Our family solicitor has given a fee estimate £1150 for leasehold conveyancing in Bilston. I am looking to sell a modern detached home for £175,000. Are the quoted fees excessive? Is it above the norm for conveyancing in Bilston?
The quote is fractionally on the expensive side. If you shop around you might get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by as much as £125. That being said, you maylive to regret opting for an an unknown solicitor. Don't forget to check the firm can also act for your bank. You can utilise our comparison tool to select a Bilston conveyancing firm on the banks conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Bilston.
Would the conveyancing solicitors via your comparison service handle conveyancing in Bilston by way of an attended exchange?
There are a few conveyancing experts who can conduct personalised exchanges. Please contact us to obtain a fee calculation and details as to availability.
It is is a decade since I bought my property in Bilston. Conveyancing lawyers have recently been appointed on the sale but I am unable to locate the title documents. Is this a major issue?
Don’t worry too much. First the deeds may be retained by your mortgage company or they could stored with the conveyancers who handled the purchase. Secondly the chances are that the title will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you are the registered owner by your conveyancing lawyers procuring current official copies of the land registers. Almost all conveyancing in Bilston involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is not registered it is more tricky but is not insurmountable.
Various online forums that I have visited warn that are the number one reason for delay in Bilston house deals. Is there any truth in this?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published determinations of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the most frequent causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are unlikely to feature in any holding up conveyancing in Bilston.
It has been 3 months since my purchase conveyancing in Bilston 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 asset 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.
As co-executor for the estate of my grandfather I am selling a residence in Monmouth but I am based in Bilston. My lawyer (who is 200 miles from meneeds me to sign a stat dec ahead of the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Bilston to witness and place their company stamp on the document?
Technically speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Bilston based