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Logical reasons to use our service to assist you select a high street conveyancing solicitor in Stoke Gifford

  • 1 Our site is the first site offering you the facility to check that your conveyancing in Stoke Gifford will be conducted by a conveyancer on your bank conveyancing panel.
  • 2 The practices listed on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 3 Personal touch together with a wealth of expertise are key benefits that you should seek when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Stoke Gifford home moves can be made significantly more stressful due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers listed strive to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.
  • 4 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these organisations are often based many miles away with little understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Stoke Gifford
  • 5 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor on the whole results in a more personal touch. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who progress matters by reading from their computer screens.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Stoke Gifford since December 2024*

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Sale

of terraced residence, Sandringham Road, BS34 8NP completing on 06/01/2025 at a price of £326,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

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Disposal

of semi premises, Buckingham Drive, BS34 8NS completing on 07/01/2025 at a price of £345,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

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Sale

of terraced property, Oxbarton, BS34 8RP completing on 20/01/2025 at a price of £520,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, securing official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

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Transfer

of semi property, Kings Drive, BS34 8RD completing on 06/01/2025 at a price of £280,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in readiness for completion, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Stoke Gifford

Our conveyancer has uncovered a a problem with the lease for the flat we are buying in Stoke Gifford. The other side have offered defective title insurance as a workaround. We are happy with insurance and will pay for it. Our lawyer has advised that he must check that the lender is willing to move forward with this solution. Are we the client or is the mortgage company ?

Notwithstanding that you have a mortgage offer from the lender does not mean to say that the property will meet their conditions for the purposes of a mortgage. Your lawyer has to ensure that the lease has to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions. You and the lender are the client. The appropriate lender specifications have to be complied with.

I am buying a house and require a conveyancing solicitor in Stoke Gifford who is on the Godiva Mortgages Ltd conveyancing. Can you recommend a local conveyancing firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Godiva Mortgages Ltd in certain locations such as Stoke Gifford. We dont recommend any particular firm.

My aunt pointed out to me me that in buying a property in Stoke Gifford there may be a number of restrictions affecting the ability to carry out external alterations to a property. Is this right?

There are a number of properties in Stoke Gifford which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Stoke Gifford should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

Please help - my lawyer advises that restrictive coveneant insurance is necessary on my purchase. What is the typical level of cover needed for conveyancing in Stoke Gifford?

The right level of restrictive coveneant indemnity insurance depends on who your lender is. It would differ for example between Accord Mortgages Ltd and Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. Conveyancing solicitors as opposed to borrowers take out such insurances.

Our sealed bid on a property in Stoke Gifford has been agreed to, the owners do nevertheless have a dependent purchase. The sellers have offered on a flat, however it’s not yet agreed to, and are looking at other flats in the pipeline. I have selected a bricks and mortar conveyancing solicitor in Stoke Gifford. What do I do now? At what point do I apply for the mortgage with Bank of Ireland?

It is understandable to have anxieties where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to incur costs too early (home loan application is in the region of one thousand pounds, then survey, Stoke Gifford conveyancing search charges, etc). The first thing to do is ensure that your solicitor is on the Bank of Ireland approved list. Regarding the next stages this very much depends on the specifics of your transaction, desire for the property and on the state of the market. During a rising market some buyers would apply for the mortgage with Bank of Ireland and pay for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they request their conveyancing practitioner to proceed with the conveyancing in Stoke Gifford.

I appreciate that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I require this when acquiring a property in Stoke Gifford? or Apparently there is an ancient law that could mean that homeowners living in a parish church boundary will be compelled to contribute towards repairs to the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this suitable for conveyancing in Stoke Gifford?

Unless a prior purchase of the house took place after 12 October 2013 you can expect solicitors delivering conveyancing in Stoke Gifford to remain encouraging a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

I have recentlydiscovered that Arc property Solicitors have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Stoke Gifford for a purchase of a freehold house 18 months ago. How can I be sure that the property is registered correctly in the name of the former proprietor?

The quickest method to see if the property is registered to you, 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 Stoke Gifford conveyancing specialists.

I am buying a new build flat in Stoke Gifford. Conveyancing is daunting 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.

Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Stoke Gifford

    Please supply a car parking plan. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. 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. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier?

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Stoke Gifford regulated by the SRA

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

  • Hoole & Co, 65 Gloucester Road, Patchway, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS34 5JH
  • Co-operative Legal Services Limited, 650 Aztec West, Almondsbury, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS32 4SD
  • Davis Wood, 884 Fishponds Road, Fishponds, Bristol, Avon, BS16 3XB
  • Richard Herne & Co, 113 High Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS16 5HF
  • Adams Burrows, 34 Broad Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS16 5NS

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Stoke Gifford

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Stoke Gifford with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Hoole & Co, 65 Gloucester Road, Patchway, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS34 5JH
  • Davis Wood, 884 Fishponds Road, Fishponds, Bristol, Avon, BS16 3XB
  • The Divorce Practice, 52a High Street, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS9 3DZ
  • Devereux & Co, 52a High Street, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, Avon, BS9 3DZ
  • Capstone Solicitors, 62 Gloucester Road, Bishopston, Bristol, BS7 8BH

Planning law solicitors in Stoke Gifford regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Stoke Gifford specialising in planning law. This may include advice on making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • Martin Evans, 36 Laurie Crescent, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, BS9 4TA
  • Bevan Brittan Llp, Kings Orchard, 1 Queen Street, Bristol, Bristol, BS2 0HQ
  • Burges Salmon Llp, 1 Glass Wharf, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS2 0ZX
  • Das Law Limited, North Quay, Temple Back, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6FL
  • Bond Pearce Llp, 3 Temple Quay, Temple Back East, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6DZ

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

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