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5 reasons to use our service to assist you select a high street conveyancing solicitor in Aston

  • 1 Personal touch and a wealth of experience are key benefits that you should value when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Aston property deals can become a lot more complicated because of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with strive to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.
  • 2 Aston lawyers work in partnership with Aston estate agents, house builders, surveyors, banks and other professionals to make sure that the highest level of service is offered to clients every step of the way, helping make the process as straightforward as possible
  • 3 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor on the whole results in a more personalised service. Sometimes when dealing with a an online conveyancing factory, your transaction is dealt with by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by reading from their computer screens.
  • 4 The accumulation of transactions means that Aston property lawyer have established valuable links with Aston local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of undertaking your home move in Aston.
  • 5 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Aston is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Aston since August 2023*

Disposal

of house premises, Driver Street, S13 9WQ completing on 30/08/2023 at a price of £186,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, obtaining official copies of the title, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

Transfer

of terraced premises, Main Street, S25 4BD completing on 13/09/2023 at a price of £380,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s solicitor

Disposal

of house residence, Shortbrook Close, S20 8LE completing on 15/09/2023 at a price of £129,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, securing official copies of the title

Acquisition

of apartment Westfield Avenue S12 4LL, purchased for £245,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in readiness for completion, obtaining official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Aston

My wife and I are looking to buy a flat in Aston and have appointed a Aston conveyancing firm. Within the past 48 hours our conveyancer has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through with a view to exchanging next week. The Royal Bank of Scotland have this morning contacted us to inform me that they have now hit a problem as our Aston lawyer is not on their approved list of lawyers. Please explain?

Where you are buying a property with the assistance of a mortgage it is standard for the purchasers' solicitors to also act for the purchaser's lender. 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 mortgage company 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 don't have to instruct a firm on the lender’s conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Aston lawyers, in which case it will likely add costs, and it will likely delay the transaction as you have another set of people involved.

4 months have elapsed since my purchase conveyancing in Aston completed. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £160,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the premises from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Aston prior to instructing solicitors. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the property. The surveyor advised that some mortgage companies will not issue a mortgage on a flying freehold home.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different instructions for example to Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can check with the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Aston. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Aston especially if they are familiar with such properties in Aston.

Am I better off to instruct a Aston conveyancing lawyer based in the area that I am buying? We have a good friend who can deal with the legal work but her office is 300kilometers away.

The benefit of a high street Aston conveyancing firm is that you can pop in to sign paperwork, deliver your identification documents and apply pressure on them where appropriate. They will also have local knowledge which is a plus. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who instructed your friend and in the main were impressed that must surpass using an unknown Aston conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being round the corner.

What are your top tips when it comes to choosing a Aston conveyancing firm to carry out our lease extension conveyancing?

When appointing a property lawyer for your lease extension (regardless if they are a Aston conveyancing practice) it is imperative that they be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of work. We recommend that you speak with two or three firms including non Aston conveyancing practices prior to instructing a firm. If the firm is ALEP accredited then so much the better. The following questions might be useful:

    If they are not ALEP accredited then why not?

I invested in buying a garden flat in Aston, conveyancing having been completed half a dozen years ago. Can you give me give me an indication of the likely cost of a lease extension? Equivalent properties in Aston with an extended lease are worth £180,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £65 charged once a year. The lease comes to an end on 21st October 2082

With 59 years remaining on your lease we estimate the premium for your lease extension to be between £20,900 and £24,200 plus legals.

The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs in the absence of detailed investigations. You should not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be additional concerns that need to be taken into account and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward based on this information before getting professional advice.

What is the reason for new build conveyancing in Aston being more expensive?

Buying a new build premises is completely distinct from the standard house buying conveyancing in Aston. For a start sellers usually demand contracts to exchange very quickly, the result being a lot of pressure on your conveyancer to ensure everything is in order. Furthermore new build premises often involve examination of adoption of highways, drains, planning considerations, building warranties or architects certificates. Lenders requirements are also more demanding. Given the complex nature of the process for these types of properties, the conveyancing new build fees are higher than normal.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Aston regulated by the SRA

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

  • Coates Solicitors Limited, 62-64 High Street, Mosborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S20 5AE
  • Tierney & Co, 137 Bawtry Road, Wickersley, Rotherham, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S66 2BW
  • Kavanagh & Co, 61 Market Street, Eckington, Sheffield, Derbyshire, S21 4JG
  • Parker Rhodes Hickmotts, The Point, Bradmarsh Business Park, Bradmarsh Way, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 1BP
  • Bradford & Son, 9 Moorgate Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 2EN

Buying a home in Aston is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process.

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Examining the title to the premises
  • Conducting Aston searches for the title
  • Considering the draft contract and other papers prepared the owner’s lawyer
  • Raising queries with the owner’s lawyer
  • Agreeing the wording of the sale agreement
  • Going through replies supplied by the owner to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Negotiating the Transfer document
  • Guiding the buyer in respect of the loan offer: (where appropriate)
  • Preparing and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; reporting to the purchaser on the contents of the contract pack, pre-contract enquiries and the result of the searches)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion formalities
  • Preparing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the appropriate stamp duty forms and payment
  • Registering the change in ownership and the home loan (where appropriate) at the HMLR.

Sale conveyancing in Aston almost always consists of the following:

  • Obtaining instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and associated papers
  • Submitting draft papers to the lawyer acting for the buyer
  • Finalising the wording for contracts and responding to supplemental enquires from the purchaser’s lawyer
  • Finalising the transfer document
  • Answering requisitions raised by the purchaser’s lawyer
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion of the sale
  • Receiving sale proceeds and wiring funds to the vendor, the estate agent and other relevant parties (where relevant)

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

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