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Reasons to use our Southville conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Notwithstanding what alternative sites inform you it could be necessary to attend your lawyer to execute contracts. There are various parties with involved in a homemove without needing to add the postman into the pot.
  • 2 The companies shown on our directory have a mix of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 3 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often based hundreds of miles away with little appreciation of the factors that affect property transactions in Southville
  • 4 There is a distinct possibility the the lawyers for the other party are based in Southville - if so sets of conveyancers are likely to have worked on conveyancing matters in the past
  • 5 Southville conveyancing lawyers are likely to have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents

Examples of recent conveyancing in Southville since June 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Southville

Is there a reason why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Southville costs more?

Southville leasehold properties involve far more paperwork than a freehold purchase, and therefore takes more time to examine and advise upon.Conveyancing will involve the lease having to be checked which is usually a lengthy document, queries raised to ensure that the covenants and conditions have been observed. If it is a flat there will be a management company in existence and the accounts of this will need to be checked and enquiries raised to ensure it is operating efficiently and that all monies due have been paid by the Seller to the company and if not ensuring that money is paid up to date or the appropriate undertakings obtained.

We hope to to buy with Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. I called into 3 or 4 high street practices yet cant to find a Southville conveyancing firm on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society panel. Can you help?

You should take advantage of the search tool on this site. Please choose the mortgage company and type Southville or your preferred area and you will be presented with a number of lawyer offices in Southville or by proximity to you.

We are purchasing a flat in Southville. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a conveyancer? At some point we have to put our life savings into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our monies?

Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.

Last month we had a mortgage agreed in principle with RBS. Southville conveyancing lawyers have been chosen. How long does it take for RBS to send the offer to the solicitor?

There is no definitive answer here. Have RBS completed the valuation? Have you advised RBS as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the RBS conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through.

We expect to receive a AIP from Barclays this week so we know how much we could potentially offer as otherwise we only have online calculators to go by (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc). Do Barclays recommend any Southville solicitors on the Barclays conveyancing panel, or is it better to go independently?

You will need to appoint Southville solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the Barclays conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and Barclays through the process.

I have recentlydiscovered that Action Conveyancing have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in Southville for a purchase of a leasehold flat 12 months ago. How can I check that the property is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest method to check if the premises is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Southville conveyancing specialists.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Southville. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Southville

    Please supply a car parking plan. 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. Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? 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.

Is it best to use a Southville conveyancing solicitor based in the vicinity that I am purchasing? An old friend can execute the legal work however his firm is located a couple of hundredkilometers drive away.

The primary upside of using a high street Southville conveyancing firm is that you can pop in to execute documents, hand in your identification documents and pester them if necessary. 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 you know people who used your friend and in the main were content that should outweigh using an unknown Southville conveyancing solicitor just because they are local.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Southville regulated by the SRA

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

  • Watkins Solicitors Incorporating Brain Sinnott & Co, 192 North Street, Bedminster, Bristol, Bristol, BS3 1JF
  • Peter Burrows & Co, 194 North Street, Bedminster, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS3 1JF
  • Veale Wasbrough Executor And Trustee Company, Narrow Quay House, Narrow Quay, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 4QA
  • Veale Wasbrough Vizards Llp, Narrow Quay House, Narrow Quay, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 4QA
  • Metcalfes, 46-48 Queen Square, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 4LY

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Southville regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Southville with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Southville. This could include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Watkins Solicitors Incorporating Brain Sinnott & Co, 192 North Street, Bedminster, Bristol, Bristol, BS3 1JF
  • Veale Wasbrough Executor And Trustee Company, Narrow Quay House, Narrow Quay, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 4QA
  • Veale Wasbrough Vizards Llp, Narrow Quay House, Narrow Quay, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 4QA
  • Metcalfes, 46-48 Queen Square, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 4LY
  • Temple Bright Llp, 29 Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5QT

Planning law solicitors in Southville regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Southville with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including development on contaminated land
  • Veale Wasbrough Vizards Llp, Narrow Quay House, Narrow Quay, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 4QA
  • Temple Bright Llp, 29 Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5QT
  • Humphreys & Co, 14 King Street, Bristol, Avon, BS1 4EF
  • Gregg Latchams Limited, 7 Queen Square, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 4JE
  • Fussell Wright, 59 Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol, Bristol, BS1 4HL

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

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