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  • 1 You can gain comfort when you choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Yeovil has a number to pick from, but for a truly dependable and dependable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.
  • 2 The accumulation of transactions means that Yeovil property lawyer have established very good connections with Yeovil local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of undertaking your house sale or purchase in Yeovil.
  • 3 The Yeovil conveyancing firms that are identified are committed to providing the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and remortgagors in Yeovil
  • 4 The practices listed on our directory have a mix of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 5 Our site is the only site offering you the facility to check that your conveyancing in Yeovil will be conducted by a solicitor on your bank approved panel.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Yeovil since January 2025*

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Purchase

of apartment Wyndham Court BA21 4HB, sold for £80,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, securing official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

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Sale

of house premises, Eastland Road, BA21 4EY completing on 13/01/2025 at a price of £163,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

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Transfer

of detached residence premises, Hillside Terrace, BA21 4HR completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £200,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in preparation for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

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Transfer

of terraced property, College Green, BA21 4JR completing on 16/01/2025 at a price of £265,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Yeovil

Our Yeovil lawyer has discovered a difference between the surveyor’s assumptions in the valuation report and what is revealed within the legal papers for the property. My lawyer says that he is duty bound to check that the lender is OK with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my conveyancer’s approach appropriate?

Your lawyer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.

We note that you have a search directory identifying solicitors on the Santander conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I instruct them for our own conveyancing in Yeovil?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Santander conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Yeovil.

I am purchasing a house and the solicitor has raised the issue of Chancel Repair to which the property may be obligated to contribute to because it falls into the area of such a church. She has recommended insurance. Is this really appropriate for conveyancing in Yeovil

Unless a previous purchase of the property took place post 12 October 2013 you may expect solicitors conducting conveyancing in Yeovil to continue to propose a a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

I have recentlyfound out that Action Conveyancing have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Yeovil for a purchase of a freehold house 9 months ago. How can I check that my home is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?

The quickest method to check if the property is in your name, 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 Yeovil conveyancing specialists.

In my capacity as executor for the estate of my father I am disposing of a residence in Neath but reside in Yeovil. My solicitor (approximately 250 kilometers from merequires that I execute a stat dec prior to the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Yeovil who can witness and place their company stamp on the document?

strictly speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Yeovil based

If all goes to plan we aim to complete our sale of a £175,000 maisonette in Yeovil in just under a week. The landlords agents has quoted £372 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and 3 years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in Yeovil?

For the majority of leasehold sales in Yeovil conveyancing will involve, questions about the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :

    Answering conveyancing due diligence enquiries Where consent is required before sale in Yeovil Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Your lawyer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Yeovil leasehold property is £350. For Yeovil conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are obliged to supply the information.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Yeovil - A selection of Queries before buying

    How is the lease structured? What restrictions exist in the Yeovil Lease? It would be sensible to find out as much as possible regarding the managing agents as they will impact your use and enjoyment of the property. As the owner of a leasehold property you are frequently in the clutches of the managing agents both financially and when it comes to daily issues like the cleanliness of the common parts. You should not be afraid to ask other people what they think of their service. Finally, investigate as to the dates that the maintenance fees are due to the relevant party and specifically what it includes.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Yeovil regulated by the SRA

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

  • Porter Dodson Llp, Central House, Church Street, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1HH
  • Gareth Webb & Co Llp, 5-6 Church Terrace, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1HX
  • Battens Solicitors Limited, Mansion House, 54-58 Princes Street, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1EP
  • Bannister & Co, Tudor Chambers, Manor Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1UQ
  • Maclachlan Solicitors Limited, Long Street, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3BS

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Yeovil

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Yeovil practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Porter Dodson Llp, Central House, Church Street, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1HH
  • Gareth Webb & Co Llp, 5-6 Church Terrace, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1HX
  • Battens Solicitors Limited, Mansion House, 54-58 Princes Street, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1EP
  • Maclachlan Solicitors Limited, Long Street, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3BS
  • Richard P Kemp, 31 North Street, Martock, Somerset, TA12 6DH

Yeovil commercial property solicitors draw on a wide range of commercial expertise offering advice on a variety of issues across all aspects of commercial property law

    Advising landlords and tenants in respect of ancillary documentation e.g. licences to alter, assign underlet etc Industrial and warehouse premises Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 procedures, including serving section 25 and 26 notices Property due diligence in connection with corporate acquisitions and disposals Telecommunications and broadcast mast sites Sale or acquisition of commercial property investments, including at auction

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

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