fee or meet his conveyancing thresholds pre-set by senior management.

Completion is due on the disposal of our £350,000 flat in Portishead in just under a week. The managing agents has quoted £396 for Landlord’s certificate, building insurance schedule and 3 years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge such fees for a flat conveyance in Portishead?

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

    Answering pre-exchange questions Where consent is required before sale in Portishead Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Portishead leasehold premises is £350. For Portishead 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 obliged to provide answers.

Portishead Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Queries Prior to Purchasing

    Who manages the block? How much is the annual maintenance fee and ground rent? The prefered form of lease structure is a share of the freehold. In this situation the lessees enjoy being in charge if their destiny and although a managing agent is usually employed where the building is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent acts for the leaseholders themselves.

A conveyancing company acted on my conveyancing in Portishead 8 years ago having stored my title documents but has since been shut down – What steps do I now take to get hold of these?

Deeds, as such, are no longer appropriate for most homes in Portishead are recorded electronically at Land Registry. If you need to establish ownership or are disposing of or re-mortgaging your conveyancing practitioner will need to obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.

If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned with reasonable haste.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Portishead regulated by the SRA

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

  • David Playford & Company, 11 Cabstand, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 7HW
  • Bradford & Co, 144 High Street, Nailsea, Bristol, Avon, BS48 1AP
  • Corfield Solicitors, 2 The Avenue, Sneyd Park, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS9 1PA

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Portishead regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Portishead but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • M C Hullah & Company Limited, 116 High Street, BS48 1AH
  • Cambridge Legal Services Ltd, 73 Cambridge Road, BS21 7BN
  • Linda Shipway & Co Ltd, 8 Station Road, BS21 6NH

Portishead commercial property solicitors draw on a full range of commercial expertise offering advice on a variety of aspects of commercial property law

    Telecommunications and broadcast mast sites Shops,offices,barn conversions, industrial units, commercial trading estates, retail and leisure developments and large residential estates Buying, selling and leasing land for registered charities Commercial development (from overage and options through to site acquisitions and construction) Acquisitions and disposals of property portfolios at commercial auctions Subletting, licences and sharing occupation

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

© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of Land Registry under delegated authority from the Controller of HMSO.