My previous lawyer has given a fee calculation of £1200 for no sale no fee conveyancing in Shepshed. I am looking to sell a Edwardian property for £200,000. This appears over the top. Is it in excess of the norm for conveyancing in Shepshed?
The estimate does seem marginally steep. If you shop around you might decrease the fees slightly by as much as a hundred pounds. That being said, you couldlive to regret choosing an an unknown conveyancer. Remember to ensure that the firm can represent your bank. You can utilise our search tool to select a Shepshed conveyancing practice on the lender’s conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Shepshed.
We're in Shepshed, FTBs purchasing with a mortgage (lender is Clydesdale , and our lawyer is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancer should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.
Various web forums that I have visited warn that are the number one cause of stalling in Shepshed house deals. Is this right?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released determinations of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature within the top 10 causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Searches are not likely to be the root cause of delay in conveyancing in Shepshed.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I have offered on last month in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Shepshed is where the house is located. Is there any guidance you can impart?
Flying freeholds in Shepshed are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Shepshed you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Shepshed may ascertain 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 residence.
Given that I will soon part with over three hundred thousand on a garden flat in Shepshed I would like to have a conversation with the conveyancer concerning thetransaction prior to giving the go ahead to 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 speaking to the lawyer who will be carrying out your conveyancing in Shepshed.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is an important person, not a matter reference. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are quoted for your conveyancing in Shepshed should be the figure that you are charged.
As co-executor for the estate of my grandmother I am disposing of a property in Swansea but live in Shepshed. My lawyer (based 300 miles from meneeds me to execute a statutory declaration ahead of the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Shepshed who can witness this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Shepshed based