Just contacted my conveyancing solicitor in Shard End who acted for me 18 months ago asking for a conveyancing costs illustration based on an identical type of house sale & purchase (a leasehold residence and a freehold property) of similar values with a home loan from Nationwide Building Society. I am now being charged double. Am I right to be tempted to shop around for an alternative conveyancer?
The costs illustration is slightly on the high side. If you shop around you could decrease the fees marginally by as much as £100 plus VAT. That being said, assuming were pleased with the conveyancing the firm gave you mightlive to regret choosing an an untested solicitor. If is important to check that the conveyancer can also act for Nationwide Building Society. Do employ our search tool to get a quote a Shard End conveyancing firm on the Nationwide Building Society approved list of lawyers, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Shard End.
What does my ID and proof of funds have anything to do with my conveyancing in Shard End? Is this really warranted?
In order to comply with Money Laundering Regulations any Shard End conveyancing firm will require evidence of your identity in all conveyancing matters. This is usually satisfied by provision of a passport and an original bank statement or utility account showing where you live.
In accordance with Money Laundering Regulations, property lawyers are obliged by law to validate not just the ID of conveyancing clients but also the source of fund that they receive in respect of any matter. Refusal to disclose this may result in your solicitor terminating their relationship with you, as clearly this will cause a conflict between the set Regulations and a refusal to disclose.
Your conveyancers are duty bound to notify the appropriate authorities should they consider that any amounts received by them may contravene the Anti-terror and anti-money-laundering rules.
About to place a bid on a leasehold flat in Shard End. The property agents advise that it is the norm for flats in Shard End to have less than 75 years left on the lease. I am taking out a mortgage with Platform. Is this going to be a problem if the lease has Seventy One years left.
Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are getting a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Platform have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 25/10/2025 the requirements read as follows :
This question may be naive but I am new to the house moving as FTB of a two bedroom flat in Shard End. Do I receive the keys to the premises on completion from my solicitor? If this is the case, I will use a local conveyancing solicitor in Shard End?
On the day of completion you will not be required to attend the conveyancers office in Shard End. Conveyancing lawyers for you will transfer the purchase money to the vendor’s solicitors, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you should be called to collect the keys from the property Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen early afternoon.
I am the single recipient of my late father’s will and I have everything in my name now, including the my former home in Shard End. The Shard End property was put into my name in September. I now wish to sell up. I do know about the CML 6 month 'rule', which means that my property ownership could be treated the same way as though I had purchased the property in September. Do I have to wait half a year 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." By the strict wording you could be affected by that. How sensible a view mortgage companies take of it, depend on the lender as this clause principally exists to capture subsales or the flipping of properties.
When it comes to lenders such as Virgin Money, do Shard End conveyancing practitioners have to pay a yearly amount to be on the list of approved solicitors?
We are unaware of any lender fees to register on their list of approved firms, although some do levy an administration fee to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel submission.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a ground for flat up to £245,000 and found one close by in Shard End I like with a park and railway links in the vicinity, however it's only got 61 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Shard End suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a short lease?
If you need a mortgage that many years will likely be an issue. Discount the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the premises for a minimum of twenty four months 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 term with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor regarding this matter.
Taking into account that I will soon part with 450k on 3 bedroom house in Shard End I would like to have a conversation with the solicitor about myhome move prior to instructing the firm. Can this be arranged?
This is something that we recommend - we would be delighted to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the lawyer due to be carrying out your conveyancing in Shard End.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is an important individual, not a case number. The law firms that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for your conveyancing in Shard End should be the figure that you are charged.