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  • 1 Wincanton solicitors have a crucial advantage when it comes to Wincanton conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will affect your conveyancing
  • 2 Our site is the first site that enables you the ability to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Wincanton will be conducted by a law firm on your lender’s approved panel.
  • 3 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these companies are often located many kilometers away with limited understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Wincanton
  • 4 Solicitor conveyancing solicitors have extremely good personal connections with Wincanton selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 The Wincanton conveyancing practitioners that are listed are dedicated to supplying the most cost, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to home buyers, sellers and remortgagors in Wincanton

Examples of recent conveyancing in Wincanton since December 2024*

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Sale

of semi property, Cale Way, BA9 9BS completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £281,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, obtaining official copies of the title, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

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Acquisition

of apartment Carrington Way BA9 9JH, purchased for £59,000. Leasehold conveyancing work included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

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Sale

of terraced property, Crocker Way, BA9 9FX completing on 09/01/2025 at a price of £290,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, obtaining official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

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Sale

of house residence, Dropping Lane, BA10 0NG completing on 21/01/2025 at a price of £400,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Wincanton

It has come to my attention via my estate agent that my Wincanton the law firm I have appointed is not on the mortgage company Solicitor panel. What can I do to be sure whether this is correct?

The best course of action for you to take is to contact your Wincanton conveyancer. You lawyer should inform you what has happened. If they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the conveyancing panel for your bank.

Will my lawyer be asking questions concerning flooding during the conveyancing in Wincanton.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for solicitors specialising in conveyancing in Wincanton. Plenty of people will purchase a house in Wincanton, fully expectant that at some time, it may be flooded. However, aside from the physical damage, where a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, suitable insurance cover, or dispose of the premises. Steps can be carried out during the course of a property purchase to forewarn the buyer.

Lawyers are not best placed to offer advice on flood risk, however there are a numerous checks that may be undertaken by the purchaser or on a buyer’s behalf which can figure out the risks in Wincanton. The conventional set of information supplied to a buyer’s solicitor (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) contains a usual inquiry of the vendor to discover if the property has suffered from flooding. If flooding has previously occurred and is not notified by the vendor, then a buyer could issue a compensation claim stemming from an misleading reply. The purchaser’s solicitors will also commission an enviro report. This should reveal if there is a recorded flood risk. If so, more detailed investigations should be conducted.

I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in Wincanton. Now, I need the files however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Wincanton of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I am buying a new build apartment in Wincanton. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Wincanton

    Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Please supply a car parking plan. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a property I have offered on a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Wincanton is the location of the property. Can you offer any opinion?

Flying freeholds in Wincanton are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Wincanton you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Wincanton may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.

My father has urged me to use his lawyers for conveyancing in Wincanton. Do I follow his recommendation?

There are no two ways about it the best way to choose a conveyancing practitioner is to seek referrals from friends or family who have experience in using the solicitor that you are considering.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Wincanton

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Wincanton specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • Rutter & Rutter, St. Audreys, South Street, Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 9DR
  • Bartlett Gooding & Weelen, Old Bank House, High Street, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7AW
  • Farnfields Llp, The Square, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4AX

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Wincanton regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Wincanton practicing in commercial conveyancing in Wincanton. This may include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Rutter & Rutter, St. Audreys, South Street, Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 9DR
  • Bartlett Gooding & Weelen, Old Bank House, High Street, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7AW
  • Farnfields Llp, The Square, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4AX

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Wincanton regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Wincanton but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Sutherland & Co Property Lawyers, St Mary's Place, SP8 4AT

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

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