The lawyer who assisted with my former purchase has quoted £1350 for no sale no fee conveyancing in West Byfleet. I am selling a Edwardian house for £200,000. This appears overpriced. Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in West Byfleet?
The costs illustration is fractionally on the expensive side. If you are happy to invest time contrasting charges you might decrease the fees slightly by as much as a hundred pounds. That being said, you couldcome to rue choosing an an untested lawyer. Remember to enquire that the solicitor can represent your lender. Do utilise our search tool to find a West Byfleet conveyancing firm on the banks approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in West Byfleet.
My wife and I are refinancing our flat in West Byfleet with Co-operative. We have a son 18 who lives at home. Our solicitor requested us to identify any adults other than ourselves who reside at the property. Our lawyer has now e-mailed a document for our son to sign, giving up any rights in the event that the property is repossessed. I have a couple of questions (1) Is this document specific to the Co-operative conveyancing panel as he never had to sign this form when we bought 3 years ago (2) Does our son by signing this compromise his entitlement to inherit the property?
On the face of it your lawyer has done nothing wrong as it is established procedure for any occupier who is aged 17 or over to sign the necessary Consent Form, which is purely to state that any rights he has in the property are postponed and secondary to Co-operative. This is solely used to protect Co-operative if the property were re-possessed so that in such circumstances, your son would be legally obliged to leave. It does not impact your son’s right to inherit the apartment. Please note that if your son were to inherit and the mortgage in favour of Co-operative had not been discharged, he would be liable to take over the loan or pay it off, but other than that, there is nothing stopping him from keeping the property in accordance with your will or the rules of intestacy.
I am about to put a bid on a leasehold apartment in West Byfleet. The selling agents say that it is the norm for flats in West Byfleet to have less than 75 years remaining. I am taking out a mortgage with Accord Mortgages. Will the property be mortgageable given that the lease has 72 years to go.
Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are securing a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Accord Mortgages have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 9/5/2025 the requirements read as follows :
It has been three months following my purchase conveyancing in West Byfleet concluded. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £170,000. 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 asset 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.
Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in West Byfleet before instructing conveyancers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. Our surveyor advised that some mortgage companies tend not grant a mortgage on such a premises.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different requirements for example to Nationwide. If you call us we can check via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in West Byfleet. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in West Byfleet to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.
Am I right to be wary that estate agents that I am dealing with are suggesting an online conveyancing firm as opposed to a High Street West Byfleet conveyancing firm?
As with lots of service providers, often recommendations from connections can be extremely useful or valuable. But there are many players in a conveyancing deal; estate agents, mortgage brokers and banks might all recommend solicitors to select. Sometimes these lawyers might be known to one of the organisations as being good in their field, but sometimes there is an underlying financial incentive behind the recommendation. You have the right to appoint your own conveyancer. However, bear in mind that the majority of mortgage providers operate an approved list of law firms you are obliged to use for the lender related work in your house move.