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Tenby Conveyancing Statistics*

  • 1 Average Land Registry Fee for this year to date was £270
  • 2 Average time frame of 27 days for registration of title in Tenby
  • 3 January was the busiest month and December was the next busiest month while October was the least busiest month of the year for conveyancing in Tenby
  • 4 Average Stamp Duty Payable for this year to date was £2,729
  • 5 Average time from start to completion was 156 days for conveyancing in Tenby

Examples of recent conveyancing in Tenby since January 2025*

Purchase

of flat White Lion Street SA70 7ET, acquired for £290,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries

Sale

of terraced property, Warren Street, SA70 7JU completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £400,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

Sale

of house premises, Holloway Court, SA70 7NX completing on 20/01/2025 at a price of £212,900. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s conveyancer

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Tenby

It has taken forever and a day but a mortgage offer from HSBC for the refinancing of my 2 bedroom garden flat is to be issued any day now. Are you able to propose a low cost conveyancing law firm in Tenby?

You have arrived at the wrong site to search for a cheap conveyancing solicitors in Tenby. Our goal is to offer excellent value conveyancing but we do not advertise as being the cheapest. Avoid the trap of appointing companies enticing you with £100 conveyancing in Tenby. Optimistically, in going for low cost conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst it will result in you spending a lot in extras and still not end up with the service expected.

My son-in-law is purchasing a newly built flat in Tenby with a home loan from Coventry BS. His conveyancer has advised him of a delay in receiving the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. What is this document - I have never come across this before?

The document is intended to provide information to the main parties involved in the transaction. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the surveyor when requested. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Coventry BS conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.

Do I choose a Licenced Conveyancer or Solicitor for conveyancing in Tenby?

There are many registered licenced Conveyancers in Tenby and Solicitor practices in Tenby who provide Conveyancing services It is important to make clear that the two are supervised by regulatory bodies with both specialising in the legal work in the home buying process. Both can handle associated property related work such as remortgage conveyancing, enfranchisement and transfer of equity conveyancing.

I am assisting my step-mother sell her flat in Tenby. Will the solicitor order an energy performance certificate or do I organise this?

After the demise of Home Information Packs, EPC’s was retained a required component of selling a property. An EPC should be commissioned before the property is put on the market. It is not something that conveyancers ordinarily arrange. If you are using a Tenby conveyancing lawyer they might help arrange energy assessments due to their relationships with reputable Tenby accredited person

I am planning to move house in May. Should my conveyancing solicitor update the removal company on the completion day. On a separate note, can you suggest a removal company in Tenby. Conveyancing solicitor was organised prior to coming across this page.

On the day of completion you can pick up the house keys from the estate agent but this can only take place once the vendors solicitors confirm to the agent that they have the completion monies and the keys can be passed over. Subsequently you can advise the removal men that you are ready to move in. We are not in a position to suggest a particular removal organisation but can help you choose a conveyancing in Tenby or a lawyer that specialises in conveyancing in Tenby.

I have recentlybeen informed that Wolstenholmes have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Tenby for a purchase of a freehold house 12 months ago. How can I establish that my home is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest way 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 Tenby conveyancing specialists.

I am buying my first flat in Tenby with the aid of help to buy. The sellers refused to budge the price so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The estate agent suggested that I not disclose to my lawyer about the extras as it would put at risk my loan with the bank. Should I keep quiet?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Am I right to be concerned by brokers that I am dealing with are recommending a web based conveyancing firm rather than a High Street Tenby conveyancing company?

As with many professional services, often recommendations from relatives can be worth their weight in gold. Nevertheless there are many players in a conveyancing deal; estate agents, financial adviser and lenders may recommend solicitors to choose. On occasion these solicitors might be known to one of the organisations as experts in their field, but sometimes there might be a commercial relationship behind the endorsement. You have the right to choose your preferred lawyer. However, bear in mind that the majority of lenders operate an approved list of conveyancers you must use for the lender aspect of your home move.

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What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Tenby?

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding buying and selling property and cover conveyancing nationwide not just Tenby. If instructing a Licensed Conveyancer regulated by the CLC, you are entitled to:
  • Receive an honest and lawful conveyancing.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high standard of legal services.
  • Receive your matters dealt with using care, skill and diligence.
  • Have a high standard of service due to your conveyancer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Have a service which is accessible and responsive to your individual needs.
  • Not feel discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • To receive the level you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Ensure your specific needs taken into account should you make a complaint.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a speedy, independent and comprehensive service where making a complaint about your conveyancing in Tenby about your conveyancing in Tenby.

Typically, Tenby conveyancing for a purchase has some of the following tasks

  • Conveyancing practitioner instructed by the purchaser on acceptance of the offer
  • Checking the title to the premises
  • Undertaking Tenby searches for the title
  • Considering the draft sale agreement and other papers received from the seller’s property lawyer
  • Raising questions with the vendor’s property lawyer
  • Negotiating the purchase contract
  • Examining replies given by the seller to pre-contract enquiries
  • Negotiating the Transfer document
  • Guiding the buyer in respect of the mortgage offer: (where applicable)
  • Drafting and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion formalities
  • Completing and submitting to HMRC the correct SDLT forms and payment
  • Registering the buyer and the home loan (if appropriate) at the Land Registry.

Tenby commercial property solicitors draw on a wide range of commercial expertise offering advice on numerous issues across all aspects of commercial property law

    complex procedures concerning renewal, rent reviews, dilapidations and the many obligations encountered by Landlords and Tenants of business premises Granting a licence to assign, sublet or carry out works Subletting, licences and sharing occupation Property finance for investment and development loans for banks and borrowers Formation of commercial management companies

Neighboring Locations

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

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