Can your site be used to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Shirehampton even if I’m not purchasing or selling a house, for example where I wish to buy a shop in Shirehampton with a mortgage from Virgin Money?
The service is predominantly there to get a quote from domestic conveyancing solicitors in Shirehampton but we have listed towards the bottom of this page some Shirehampton commercial conveyancing firms. You should enquire with the company directly to establish if they can also act for Virgin Money
I'm in the process of looking at apartments in Shirehampton and I am about to put in an offer. Is it sensible to have a lawyer on ‘stand by’? I will be getting a mortgage with Leeds Building Society.
It would be sensible to start your search sooner rather than later. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their contact information on to the selling agent. As you are getting a mortgage with Leeds Building Society, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.
Completion of my remortgage has taken place for my property in Shirehampton. Conveyancing was a necessary evil but I would like to complain about the lender. Who do I contact should I wish to lodge a complaint?
All banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first point of contact should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Care Department at head office. We understand that complaints to a lender are sorted out effectively and efficiently. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service with full details of your complaint.
After months of negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in Shirehampton. My mortgage broker suggested a property lawyer. I paid an advanced payment of £225. A few days later, the property lawyer called me to say that they were not on the Nottingham 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 Nottingham 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.
I used Stirling Law several years ago for my conveyancing in Shirehampton. I now require my file but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Shirehampton of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Am I best advised to go with a Shirehampton conveyancing solicitor in close proximity to the house I am hoping to buy? An old friend can execute the legal work however his firm is located approximately 350miles away.
The primary upside of using a local Shirehampton conveyancing practice is that you can drop in to execute paperwork, deliver your identification documents and apply pressure on them where appropriate. They will also have local knowledge which is a benefit. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If if people you trust used your friend and they were happy that must trump using an unknown Shirehampton conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being Shirehampton based.
I am attracted to a couple of apartments in Shirehampton both have in the region of fifty years unexpired on the lease term. Do I need to be concerned?
There are no two ways about it. A leasehold flat in Shirehampton is a deteriorating asset as a result of the shortening lease. The closer the lease gets to zero years unexpired, the more it adversely affects the value of the property. For most purchasers and mortgage companies, leases with under 75 years become less and less marketable. On a more positive note, leaseholders can extend their leases by serving a Section 42 Notice. One stipulation is that they must have owned the premises for two years (unlike a Section 13 notice for purchasing the freehold, when leaseholders can participate from day one of ownership). When successful, they will have the right to an extension of 90 years to the current term and ground rent is effectively reduced to zero. Before moving forward with a purchase of a residence with a short lease term remaining you should talk to a solicitor specialising in lease extensions and leasehold enfranchisement. We are are happy to put you in touch with Shirehampton conveyancing experts who will explain the options available to you during an initial telephone conversation free of charge. More often than not it is possible to negotiate informally with the freeholder to extend the lease. You may find he or she is happy to negotiate informally and willing to consider your offer straight off, without having to involve anyone else. This will save you time and money and it could help you reach a lower price on the lease. You need to ensure that any new terms represent good long-term value compared with the standard benefits of the Section 42 Notice and that onerous clauses are not inserted into any redrafting of the lease.
I invested in buying a garden flat in Shirehampton, conveyancing having been completed in 1999. Can you shed any light on how much the price could be for a 90 year extension to my lease? Corresponding properties in Shirehampton with over 90 years remaining are worth £175,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £65 levied per year. The lease ceases on 21st October 2083
With just 58 years unexpired we estimate the price of your lease extension to span between £23,800 and £27,400 as well as plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.
The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs without more comprehensive investigations. Do not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be other concerns that need to be taken into account and you obviously should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not take any other action placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.
I acquired a house in Shirehampton last 5/1/2024 and to date it is still not recorded with the Land Registry. It is part of a development site and my conveyancing practitioner told me that it can take 12 months to complete the registration formalities. I have called HMLR directly and they say that the initial application was cancelled due to questions not being addressed in time. Should I be concerned?
Call your conveyancer - Where you are unsatisfied with the responses, enquire as to their firm’s complaints procedure and amplify your problem to a Complaints Manager. Registrations for Shirehampton conveyancing are not known to be particularly slow.