Is there a reason why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Weston super Mare is more expensive?
The conveyancing charges for a leasehold property in Weston super Mare is inevitably more expensive than on a freehold transaction. This is because there is an amount of additional work necessary in liaising with the landlord and managing agents to obtain evidence about whether the rent and service charges have been discharged and whether there are any large sums expected to be spent in the foreseeable future on repairs or maintenance of the building.
Do the Building Society Association intend to launch a online directory to to identify firms on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society conveyancing panel for instance in Weston super Mare?
Lexsure has not been advised of any intention on the part of the BSA to develop such a search facility.
The formalities of my remortgage has taken place for my property in Weston super Mare. Conveyancing was a necessary evil but I feel I should register my dissatisfaction about the lender. Who do I contact should I wish to lodge a complaint?
Almost all lenders have complaints procedures. Your first point of contact should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Services Team at head office. Ordinarily complaints to a lender are resolved effectively and efficiently. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service, South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR who will take matters further.
I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Weston super Mare. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an advanced payment of £200. A couple of days later, the lawyer called me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Barclays panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
My offer was accepted on an apartment in Weston super Mare on 8/1/2026, valuation was booked five days later, received a clean bill of health. Property lawyer instructed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Virgin Money and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Virgin Money to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
I have been on the look out for a leasehold apartment up to £235,500 and found one near me in Weston super Mare I like with open areas and station nearby, however it only has 51 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Weston super Mare in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?
If you need a mortgage that many years will likely be an issue. Discount the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you could ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer about this matter.
I need to retain a conveyancing solicitor for freehold conveyancing in Weston super Mare. I have stumble across a web site which appears to be the perfect answer If it is possible to get all the legals completed via phone that would be preferable. Do I need to be concerned? What should out be looking out for?
As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?
Is it true that a Weston super Mare conveyancing solicitor taken to court by clients for failing to conduct the right conveyancing investigations?
We are not aware of such a Weston super Mare conveyancing matter but it has been reported that, clients buying a property in Cumbria successfully won a claim against their conveyancer as a consequence of development permission to erect a wind farm failing to be identified in conveyancing searches.
Where you are contemplating buying a home in Weston super Mare It is essential that your conveyancer carry out all Weston super Mare conveyancing searches required to ensure you have relevant and up to date information before acquiring a property.