Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Vale Of Glamorgan

Ready to buy a new home? Find a law firm approved by your lender.

Follow your intuition—you will have a better house move where you instruct a local solicitor in Vale Of Glamorgan

5 reasons to let us help you select a high street conveyancing solicitor in Vale Of Glamorgan

  • 1 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Vale Of Glamorgan 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.
  • 2 Notwithstanding what other companies say it just might be necessary to visit your lawyer to execute legal papers. There are enough parties with an interest in a house sale without needing to include Royal Mail into the equation.
  • 3 Experience means that Vale Of Glamorgan solicitor have established excellent working relationships with Vale Of Glamorgan local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your home move in Vale Of Glamorgan.
  • 4 Our site is the first site that enables you the facility to check that your property ownership legalities in Vale Of Glamorgan will be carried out by a property lawyer on your lender’s conveyancing panel.
  • 5 There is a better than average chance that the other side’s lawyers are located in Vale Of Glamorgan - if so sets of lawyers will be on good working terms

Examples of recent conveyancing in Vale Of Glamorgan since August 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Vale Of Glamorgan

My mortgage broker has requested my Vale Of Glamorgan law firm’s panel member for the Santander conveyancing panel. What is the best way to find this out. I have tried my local Vale Of Glamorgan branch but they cant find it on their system.

The sensible thing to do is ask for this information from your Vale Of Glamorgan conveyancer . Most Vale Of Glamorgan law firms will retain a file or database of lender panel information which would include, if applicable, their conveyancing panel details for each mortgage company.

My Vale Of Glamorgan lawyer has identified an inconsistency when comparing the assumptions in the home valuation report and what is in the conveyancing documents. My solicitor informs me that he is duty bound to check that the bank is happy with this discrepancy and is still content to lend. Is my solicitor’s approach appropriate?

Your solicitor must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.

Will lawyers ask for an advanced payment for conveyancing in Vale Of Glamorgan?

If you are buying a property in Vale Of Glamorgan your lawyer will ask you to provide them with monies to cover the the cost of the conveyancing searches. Ordinarily this is requested to cover the fees of the Local Authority Search. If any deposit is as part of the total price then this should be needed immediately in advance of contracts are exchanged. The closing balance that is needed will be payable shortly before completion.

Will commercial conveyancing searches disclose planned roadworks that could affect a commercial property in Vale Of Glamorgan?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Vale Of Glamorgan will conduct a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers invest in sourcing accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Vale Of Glamorgan. The report provides definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Vale Of Glamorgan.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Vale Of Glamorgan it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately could cause delays to Vale Of Glamorgan commercial conveyancing deals as well as present a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not conducted for domestic conveyancing in Vale Of Glamorgan.

Is it best to instruct a Vale Of Glamorgan conveyancing practitioner based in the location that I am buying? I have an old university friend who can handle the legal formalities but her office is 300kilometers away.

The benefit of a local Vale Of Glamorgan conveyancing practice is that you can visit the firm to execute documents, deliver your ID and pester them if necessary. They will also have local knowledge which is a benefit. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If if people you trust used your friend and in the main were happy that must outweigh using an unfamiliar Vale Of Glamorgan conveyancing lawyer just because they are round the corner.

I only have 72 years remaining on my lease in Vale Of Glamorgan. I now want to get lease extension but my landlord is can not be found. What are my options?

On the basis that you qualify, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the County Court for for permission to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will enable the lease to be extended by the Court. However, you will be required to prove that you or your lawyers have done all that could be expected to find the freeholder. In some cases an enquiry agent would be helpful to carry out a search and to produce a report which can be accepted by the court as proof that the freeholder can not be located. It is advisable to get professional help from a conveyancer in relation to proving the landlord’s absence and the vesting order request to the County Court covering Vale Of Glamorgan.

Vale Of Glamorgan Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Questions you should ask Prior to buying

    How much is the maintenance charge and ground rent on the property? What prohibitions exist in the Vale Of Glamorgan Lease? The prefered form of lease structure is a share of the freehold. In this scenario the tenants have being in charge if their destiny and although a managing agent is often retained where it is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent is directed by the tenants.

Last updated

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Vale Of Glamorgan regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Vale Of Glamorgan specialising in commercial conveyancing in Vale Of Glamorgan. This will likely include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Anthony Pugh, The Old Rectory, Flemingston, Barry, South Glamorgan, CF62 4QJ

Buying a home in Vale Of Glamorgan 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
  • Examining the title to the premises
  • Ordering Vale Of Glamorgan conveyancing searches for the property
  • Considering the draft sale agreement and other papers collated by the vendor’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Submitting enquiries with the seller’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Negotiating the sale contract
  • Assessing replies supplied by the vendor to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Negotiating the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the purchasing in respect of the loan offer: (where applicable)
  • Drawing up and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; summarising to the purchaser on the contents of the contract pack, preliminary enquiries and the result of the searches)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Preparing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct Land Tax forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the new ownership and the mortgage (where applicable) at the HM Land Registry.

Transfer of Equity conveyancing in Vale Of Glamorgan is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process:

  • Taking instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Following instructions from the lender (where relevant)
  • Agreeing the terms of the transaction
  • Drawing up Transfer or approving the Transfer deed
  • Negotiating amendments to the draft Transfer
  • Corresponding with parties with regards to the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and releasing monies to relevant parties
  • Preparing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the appropriate Land Tax forms and payment
  • Registering the transfer of ownership and the home loan (if relevant) at the HM Land Registry.

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

© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of Land Registry under delegated authority from the Controller of HMSO.