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Blakeney Conveyancing Statistics*

  • 1 Average time frame of 79 days for registration of title in Blakeney
  • 2 September was the busiest month and August was the next busiest month while March was the least busiest month of the year for conveyancing in Blakeney
  • 3 92% freehold and 8% leasehold conveyancing in Blakeney for this year to date
  • 4 Average Stamp Duty Payable for this year to date was £4,502
  • 5 Average time from start to moving day was 66 days for conveyancing in Blakeney

Examples of recent conveyancing in Blakeney since December 2023*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Blakeney

My partner and I are looking to acquire a flat in Blakeney and are in fact using a Blakeney conveyancing firm. Within the last couple of days our lawyer has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through with the expectation that exchange is imminent. Britannia have this afternoon contacted us to advise us that there is now an issue as our Blakeney solicitor is not on their conveyancing panel. Is this a problem?

If you are buying a property requiring a mortgage it is standard for the purchasers' lawyers to also represent the mortgage company. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme. Your solicitor should contact your lender and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own solicitors to act. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the bank's conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Blakeney lawyers, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it may delay matters as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.

I am buying a house mortgage free in Blakeney. I have resided for the last 20 years in Blakeney. Conveyancing searches are a lot of money. As I have knowledge of the road and vicinity intimately must I have all the conveyancing searches?

If you not getting a mortgage, then the vast majority of the Blakeney conveyancing searches are non-obligatory. Your solicitor will try and steer you, no-doubt strongly, that you should have searches carried out, but she is duty bound to take that path of advice. Do take into account; if you are going to sell the house at a future date, it could be of importance to your prospective purchaser what the searches reveal. There are plenty of instances where premises with apparent issues can still reveal detrimental search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in Blakeney will be able to give you some practical advice here.

My property lawyer in Blakeney has never been on on the Nationwide Building Society Conveyancing Panel. Can I still continue with my prefered solicitor even though they are not on the Nationwide Building Society approved list?

The limited options available to you here include:

  1. Complete the purchase with your preferred Blakeney solicitors but Nationwide Building Society will need to instruct a lawyer on their list of acceptable firms. This will inevitably rack up the overall conveyancing fees and result in delays.
  2. Get an alternative lawyer to act in the conveyancing, remembering to check they are Nationwide Building Society approved.
  3. Try to convince your Nationwide Building Society based solicitor to attempt to join the Nationwide Building Society panel

I am assisting my sister sell her property in Blakeney. Will the solicitor arrange the EPC or it is for me to coordinate?

Following the demise of Home Packs, energy assessments was kept a mandatory part of moving property. An energy performance certificate must be commissioned in advance of the property being advertised. This is not a task that conveyancers ordinarily organise. Where you are instructing a Blakeney conveyancing practitioner they may help arrange energy assessments due to their relationships with reputable Blakeney providers

I am due to move house in April. Will my conveyancing solicitor liaise with the removal company on the day of completion. Incidentally, can you recommend a removal company in Blakeney. Conveyancing solicitor was found prior to coming across this website.

On the day of completion you will need to collect the house keys from your property agent but this should only occur when the sellers solicitors advise the agent that they have the completion monies and the keys can be given over. Subsequently you can inform the removal company that they can start moving you in. We do not recommend a particular removal organisation but can assist you in locating a conveyancing in Blakeney or a legal practice that specialises in conveyancing in Blakeney.

After weeks of negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Blakeney. My financial adviser recommended their conveyancers. I paid an advanced payment of £225. Not long after, the conveyancer contacted me to say 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.

Should our solicitor be asking questions regarding flooding during the conveyancing in Blakeney.

Flooding is a growing risk for solicitors conducting conveyancing in Blakeney. Plenty of people will acquire a house in Blakeney, completely expectant that at some time, it may be flooded. However, leaving to one side the physical destruction, if a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, adequate insurance cover, or sell the premises. There are steps that can be taken during the course of a house purchase to forewarn the buyer.

Conveyancers are not best placed to give advice on flood risk, but there are a numerous searches that may be initiated by the buyer or by their lawyers which will give them a better understanding of the risks in Blakeney. The standard property information forms given to a purchaser’s solicitor (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) incorporates a standard question of the owner to discover if the property has suffered from flooding. In the event that flooding has previously occurred and is not revealed by the owner, then a buyer may commence a compensation claim as a result of such an incorrect answer. The purchaser’s solicitors will also conduct an environmental search. This will indicate if there is a recorded flood risk. If so, further inquiries should be carried out.

I am looking for a flat up to £235,500 and identified one close by in Blakeney I like with a park and transport links nearby, the downside is that it only has 51 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Blakeney in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a lease with such few years left?

If you require a home loan the shortness of the lease will likely be problematic. Discount the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing owner has owned the premises for at least 2 years you can request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this matter.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Blakeney regulated by the SRA

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

  • Pitman Blackstock White Limited, 6 Cavendish Buildings, Hill Street, Lydney, Gloucestershire, GL15 5HD

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Blakeney

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Blakeney specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • Pitman Blackstock White Limited, 6 Cavendish Buildings, Hill Street, Lydney, Gloucestershire, GL15 5HD

What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Blakeney?

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding acquiring and selling property and cover conveyancing nationwide not just Blakeney. If using a Licensed Conveyancer governed by the CLC, you can expect:
  • Receive an honest and lawful conveyancing.
  • Be supplied with a high standard of legal services.
  • Enjoy the benefit of your matters dealt with using care, skill and diligence.
  • Be supplied with a high standard of service due to your conveyancer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Receive a service which is accessible and responsive to your individual needs.
  • Not feel discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • Not receive a service which is below the level you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Have your individual needs taken into account should a complaint be necessary.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a swift, independent and comprehensive service when if a complaint is registered about your conveyancing in Blakeney.

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

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