I was recommended to a solicitor who has quoted £1350 for no move no fee conveyancing in Shenley. I’m selling a modern house for £275,000. Are these estimated fees excessive? Is it above the norm for conveyancing in Shenley?
The charges are a little high. If you shop around you could decrease the fees marginally by say £125. That being said, you maycome to rue choosing an an untested conveyancer. If is important to check the firm can represent your lender. You can make use of our search tool to select a Shenley conveyancing practice on the banks approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Shenley.
We are about to exchange contracts for a freehold house in Shenley. We have hit a stumbling block. The loan offer with Santander expires on 8/9/2025 but the vendors are putting forward a completion date of 10/9/2025. Can one extend the loan offer?
The person best placed to deal with your question is your lawyer who will calculate whether they should be discussing with the lender, owner’s solicitors, property agents or indeed all three given the circumstances your conveyancing as of today.
Should our solicitor be raising enquiries regarding flooding during the conveyancing in Shenley.
Flooding is a growing risk for lawyers dealing with homes in Shenley. Some people will buy a house in Shenley, completely aware that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, leaving to one side the physical destruction, if a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, suitable building insurance, or sell the premises. Steps can be carried out as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the purchaser.
Lawyers are not qualified to impart advice on flood risk, however there are a numerous searches that may be undertaken by the purchaser or on a buyer’s behalf which will give them a better appreciation of the risks in Shenley. The standard information given to a buyer’s conveyancer (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) includes a usual question of the vendor to discover whether the premises has suffered from flooding. In the event that the residence has been flooded in past which is not disclosed by the owner, then a buyer could bring a compensation claim resulting from an incorrect response. A purchaser’s lawyers may also conduct an environmental search. This should higlight whether there is any known flood risk. If so, more detailed inquiries should be initiated.
I used Wolstenholmes several years ago for my conveyancing in Shenley. Now, I need my documents but the law firm has closed. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Shenley of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what should have been a quick, no chain conveyancing. Shenley is where the house is located. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Shenley are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Shenley you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Shenley may determine 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 property.
I am looking into buying my first house which is in Shenley and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Shenley. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Shenley area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Shenley. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found