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Reasons to use our St Mellons conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these companies are often based many miles away with little appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in St Mellons
  • 2 You can rest easier when select the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. St Mellons has a number to pick from, but for a truly dependable and reliable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.
  • 3 Lawyer conveyancing solicitors have extremely good personal links with St Mellons selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 The St Mellons conveyancing firms that we work with are committed to providing the most cost, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and remortgagors in St Mellons
  • 5 On the balance of probabilities the other side’s solicitors are based in St Mellons - if so both parties will have worked on conveyancing matters in the past

Examples of recent conveyancing in St Mellons since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in St Mellons

My fiancee and I are acquiring our first house. Our property lawyer has texted usto see if we would like to take out supplemental conveyancing searches. We are really unsure what's necessary for conveyancing in St Mellons

The type of St Mellons conveyancing searches depends primarily on the property, the location, the probability of any of these risks, your familiarity of the area and risks, your general approach to risk. What is important is that you adequately comprehend what information the searches could give you. You may then decide if you consider that you need that search. If in doubt, ask the solicitor to recommend.

As someone unfamiliar with conveyancing in St Mellons what’s the number one tip you can impart concerning the house moving process in St Mellons

Not many law firms or advisers will tell you this but conveyancing in St Mellons and elsewhere in Cardiff is an adversarial process. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there is lots of opportunity for confrontation between you and other parties involved in the ownership transfer. For instance, the vendor, estate agent and sometimes a mortgage company. Selecting a solicitor for your conveyancing in St Mellons should not be taken lightly as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONLY person in the transaction whose responsibility is to protect your best interests and to protect you.

There is a worrying ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone must be at fault for the process being so protracted. We recommend that you must always trust your conveyancer ahead of all other players when it comes to the legal transfer of property.

Various internet forums that I have frequented warn that are the primary cause of obstruction in St Mellons house deals. Is there any truth in this?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published determinations of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the top 10 causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Searches are unlikely to be the root cause of slowing down conveyancing in St Mellons.

I am buying a new build apartment in St Mellons. Conveyancing is daunting 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.

Here is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in St Mellons

    The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. 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. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided.

Do I need to be suspicious by brokers that I am dealing with are suggesting an online conveyancing firm rather than a local St Mellons conveyancing firm?

As with many professional services, often referrals from connections can be worth their weight in gold. But there are many people with a vested interest in a conveyancing transaction; estate agents, financial adviser and mortgage companies might all suggest solicitors to retain. Sometimes the lawyers might be known to one of the organisations as one of the best in their field, but sometimes there exists a financial incentive behind the recommendation. You have the discretion to choose your own conveyancer. However, bear in mind that many mortgage providers operate an approved list of conveyancers you have to use for the mortgage aspect of your house move.

Do you have any top tips for leasehold conveyancing in St Mellons from the point of view of saving time on the sale process?

  • A significant proportion of the frustration in leasehold conveyancing in St Mellons can be bypassed where you get in touch lawyers the minute your agents start marketing the property and ask them to collate the leasehold documentation needed by the purchasers’ conveyancers.
  • Many freeholders or managing agents in St Mellons levy fees for providing management packs for a leasehold premises. You or your lawyers should find out the fee that they propose to charge. The management pack can be applied for on or before finding a buyer, thus accelerating the process. The average time it takes to receive management information is three weeks. It is the most common cause of delay in leasehold conveyancing in St Mellons. You may think that you are aware of the number of years left on your lease but you should verify this via your lawyers. A purchaser's lawyer will not be happy to advise their client to proceed with the purchase of a leasehold property the lease term is below 75 years. It is therefore essential at an as soon as possible that you consider whether the lease for your property needs extending. If it does, contact your solicitors before you put your property on the market for sale. Some St Mellons leases require Licence to Assign from the landlord. If this is the case, it would be prudent to place the estate agents on notice to make sure that the purchasers obtain financial (bank) and professional references. Any bank reference should make it clear that the buyer is financially capable of paying the annual service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the actual amount of the service charge so that they can pass this information on to the buyers or their solicitors. If you have carried out any alterations to the premises would they have required Landlord’s consent? Have you, for example laid down wooden flooring? St Mellons leases often stipulate that internal structural alterations or addition of wooden flooring require a licence from the Landlord acquiescing to such works. Should you fail to have the paperwork in place do not communicate with the landlord without contacting your solicitor in the first instance.

St Mellons Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Queries Prior to Purchasing

    What prohibitions are there in the St Mellons Lease? Is there a share of the freehold? Is anyone aware of any major works on the horizon that will likely add a premium to the maintenance fees?

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in St Mellons regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in St Mellons with expertise in commercial conveyancing in St Mellons. This should include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Clements & Co Solicitors, 73-75 Caeglas Road, Rumney, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF3 3JX
  • Anthony Jacobs & Co, 91 Albany Road, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF24 3LP
  • Spicketts Battrick Law Practice, 54 Albany Road, Roath, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF24 3RR
  • Spicketts Battrick Law Practice, 126 Clifton Street, Roath, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF24 1LX
  • City Law Solicitors Cardiff Ltd, 12a Albany Road, Cardiff, CF24 3RP

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in St Mellons regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in St Mellons but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Countrywide Property Lawyers Limited, Brunel House, CF24 0ZZ
  • Susan Cotter & Co, 63 Merthyr Road, CF14 1DD
  • Griffiths Ings Property Lawyers Limited, 9 Kings Road, CF11 9BZ
  • West Coast Conveyancing Limited, 9 Kings Road, CF11 9BZ
  • Beverly Davies Penny, Brunswick House, CF5 1LJ

Planning law solicitors in St Mellons regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The solicitors listed below are a small selection of solicitors in St Mellons practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • Simon J.vollans & Co, The Chancery Suite, 4 Meadow View, Peterstone Wentlooge, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF3 2TQ
  • Thomas Simon Limited, 62 Newport Road, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF24 0DF
  • Insight Law Llp, The Maltings, East Tyndall Street, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF24 5EZ
  • Hek Jones Limited, Hek Jones, 104 Whitchurch Road, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF14 3LY
  • Howells Legal Limited, First Floor, Hallinans House, 22 Newport Road, Cardiff, Cardiff, CF24 0TD

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