I was recommended to a solicitor who has quoted just over a thousand pound for leasehold conveyancing in Cornwall. I am hoping to downsize from a Victorian detached home for £125,000. This sounds too much. Is it above the norm for conveyancing in Cornwall?
The estimate does seem a tad overpriced. If you shop around you might get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by perhaps a hundred pounds. That being said, you mightcome to regret choosing an an untested lawyer. Remember to check the firm can act for your bank. You can employ our search tool to locate a Cornwall conveyancing firm on the banks conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Cornwall.
Can the conveyancing practitioners that you recommend perform right to buy conveyancing in Cornwall?
We do have a variety of conveyancing firms who can service right to buy conveyancing You should contact us in order to obtain a costs illustration.
I have todayfound out that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Cornwall for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 12 months ago. How can I check that the property is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?
The easiest way to check if the premises is registered to you, you can carry out 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 Cornwall conveyancing specialists.
I was recommended by a number of estate agents in Cornwall to locate a solicitor on your site. What’s the financial upside for Estate Agents to recommend your site ahead of alternative conveyancing organisations?
We refuse to give any referral fee for directing people our way. We found it would be just too difficult a fee as a client could think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.
I have been sourcing a conveyancing solicitor in Cornwall for my sale. Is it possible to check a firm’s record with the legal regulator?
You can review presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions resulting from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For details about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors record, ring 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. International callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator could recorded telephone calls for training purposes.
A licensed conveyancer acted on my conveyancing in Cornwall half a dozen years ago and was holding my title documents but has since been shut down – What can I do to retreive these?
Title deeds, as such, no longer exist as most homes in Cornwall are recorded digitally at Land Registry. Where you need to prove ownership or are selling or refinancing your conveyancing practitioner can obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.
If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned as quickly as possible.