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Reasons to use our Yatton conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Our site is the first site offering you the facility to ensure that your conveyancing in Yatton will be carried out by a property lawyer on your lender’s approved panel.
  • 2 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often located many kilometers away with limited understanding of the factors that affect property transactions in Yatton
  • 3 The Yatton conveyancing practitioners that are listed are dedicated to supplying value for money, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to home buyers, sellers and investors in Yatton
  • 4 There is a strong possibility the other side’s conveyancers are located in Yatton - if so sets of solicitors will have worked on conveyancing matters in the past
  • 5 Our site offers most comprehensive residential conveyancing directory service identifying bank approved law practices carrying out conveyancing in Yatton regulated and authorised by the SRA or CLC.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Yatton since December 2024*

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Transfer

of detached residence property, Henley Park, BS49 4JH completing on 09/01/2025 at a price of £295,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

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Transfer

of detached residence property, Meadowland, BS49 4JB completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £347,500. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the seller for signature in readiness for completion, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

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Sale

of terraced property, Claverham Road, BS49 4LA completing on 09/01/2025 at a price of £730,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

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Disposal

of semi premises, Brunel Way, BS49 4RH completing on 15/01/2025 at a price of £315,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Yatton

Recently been in touch with my conveyancing solicitor in Yatton who conducted the legals two years ago and wanted a conveyancing costs illustration based on an identical type of house move (a leasehold property and a freehold premises) of almost identical values with a mortgage from Britannia. It looks as though am now being quoted double. Am I right to be tempted to shop around for an alternative firm of conveyancing solicitor?

The costs illustration is slightly on the steep side. If you are happy to spend time comparing prices you could reduce the fees marginally by as much as a hundred pounds. On the other hand, if you were content with the conveyancing the firm provided you couldcome to rue choosing an an untested lawyer. If is important to ensure that the solicitor can represent Britannia. Do employ our search tool to locate a Yatton conveyancing firm on the Britannia approved list of lawyers, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Yatton.

I am purchasing a property without a mortgage in Yatton. I have been residing for the previous 15 years in Yatton. Conveyancing searches are expensive. As I have knowledge of the area and road intimately should I not bother getting the solicitor to do all the conveyancing searches?

In the absence of a home loan, then almost all of the Yatton conveyancing searches are optional. Your lawyer will ’encourage you, perhaps strongly, that you should have searches done, but he has a professional duty to take that path of encouragement . Do bear in mind; if you are likely to sell the house in the future, it may be of importance to your prospective buyer what the searches disclose. Sometimes houses with day to day issues can still throw up unpredicted search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in Yatton should provide you some helpful guidance in this regard.

I purchased a freehold house in Yatton yet invoiced for rent, why is this and what is this?

It is rare for properties in Yatton and has limited impact for conveyancing in Yatton but some freehold properties in England (particularly common in North West England) pay an annual sum known as a Chief Rent or a Rentcharge to a third party who has no other legal interest in the land.

Rentcharge payments are usually between £2.00 and £5.00 per year. Rentcharges date back many centuries, but the Rent Charge Act 1977 barred the establishment of fresh rentcharges post 1977.

Previous rentcharges can now be extinguished by making a lump sum payment under the Act. Any rentcharges that are still in existence post 2037 is to be extinguished.

I have recentlybecome aware that Arc property Solicitors have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Yatton for a purchase of a leasehold flat 9 months ago. How can I be sure that my home is not still registered in the name of the previous owner?

The easiest way to check if the premises is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Yatton conveyancing specialists.

I have been sourcing a conveyancing lawyer in Yatton for my remortgage. Is there any facility to check a firm’s record with the legal regulator?

You can review presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations resulting from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For information about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's record, ring 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For non-uk callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator may monitor telephone calls for training reasons.

Why do I have to send my conveyancer with numerous items of ID ahead of starting selling or purchasing a property in Yatton?

Yatton conveyancing practitioners are obliged by the Law Society, Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Land Registry and current AML legislation to record that the have verified the identity of their clients. It is also sometimes a condition of your mortgage offer. Furthermore they have to complete various forms, particularly those relating to stamp duty land tax and need to have information such as your full names, NI number and date of birth.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Yatton regulated by the SRA

It is important to note that the listed firms do not limit their work for conveyancing in Yatton but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.

  • Bennetts Solicitors Ltd, Barley Wood Stables, Long Lane, Wrington, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS40 5SA
  • Bradford & Co, 144 High Street, Nailsea, Bristol, Avon, BS48 1AP
  • John Hodge Solicitors, 10/11 Morston Court, Aisecome Way, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS22 8NG

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Yatton regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Yatton practicing in commercial conveyancing in Yatton. This will likely include advice on commercial leases including all matters relating to landlord and tenant law
  • Bennetts Solicitors Ltd, Barley Wood Stables, Long Lane, Wrington, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS40 5SA
  • Bradford & Co, 144 High Street, Nailsea, Bristol, Avon, BS48 1AP
  • John Hodge Solicitors, 10/11 Morston Court, Aisecome Way, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS22 8NG

Home buying conveyancing in Yatton normally involves the following:

  • Obtaining instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Examining the title to the property
  • Conducting Yatton property searches for the title
  • Reviewing draft sale agreement and other documentation forwarded by the owner’s lawyer
  • Raising queries with the owner’s lawyer
  • Negotiating the purchase agreement
  • Analysing replies provided by the seller to pre-contract enquiries
  • Negotiating a Transfer document
  • Guiding the purchasing in respect of the loan offer: (where applicable)
  • Drawing up and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion of the purchase
  • Completing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the appropriate Land Tax forms and payment
  • Registering the buyer and the home loan (where appropriate) at the HM Land Registry.

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

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