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Reasons to use our Shepton Mallet conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Using a high street Solicitor generally results in a more bespoke service. Sometimes when dealing with a an online conveyancing factory, your transaction is handled by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by reading from their computer screens.
  • 2 Shepton Mallet solicitors have a crucial edge when it comes to Shepton Mallet conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your conveyancing
  • 3 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Shepton Mallet is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 4 Excellent communication and pure property experience are key benefits that you should seek when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Shepton Mallet home moves can become a lot more complicated due to poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers listed strive to make sure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.
  • 5 Shepton Mallet conveyancers will be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents

Examples of recent conveyancing in Shepton Mallet since November 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Shepton Mallet

The mortgage offer from Santander for the refinancing of my 3 bedroom maisonette is to be issued by the end of next week. Can you recommend a cheap conveyancing practitioner in Shepton Mallet?

You have come to the wrong site to search for the cheapest conveyancing in Shepton Mallet. Our aim is to provide value for money conveyancing but our intention is not to work with the cheapest lawyers. Avoid the trap of appointing brokers seducing you with low cost conveyancing in Shepton Mallet. At best, in deciding on low cost conveyancing, you will end up with what you pay for and at worst it will result in you with a hefty uplift in extras and still not receive the service expected.

When will exchange of contracts occur in residential conveyancing in Shepton Mallet and do I need to be at the solicitors office?

Where you are round the corner to one of the conveyancing solicitors in Shepton Mallet you are welcome to come in to sign the paperwork. That being said, the law practices we work with provide a countrywide conveyancing service and provide as equally detailed and professional a job for you when communicating with you digitally. The signing of the sale agreement is not the point of no return. Signing on the dotted line is necessary for the solicitor to exchange contracts at the suitable time, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The procedure is nowadays normally dealt with by telephone and can be very rapid, although where a long "chain" is involved, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Shepton Mallet)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

About to purchase a new build apartment in Shepton Mallet. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Shepton Mallet

    Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Please supply a car parking plan.

I am looking for a flat up to £235,500 and identified one close by in Shepton Mallet I like with amenity areas and station nearby, however it only has 52 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Shepton Mallet for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?

If you need a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will likely be an issue. Discount the price by the expected lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for at least 2 years you may request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor regarding this.

As co-executor for the will of my grandmother I am disposing of a property in Monmouth but I am based in Shepton Mallet. My solicitor (approximately 200 kilometers awayneeds me to sign a stat dec prior to completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Shepton Mallet to attest and place their company stamp on the document?

Technically speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Shepton Mallet based

Two months into a sale of a flat in Shepton Mallet. Conveyancing is fine but we are being charged a fortune by the landlord. So far we have issued a cheque for £275 for a leasehold management information and then a further £200 plus VAT for additional queries raised by the purchaser's property lawyer.

You will not have control over the level of the fee for this information however the average costs for the information for Shepton Mallet leasehold property is £380. For Shepton Mallet conveyancing transactions it is usual for the vendor to pay for these charges. The landlord or their agents are not duty bound to address these questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices out of proportion to the work involved. Regretfully there is no legislation that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time limit by which they are duty bound to provide the information.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Shepton Mallet regulated by the SRA

It is important to note that the listed firms do not limit their work for conveyancing in Shepton Mallet but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.

  • Bgw Law Limited, 57 High Street, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5AQ
  • Bartlett Gooding & Weelen, 57 High Street, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5AQ
  • Lyons Bowe, The Barn, Yelling Mill Lane, Downside, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4JT
  • Chubb Bulleid Limited, 7 Market Place, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2RJ

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Shepton Mallet regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Shepton Mallet specialising in commercial conveyancing in Shepton Mallet. This may include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Bartlett Gooding & Weelen, 57 High Street, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5AQ
  • Lyons Bowe, The Barn, Yelling Mill Lane, Downside, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4JT
  • Chubb Bulleid Limited, 7 Market Place, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2RJ

Planning law solicitors in Shepton Mallet regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Shepton Mallet with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including development on contaminated land
  • Chubb Bulleid Limited, 7 Market Place, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2RJ

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

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