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Top 5 reasons to let us help you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in Bishops Cleeve

  • 1 Lawyer conveyancing firms have very good personal connections with Bishops Cleeve selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 2 Firms accustomed to conveyancing in Bishops Cleeve are familiar with the local concerns specific to Bishops Cleeve and therefore you may benefit from better advice and speedier conveyancing.
  • 3 Peace of mind comes when you select the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Bishops Cleeve has a number to pick from, but for a truly professional and reliable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.
  • 4 Over the years Bishops Cleeve lawyer have developed very good connections with Bishops Cleeve local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of handling your house sale or purchase in Bishops Cleeve.
  • 5 Chances are that the other side’s conveyancers are located in Bishops Cleeve - if so sets of solicitors are likely to be familiar

Examples of recent conveyancing in Bishops Cleeve since October 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Bishops Cleeve

Can the conveyancing lawyers via your comparison service execute conveyancing in Bishops Cleeve by way of an attended exchange?

There are a few conveyancing specialists who can conduct one day exchanges. Do contact us to receive a conveyancing quote and details as to availability.

Do lenders provide you with an approved list of Bishops Cleeve conveyancing solicitors? How do you know who is on the Principality conveyancing panel?

Bishops Cleeve conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Principality conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Principality directly.

Will my solicitor be raising enquiries regarding flooding during the conveyancing in Bishops Cleeve.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for solicitors dealing with homes in Bishops Cleeve. There are those who acquire a property in Bishops Cleeve, fully expectant that at some time, it may be flooded. However, leaving to one side the physical destruction, where a property is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, adequate insurance cover, or dispose of the property. Steps can be carried out during the course of a property purchase to forewarn the buyer.

Lawyers are not qualified to impart advice on flood risk, but there are a numerous searches that can be undertaken by the buyer or by their solicitors which can figure out the risks in Bishops Cleeve. The conventional set of property information forms given to a purchaser’s solicitor (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) includes a usual question of the seller to determine if the property has ever been flooded. If the premises has been flooded in past which is not revealed by the vendor, then a purchaser could bring a claim for damages resulting from an incorrect response. A purchaser’s lawyers will also commission an environmental search. This will higlight if there is any known flood risk. If so, more detailed inquiries should be conducted.

Am I best advised to use a Bishops Cleeve conveyancing solicitor who is local to the property I am purchasing? I have an old university friend who can deal with the legal formalities but her office is 300kilometers away.

The primary upside of using a local Bishops Cleeve conveyancing firm is that you can attend the office to sign documents, present your identification documents and apply pressure on them where appropriate. Having local Bishops Cleeve know how is a plus. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust used your friend and they were content that should outweigh using an unknown Bishops Cleeve conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being based in the area.

My wife and I may need to let out our Bishops Cleeve garden flat for a while due to a career opportunity. We instructed a Bishops Cleeve conveyancing practice in 2004 but they have closed and we did not have the foresight to seek any guidance as to whether the lease prohibits the subletting of the flat. How do we find out?

A small minority of properties in Bishops Cleeve do contain a provision to say that subletting is only permitted with prior consent from the landlord. The landlord cannot unreasonably withhold but, in such cases, they would need to review references. Experience suggests that problems are usually caused by unsatisfactory tenants rather than owner-occupiers and for that reason you can expect the freeholder to take up the references and consider them carefully before granting consent.

I purchased a leasehold flat in Bishops Cleeve, conveyancing having been completed 7 years ago. Can you work out an approximate cost of a lease extension? Similar flats in Bishops Cleeve with over 90 years remaining are worth £255,000. The ground rent is £45 invoiced annually. The lease terminates on 21st October 2100

With 74 years remaining on your lease we estimate the price of your lease extension to span between £8,600 and £9,800 as well as legals.

The figure above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to provide the actual costs without more detailed investigations. You should not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt additional concerns that need to be considered and you obviously should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not take any other action based on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.

Is it true that a Bishops Cleeve conveyancing firm got sued by clients for failing to conduct the appropriate conveyancing searches?

Our attention has not be brought to such a Bishops Cleeve conveyancing claim but according to a recent report, a couple purchasing a home elsewhere in England successfully won a claim against their conveyancing practitioner as a consequence of development permission to build a wind farm not being identified in conveyancing searches.

Where you are buying in Bishops Cleeve It is critical that your property lawyer carry out all Bishops Cleeve conveyancing searches needed to ensure you have accurate and up to date information before purchasing a home in Bishops Cleeve.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Bishops Cleeve regulated by the SRA

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

  • David Billingham & Partners, Mill House, 2 Church Road, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 8LR
  • Peter Badham & Co, Elton Lawn, Uckington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 9SW
  • Midwinters, 1-3 Crescent Place, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3PJ
  • Bpe Solicitors Llp, St. James' House, St. James' Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3PR
  • Bpe Services Limited, St. James House, St. James Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3PR

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Bishops Cleeve

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Bishops Cleeve practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • Peter Badham & Co, Elton Lawn, Uckington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 9SW
  • Midwinters, 1-3 Crescent Place, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3PJ
  • Bpe Solicitors Llp, St. James' House, St. James' Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3PR
  • Hughes Paddison Limited, 10 Royal Crescent, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3DA
  • Converse Law Limited, Festival House, Jessop Avenue, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3SH

Bishops Cleeve commercial property solicitors draw on a full range of commercial expertise offering advice on a number of aspects of commercial property law

    Dealing with notices received or to be served pursuant to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Hotels, public houses and restaurants Advice on commercial mortgages Property due diligence in connection with corporate acquisitions and disposals Offices, retail or industrial units complex procedures concerning renewal, rent reviews, dilapidations and the many obligations encountered by Landlords and Tenants of commercial premises

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

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