Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Shenstone

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Why do I need a "lender approved" conveyancer?

Failing to check that a lawyer is on your lender’s list of approved solicitors can put your transaction at risk of delay or failure.

You can try and find the cheapest conveyancing solicitors in Shenstone but be careful as you may get what you pay for.

Logical reasons to let us help you find a local conveyancing solicitor in Shenstone

The Shenstone conveyancing practitioners that are listed are committed to supplying the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and investors in Shenstone
Notwithstanding what other companies advise it could be important to visit your conveyancer to sign contracts. There are various parties with involved in a house sale without having to add Royal Mail into the mix.
Shenstone solicitors have a crucial edge when it comes to Shenstone conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will impact your sale or purchase
The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Shenstone is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you will expect.
Firms that specialise in conveyancing in Shenstone are familiar with the local issues specific to Shenstone and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and faster conveyancing.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Shenstone since January 2025*

Sale

of terraced premises, Chesterfield Walk, WS14 0DQ completing on 09/01/2025 at a price of £578,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Disposal

of house residence, Foxglove Close, WS14 9WZ completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £284,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in readiness for completion, ordering official copies of the title

Transfer

of semi-detached residence, Wakelin Way, WS13 6UG completing on 07/01/2025 at a price of £415,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

Conveyance

of flat Trafalgar Way WS14 9FE, purchased for £205,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, ordering official copies of the title

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Shenstone

The lawyer who dealt with my last purchase has sent a quote for just over a thousand pound for fixed fee conveyancing in Shenstone. I’m selling a Edwardian detached home for £225,000. Are these conveyancing fees excessive? Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in Shenstone?

The charges are a little high. Where you are happy to spend time comparing quotes you may be able to get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by as much as £100 plus VAT. On the other hand, you maycome to rue choosing an a cheaper solicitor. If is important to enquire that the solicitor can act for your lender. Do employ our search tool to locate a Shenstone conveyancing firm on the banks conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Shenstone.

Having sold my house in Shenstone last November yet the purchaser is whats apping me to moan that her lawyer needs to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?

After completion of your sale your lawyer should send the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer should also evidence that the mortgage has been paid off to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion steps peculiar conveyancing in Shenstone.

I am purchasing a garden flat in Shenstone. How practical is it for me to do the conveyancing?

Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Shenstone you will have to appoint a solicitor on your lender's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Shenstone.

I am purchasing my first flat in Shenstone benefiting from help to buy. The sellers refused to budge the price so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The property agent advised me not reveal to my conveyancer about this extras as it may impact my loan with Skipton Building Society. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Due to the guidance of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Shenstone in advance of retaining solicitors. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. The surveyor advised that some mortgage companies may refuse to issue a mortgage on this type of house.

It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different instructions from Halifax. Should you wish to call us we can investigate further with the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Shenstone. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Shenstone to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

Taking into account that I am about to spend over three hundred thousand on a property in Shenstone I wish to talk to a conveyancer concerning thehome move prior to instructing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?

Absolutely - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the conveyancer due to be carrying out your property ownership legalities in Shenstone.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is an important person, not a file number. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are calculated and presented to you for your conveyancing in Shenstone should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.

Last updated 06/04/2025

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Shenstone regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Shenstone with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Shenstone. This may include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property

Nicholas Gee, 1 Loxton Close, Little Aston, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B74 4HY
Moseleys, Compton House, 18 Bore Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6LL
Keelys Llp, 28 Dam Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6AA
Southwell Mott, 25 Lombard Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6DP
Adcocks Solicitors Limited, Chancery House, 27 Lombard Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6DP

Purchase conveyancing in Shenstone almost always consists of the following:

Obtaining instructions from parties involved
Examining the title to the property
Conducting Shenstone searches for the title
Reviewing draft sale agreement and other papers supplied by the vendor’s property lawyer
Submitting queries with the owner’s property lawyer
Negotiating the purchase agreement
Assessing replies provided by the vendor to pre-exchange enquiries
Agreeing the wording for a Transfer document
Advising the purchasing in respect of the mortgage offer: (if relevant)
Drafting and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; reporting to the buyer on the contents of the contract pack, pre-contract enquiries and the result of the searches)
Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion formalities
Completing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct SDLT forms and payment
Dealing with the registration formalities for the new ownership and the mortgage (where appropriate) at the Land Registry.

Shenstone commercial property solicitors provide expert offering advice on numerous aspects of commercial property law

Property due diligence in connection with corporate acquisitions and disposals

Property realisations and advice for insolvency practitioners

Options and guarantees

Extension of leases

Property finance transactions, including sale and leaseback

General advice on title or other property issues

Neighboring Locations

Burntwood

Lichfield

Fradley


	Shenstone

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