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Choosing the right solicitor is the most important decision when it comes to your Upper Tean house move

Reasons to use our Upper Tean conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Using a a family Solicitor usually results in a more personal touch. Sometimes when dealing with a an online conveyancing factory, your matter is dealt with by a team of people who who progress matters by reading from their computer screens.
  • 2 Upper Tean lawyers work in conjunction with Upper Tean estate agents, developers, surveyors, lenders and other professionals to ensure that the highest level of service is provided to clients every step of the way, never losing sight of the time-critical nature behind your conveyancing transaction
  • 3 Upper Tean property lawyer are the linchpin to a successful Upper Tean home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your move
  • 4 Solicitor conveyancing firms have excellent personal connections with Upper Tean estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Upper Tean is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the high standards of professionalism you will expect.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Upper Tean since June 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Upper Tean

Can you help? My Upper Tean solicitor is assuring me that he has toconduct Upper Tean conveyancing searches asthe firm are on the Santanderapproved lawyer panel. Do I not have a choice here?

Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. As you are obtaining a home loan with a lender your conveyancer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your lawyer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your lender’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook specifications . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Upper Tean conveyancing searches.

The Upper Tean conveyancing lawyers that I recently instructed on my house acquisition in Upper Tean have without warning shut down. I only went with them because I had to have a solicitor on the RBS conveyancing panel and my preferred Upper Tean lawyer was not. I sent them a cheque for £250 in advance. What are my options?

Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then inform them straight away so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the RBS conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers should be in a position to help.

We are buying a house in Upper Tean. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a conveyancer? At some point we will need 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.

I am assisting my mother sell her property in Upper Tean. Will the solicitor order an energy assessment or should I organise this?

After the demise of Home Packs, energy performance certificates was retained a required element of moving property. An EPC must be commissioned before the property is placed on the market. This is not as aspect of the sale process that solicitors normally arrange. If you are instructing a Upper Tean conveyancing solicitor they might be able to arrange energy assessments due to their relationships with reputable local assessors

I am selling my apartment. I had a double glazing fitted in June 2008, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's lender, Santander are being difficult. The Upper Tean solicitor who is on the Santander conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but Santander are requiring a building regulation certificate. Why do Santander have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?

It is probably the case that Santander have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Santander may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.

3 months have elapsed since my purchase conveyancing in Upper Tean concluded. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £180,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the property from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

I am buying my first flat in Upper Tean with a loan from The Royal Bank of Scotland. The sellers refused to reduce the price so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent told me not to tell my solicitor about this extras as it will impact my loan with The Royal Bank of Scotland. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.

I am selling my property. My former conveyancers closed down. I would be grateful for any recommendation of a conveyancing firm. Im based in Upper Tean if that makes a difference.

Do use our search tool to help you find a solicitor for your conveyancing in Upper Tean. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with regulated solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move runs with a minimum of fuss.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Upper Tean regulated by the SRA

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

  • The Eric Whitehead Partnership Limited, St. Giles' Chambers, 14 Chapel Street, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST10 1DY
  • Clyde Chappell & Botham, 97-99 Weston Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 6AJ

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Upper Tean regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Upper Tean practicing in commercial conveyancing in Upper Tean. This will likely include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • The Eric Whitehead Partnership Limited, St. Giles' Chambers, 14 Chapel Street, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST10 1DY
  • Mitre Consultancy, Stone Heath, Stone Heath, Hilderstone, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 8SH

Buying a home in Upper Tean is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process.

  • Obtaining instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Checking the title unregistered or registered
  • Conducting Upper Tean conveyancing searches for the property
  • Assessing draft contract and other documentation prepared the vendor’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Submitting enquiries with the vendor’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Negotiating the sale contract
  • Reviewing replies provided by the vendor to pre-contract enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for a Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the buyer in respect of the mortgage offer: (where relevant)
  • Drafting and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion formalities
  • Completion of and submitting to HMRC the correct Land Tax forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the transfer of ownership and the mortgage (if relevant) at the HMLR.

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

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