The conveyancer who helped my last purchase has given a fee calculation of £1350 for leasehold conveyancing in Vale Of Glamorgan. I am hoping to downsize from a purpose built property for £150,000. Are these conveyancing fees excessive? Is it in excess of the norm for conveyancing in Vale Of Glamorgan?
The charges are a bit high. If you are content to expend time contrasting quotes you may be able to trim some of the expense by as much as £100 plus VAT. On the other hand, you maycome to regret choosing an an untested conveyancer. Remember to check that the solicitor can act for your lender. Do utilise our comparison tool to get a quote a Vale Of Glamorgan conveyancing practice on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Vale Of Glamorgan.
Would the conveyancing lawyers indexed on your site carry out right to buy conveyancing in Vale Of Glamorgan?
We do have a variety of conveyancing experts carrying out right to buy conveyancing work You should e-mail the lawyers listed with a view to obtain a conveyancing quote.
About to place a bid on a leasehold property in Vale Of Glamorgan. The estate agents assure me that it is usual for flats in Vale Of Glamorgan to have less than 75 years unexpired on the lease. I am expecting a loan with Virgin. Is this going to be acceptable if the lease has Seventy One years left.
Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are obtaining a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Virgin have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 28/9/2025 the requirements read as follows :
I am assisting my sister sell her property in Vale Of Glamorgan. Does the conveyancing solicitor arrange the EPC or do I organise this?
After the abolition of Home Information Packs, energy performance certificates remained a required component of moving house. An energy performance certificate must be to hand before the property is placed on the market. This is not something that lawyers normally organise. Where you are instructing a Vale Of Glamorgan conveyancing solicitor they might be able to arrange energy assessments due to their contacts with reputable Vale Of Glamorgan accredited person
is it true that all Vale Of Glamorgan solicitor practices on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel are governed by the SRA?
As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Virgin Money approved list of solicitors they would need to be overseen by the SRA. Many lenders do list licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such firms would be overseen by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
I have paid off my mortgage with UBS. I assume I don't need a Vale Of Glamorgan conveyancer on the UBS panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your UBS mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the UBS mortgage from the register. UBS, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where UBS has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- UBS has instructed the Land Registry to do so
If all goes to plan we aim to complete the disposal of our £350,000 flat in Vale Of Glamorgan on Wednesday in a week. The managing agents has quoted £420 for Certificate of Compliance, insurance certificate and previous years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge an administration fee for a flat conveyance in Vale Of Glamorgan?
For the majority of leasehold sales in Vale Of Glamorgan conveyancing will involve, questions about the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :
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Addressing conveyancing due diligence enquiries
Where consent is required before sale in Vale Of Glamorgan
Copies of the building insurance and schedule
Deeds of covenant upon sale
Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
I acquired a basement flat in Vale Of Glamorgan, conveyancing having been completed January 1996. Can you let me have an estimated range of the fair premium for a lease extension? Comparable properties in Vale Of Glamorgan with over 90 years remaining are worth £190,000. The ground rent is £45 per annum. The lease ceases on 21st October 2087
With just 62 years unexpired we estimate the price of your lease extension to be between £17,100 and £19,800 plus plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.
The suggested premium range above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to advice on the actual costs in the absence of comprehensive investigations. You should not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be other issues that need to be considered and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward based on this information without first getting professional advice.
A licensed conveyancer handled my conveyancing in Vale Of Glamorgan four years ago and was holding my title documents but has since been shut down – how do I retreive these?
Deeds, as such, are no longer appropriate for the majority of homes in Vale Of Glamorgan are recorded digitally at Land Registry. Where you need to prove evidence of proprietorship or are selling or refinancing your property lawyer should obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.
If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned as quickly as possible.