I was recommended to a solicitor who has sent a quote for £1200 for fixed fee conveyancing in Shepperton. I’m selling a newly refurbished house for £250,000. Is this expensive? Is it in excess of the norm for conveyancing in Shepperton?
The costs illustration is fractionally on the steep side. If you shop around you could decrease the fees slightly by say £125. On the other hand, you couldlive to regret choosing an a cheaper solicitor. If is important to enquire the solicitor can represent your bank. You can employ our comparison tool to find a Shepperton conveyancing practice on the banks member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Shepperton.
We are about to exchange contracts for a semi detached house in Shepperton. We have hit a stumbling block. The loan offer with HSBC Bank runs out on 24/9/2025 but the owners are insisting on a completion date of 26/9/2025. Can one prolong the loan offer?
The person best placed to address this question is your solicitors who will hopefully assess if he or she is should be discussing with the mortgage broker, owner’s conveyancers, estate agents or conceivably all parties based on the circumstances your conveyancing as of today.
My uncle advised me that in purchasing a property in Shepperton there could be a number of restrictions preventing external alterations to a property. Is this right?
We are aware of a number of properties in Shepperton which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Shepperton should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
We are getting the release of further funds on our mortgage from Nationwide as we intend to carry out renovations to our home in Shepperton. Do we need to choose a high street Shepperton solicitor on the Nationwide conveyancing panel to handle the paperwork?
Nationwide would not normally instruct firms on their conveyancing panel to handle the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Nationwide conveyancing panel.
After much negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Shepperton. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their conveyancing practitioner. I paid an advanced payment of £225. A few days later, the property lawyer contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the RBS conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the RBS panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Shepperton?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Shepperton. 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…’
What tools are available to locate a Shepperton law firm on the Chelsea Building Society conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am prepared to travel upto 25kilometers to meet the solicitor.
You can use the facility on this page. Please select a mortgage company and your location and you will see a number of Shepperton conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have listed some Shepperton conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can contact them to verify whether they are on the Chelsea Building Society member panel
I'm going to purchase an apartment very soon in Shepperton. I am in need of a Shepperton conveyancing solicitor. My family solicitor is located in Scotland and unable to assist.Please can you suggest a good Shepperton solicitor that will help us as well as represent Kent Reliance?
The purpose of this site is limited to being a directory service for conveyancers who want to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Kent Reliance in certain locations for example Shepperton . We dont recommend any specific lawyer.