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Top reasons to use our service to assist you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Lechlade

  • 1 This site is the first site offering you the ability to check that your conveyancing in Lechlade will be conducted by a solicitor on your lender’s authorised panel.
  • 2 Lechlade conveyancers have a significant edge when it comes to Lechlade conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that can impact your conveyancing
  • 3 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor usually means that you will receive a more personal touch. When using a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 4 The organisations shown on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases each year.
  • 5 There is a strong possibility the other side’s conveyancers have offices in Lechlade - if so sets of solicitors will have worked on conveyancing matters in the past

Examples of recent conveyancing in Lechlade since December 2023*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Lechlade

Due to move into my new home in Lechlade next Tuesday. My conveyancing practitioner now wants me to supply her with evidence of content and building insurance for the property as he says that he has to check this in his capacity as lawyer for the bank. What risks does the lender expect the insurance to cover?

All property lawyers on acting for mortgage companies would need to check that the following risks are covered fire; lightning; aircraft; explosion; earthquake; storm; flood; escape of water or oil; riot; malicious damage; theft or attempted theft; falling trees and branches and aerials; subsidence; heave;landslip;collision;accidental damage to underground services;professional fees, demolition and site clearance costs; and public liability to anyone else. There are some other issues such as the level of excess that are set out in a lender’s UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements. These requirements are not unique to conveyancing in Lechlade.

I have a renovated Georgian house in Lechlade. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and Nottingham Building Society. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw a couple of entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold under the matching address. Is it worth asking Nottingham Building Society to clarify?

You need to read 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 Lechlade 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 mortgage companies. You can also enquire as to the position with the conveyancing practitioner who conducted the purchase.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a property I have offered on two weeks back in what should have been a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Lechlade is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Lechlade are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Lechlade you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds very carefully. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Lechlade may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.

I'm remortgaging my existing house to a buy to let mortgage with Santander and I will use the rest of the raised equity towards further house. The neighborhood we are talking about is Lechlade. Will your solicitors be able to act for both sets of banks and link together the conveyances?

Do use our comparison tool on this page to check that the solicitors are approved by both lenders. Assuming that they are the conveyancer will be able to simultaneously deal with the two deals but you should have a chat with you lawyer and specify your desired outcome and requirements.

We're FTB’s - had an offer accepted, but the estate agent told us that the vendor will only issue a contract if we appoint their chosen conveyancers as they want an ‘expedited deal’. My instinct tells me that we should use a family conveyancer with experience of conveyancing in Lechlade

It is highly unlikely the owners are behind this. Should the vendor desire ‘a quick sale', turning down a motivated purchaser is not the way to achieve this. Avoid the agents and go straight to the owners and make the point that (a)you are genuine purchasers (b)you are ready to go, with mortgage lined up © you are chain free (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you will continue to instruct your preferred Lechlade conveyancing solicitors - not the ones that will give the estate agent a commission or achieve conveyancing thresholds set by senior management.

My lawyers in Lechlade have advised me that they can not locate my conveyancing file. At the time of my purchase I took out a mortgage with the mortgage company. Is it case that being on the bank conveyancing panel they need to have retained the file for a number of years?

Different lenders have different requirements but many of the Terms and Conditions of Conveyancing Panel Appointment require the file to be held for a period of 6 years. That being said we have not seen a copy of the mortgage company Conveyancing Panel Terms. It might be worth you contacting the bank directly.

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

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding purchasing and selling property and cover conveyancing countrywide as well as Lechlade. When using a Licensed Conveyancer governed by the CLC, you are entitled to:
  • Receive an honest and lawful conveyancing.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high standard of legal services.
  • Receive your conveyancing dealt with using care, skill and legal competence.
  • Receive a high standard of service due to your lawyer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Have 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.
  • Ensure your individual needs taken into account should a complaint be necessary.
  • Receive a speedy, impartial and comprehensive service when if a complaint is made about your conveyancing in Lechlade.

Sale conveyancing in Lechlade usually comprises the following:

  • Conveyancer instructed by the seller on acceptance of the offer
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Drafting contract and associated papers
  • Forwarding draft papers to the conveyancing practitioner representing the buyer
  • Negotiating contracts and responding to additional queries from the purchaser’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Finalising the transfer deed
  • Answering requisitions submitted by the purchaser’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion formalities
  • Receiving sale proceeds and sending funds to the vendor, the estate agent and repaying the mortgage (where applicable)

Lechlade commercial property solicitors draw on a wide range of commercial expertise offering advice on numerous aspects of commercial property law

    Buying, selling and leasing land for registered charities Granting a licence to assign, sublet or carry out works Options and guarantees General advice on title or other property issues Telecommunications and broadcast mast sites Development, including options, overage agreements, JCT building contracts

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

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