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Conveyancing in Barry : Keep it Local

Reasons to use our Barry conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Our site offers largest residential conveyancing directory service identifying lender approved law practices delivering conveyancing in Barry regulated by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 2 Barry conveyancers are likely to acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 3 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor usually results in a more personal touch. Online forums bear testimony to the idea that in using a large conveyancing firm, your conveyancing is handled by a team of people who who progress matters by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 4 Barry property lawyers work in partnership with Barry estate agents, house builders, surveyors, banks and other professionals to ensure that the highest level of service is offered to buyers and sellers every step of the way, never losing sight of the time-critical nature behind your conveyancing transaction
  • 5 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these organisations are often located hundreds of kilometers away with limited appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Barry

Examples of recent conveyancing in Barry since January 2025*

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of terraced premises, Railway Road, CF62 3FG completing on 23/01/2025 at a price of £380,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in preparation for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

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of detached residence residence, Maes Slowes Leyes, CF62 3LT completing on 23/01/2025 at a price of £265,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, ordering official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

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of detached residence property, Nant Talwg Way, CF62 6LZ completing on 23/01/2025 at a price of £467,500. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, ordering official copies of the title

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of terraced residence, Redberth Close, CF62 9EG completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £125,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s lawyers

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Barry

We see that you have a post code search directory listing solicitors on the UBS conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for our own conveyancing in Barry?

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

We hope to to buy with Earl Shilton BS. We have called around locally but cant to find a Barry conveyancing firm on the Earl Shilton BS approved list. Could you assist?

Please do take advantage of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this site. Please choose the mortgage company and type Barry or your location and you will see a number of lawyer located in Barry or nearest you.

Have just purchased a probate house at auction in Barry. Conveyancing is necessary. What happens now?

Now that you are legally bound yourself to purchase you will need to appoint a conveyancing solicitor as a matter of urgency as you will have a tight a drop dead date to complete the conveyancing. An auction property will ordinarily have an associated auction pack. This will include the copy title deeds, local authority and drainage searches. Where you are dealing with leasehold premises the legal papers should provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing paperwork relating to a leasehold property. You should pass this on to the solicitor working for you at the earliest opportunity. Do make sure that that you have the requisite funding in order to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

Please help - my lawyer says that flying freehold insurance is required on my purchase. What is the level of cover for Barry conveyancing?

The right level of flying freehold indemnity insurance should be dictated by who who your lender is. It would differ for example between Nationwide Building Society and Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. Conveyancing solicitors as opposed to members of the public take out such policies.

My wife and I are spending time looking at apartments in Barry and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it sensible to have a lawyer on ‘stand by’? I intend to finance via a mortgage with HSBC.

It would be wise to instigate your search sooner rather than later. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their contact information on to the EA. Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with HSBC, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the HSBC conveyancing panel.

What will a local search tell me regarding the house we're purchasing in Barry?

Barry conveyancing often commences with the submitting local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search organisations such as Searches UK The local search is essential in every Barry conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any unpleasant surprises after you move into your new home. The search will provide information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen topic areas.

Completion is due on the disposal of our £450,000 flat in Barry next Friday. The freeholder has quoted £408 for Certificate of Compliance, building insurance schedule and previous years service charge statements. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge an administration fee for a flat conveyance in Barry?

Barry conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes typically involves administration charges invoiced by managing agents :

    Addressing conveyancing due diligence questions Where consent is required before sale in Barry 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 Barry leasehold property is £350. For Barry 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 required to provide the information.

Barry Leasehold Conveyancing - Sample of Queries Prior to Purchasing

    The majority of Barry leasehold properties will incur a service charge for maintenance of the building invoiced on behalf of the freeholder. Should you acquire the property you will have to meet this charge, usually in instalments during the year. This can vary from a couple of hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for blocks with lifts and large communal areas. There will also be a rentcharge for you to pay yearly, ordinarily this is not a large figure, say around £25-£75 but you need to enquire as on occasion it can be prohibitively expensive. Can you inform me if there are any major works in the near future that will add a premium to the maintenance charges? How many of the leaseholders are in arrears for their service charge payments?

I purchased a house in Barry last 22/1/2024 and to date it is still not recorded with HMLR. It is part of a development site and my lawyer told me that it may take twelve months to complete the registration formalities. I have spoken with HM Land Registry directly and they have informed me the initial application was cancelled due to failure to reply to requisitions. What can I do?

It is your property lawyer that you really need to contact in order to satisfy any concerns which have been raised as part of the registration formalities for your Barry property. Normal Barry conveyancing practice includes an undertaking on the part of the seller's property lawyer that they will assist in resolving any requisition raised by HMLR so it may be a case of seeking to enforce that undertaking if necessary.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Barry regulated by the SRA

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

  • Anthony Pugh, The Old Rectory, Flemingston, Barry, South Glamorgan, CF62 4QJ
  • Cranes, 8 Broad Street, Barry, South Glamorgan, CF62 7AA
  • Vale Solicitors Ltd, 102 High Street, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, CF62 7DS

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Barry

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Barry specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Claims for damages for illegal

  • Cranes, 8 Broad Street, Barry, South Glamorgan, CF62 7AA
  • Vale Solicitors Ltd, 102 High Street, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, CF62 7DS

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Barry regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Barry but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Griffiths Ings Property Lawyers Limited, 70 High Street, CF62 7DW

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

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