A mortgage offer from Santander for the remortgage of my 4 room apartment is due imminently. Could you propose a cheap conveyancing solicitor in Shipston on Stour?
You have come to the wrong site to search for the lowest fares for conveyancing solicitors in Shipston on Stour. Our aim is to provide excellent value conveyancing but we do not advertise as being the cheapest. Avoid the trap of appointing companies seducing you with £100 conveyancing in Shipston on Stour. Optimistically, in going for low cost conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst it will result in you paying a lot in additional fees and still not get the service expected.
Can you vouch for a National Westminster Bank approved Shipston on Stour conveyancing practice who can have us moved in within a very limited time frame? Am I best advised to choose a high street Shipston on Stour solicitor or a factory type firm?
We can recommend some very good Shipston on Stour conveyancing firms. You can also walk up the main road in Shipston on Stour. Visit two or three firms and request to speak with a conveyancing solicitor for a costs illustration. Explain your expectations together with your reasons and ask for an assurance on your deadline. Select the lawyer that appears most efficient.
I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Shipston on Stour. My lender is Tesco Bank
Tesco Bank have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 23/11/2025, the requirements read as follows :
Should my solicitor be raising questions regarding flooding during the conveyancing in Shipston on Stour.
The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for conveyancers conducting conveyancing in Shipston on Stour. There are those who purchase a house in Shipston on Stour, fully expectant that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, leaving to one side the physical damage, where a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, satisfactory building insurance, or sell the property. Steps can be carried out as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the buyer.
Conveyancers are not qualified to give advice on flood risk, but there are a number of checks that can be initiated by the buyer or on a buyer’s behalf which will figure out the risks in Shipston on Stour. The standard property information forms given to a purchaser’s solicitor (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) contains a standard question of the seller to determine whether the property has historically flooded. In the event that flooding has previously occurred and is not revealed by the seller, then a buyer may commence a legal claim for losses as a result of such an misleading response. A purchaser’s lawyers should also carry out an enviro search. This should indicate whether there is a recorded flood risk. If so, further inquiries will need to be initiated.
It has been 2 months since my purchase conveyancing in Shipston on Stour took place. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £215,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the premises from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
At long last our conveyancing in Shipston on Stour is set to complete next Friday, but the couple I am purchasing from has asked to move out 24 hours later at at 2pm. Do I agree to such a idea?
It is not possible to complete on a Saturday due to the bank systems are not working.