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Option 1 is to ask your friends and family who they would recommend.
Option 2 is to use a comparison service on the web for conveyancing in Wroughton. Telephone a couple or more firms listed and ask them to send you their conveyancing fee calculations and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will oversee your legal process beforemaking your decision.
Option 3 is to make use of this site to assist you in finding the right solicitors for you based on your personal requirements including location,deadlines, complexity and who the proposed mortgage company is. Avoid the trap of appointing £99 conveyancing in Wroughton
We are a couple about to exchange contracts for a leasehold flat in Wroughton. We have hit a stumbling block. The mortgage offer with Santander expires on 25/2/2026 but the owners are suggesting a completion date of 27/2/2026. Is it possible to prolong the mortgage expiry date?
The person best placed to deal with your concern is your solicitors who will assess whether they should be discussing with the mortgage company, owner’s conveyancers, estate agents or conceivably all parties based on the history of your transaction to date.
Why is leasehold purchase conveyancing in Wroughton is more expensive?
Wroughton leasehold properties involve far more paperwork than a freehold purchase, and therefore takes more time to examine and advise upon.Conveyancing will involve the lease having to be checked which is usually a lengthy document, queries raised to ensure that the covenants and conditions have been observed. If it is a flat there will be a management company in existence and the accounts of this will need to be checked and enquiries raised to ensure it is operating efficiently and that all monies due have been paid by the Seller to the company and if not ensuring that money is paid up to date or the appropriate undertakings obtained.
A colleague advised me that in purchasing a property in Wroughton there may be various restrictions preventing external changes to the property. Is this right?
We are aware of a number of properties in Wroughton which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to carry out external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Wroughton should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
I am currently in the process of buying my council flat in Wroughton. I have a mortgage agreed with TSB. Conveyancing is new to me. Can I proceed without a solicitor easily? I think we can but we keep being told I should have one. Any advice?
It is not advisable to proceed with a house purchase without a solicitor. The council's solicitor are not acting for you. You need a solicitor for a number reasons. One of which is to verify what plans the Council have for repairs and refurbishment for the next five years. Many leaseholders have been stung for contributions of thousands of pounds. In any event, if you are getting a mortgage with TSB, you will need to appoint a solicitor on the TSB conveyancing panel.
I had an offer accepted on a property in Wroughton on 18/11/2025, valuation was booked 3 days later, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer retained, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Principality and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Principality conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Principality to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Principality conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
I have a semi-detached Edwardian house in Wroughton. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and The Royal Bank of Scotland. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw a couple of entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold under the exact same address. I'd like to know for sure, how can I find out??
You need to review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Wroughton and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with lenders. You can also enquire as to the position with your conveyancing lawyer who conducted the conveyancing.
I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £305k and identified one near me in Wroughton I like with a park and railway links nearby, the downside is that it only has 49 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Wroughton in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a short lease?
Should you need a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will likely be problematic. Reduce the price by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you can ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor regarding this matter.