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  • 1 Our site is the first site offering you the ability to ensure that your conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury will be conducted by a law firm on your mortgage lender’s approved panel.
  • 2 The companies identified on our directory have a variation of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 3 Chipping Sodbury property lawyers work in conjunction with Chipping Sodbury estate agents, property finders, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to ensure that a quality service is offered to home movers every step of the way, never losing sight of the time-critical nature behind your conveyancing transaction
  • 4 Solicitor conveyancing lawyers have extremely good personal links with Chipping Sodbury selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 Chipping Sodbury solicitors have a significant advantage when it comes to Chipping Sodbury conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that can affect your home move

Examples of recent conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury since January 2025*

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Disposal

of terraced property, Turnberry, BS37 4ER completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £467,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties

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Sale

of house property, Goose Green, BS37 5BL completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £342,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s lawyers

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Sale

of house residence, Mountbatten Close, BS37 5TE completing on 16/01/2025 at a price of £367,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

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Transfer

of semi-detached property, Fletcher Road, BS37 7ER completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £369,950. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in readiness for completion

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury

Having sold my house in Chipping Sodbury last November yet the purchaser is e-mailing me complaining that her conveyancer is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?

Following your disposal your conveyancer should deliver the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. If applicable, your solicitor must also evidence that the mortgage has been paid off to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion procedures just for conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury.

Can you point me to a directory of Coventry BS panel conveyancers in Chipping Sodbury on the Building Society Association’s Website?

Unfortunately not yet. There is no such directory service on the CML or Building Society Association sites. A small selection of banks make their panel listings open the public on the web. Where you are in need of a Chipping Sodbury conveyancing practitioner on the Coventry BS please make the most of our facility.

I am purchasing a property in Chipping Sodbury. One unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Leeds Building Society have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?

As your lender is Leeds Building Society your lawyer must check the formal requirements outlined in Section 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Leeds Building Society. The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook sets out minimum requirements for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancers are required to report to Leeds Building Society where a lease fails to comply with these conditions. The specifications relate to the installation of panels on properties nationwide and is not limited to Chipping Sodbury.

I was told three weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by Nottingham. Is it usual for Nottingham to only issue the offer once my solicitor in Chipping Sodbury is approved on their conveyancing panel? Nottingham have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their Professional Indemnity Insurance Schedule.

A lender would not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Nottingham to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Nottingham conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

I have been told that property searches are the main reason for obstruction in Chipping Sodbury conveyancing transactions. Is this right?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the common causes of delays during the legal transfer of property. Searches are unlikely to be the root cause of delay in conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury.

Have purchased a a terraced house in Chipping Sodbury , What is the estimated time for the Land Registry to deal with the formalities evidencing my ownership? My Chipping Sodbury conveyancing solicitor works at snail pace, so I want to check that my name is recorded.

As far as conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury registration is no quicker or slower than the rest of England and Wales. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timeframes can adjust subject to the party submitting the application, whether there are errors and whether the Land registry need to notify any other persons or bodies. As of today approximately 80% of such applications are completed in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be protracted hold-ups. Registration takes place after the purchaser is living at the property thus registration formalities is not typically primary concern yet if it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your conveyancer could speak with the land registry and explain the circumstances.

Hoping to buy a property located in Chipping Sodbury and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Chipping Sodbury. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Chipping Sodbury area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Chipping Sodbury. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

I am on look out for some leasehold conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury. Before I set the wheels in motion I would like to find out the number of years remaining on the lease.

Assuming the lease is registered - and almost all are in Chipping Sodbury - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury - A selection of Queries Prior to Purchasing

    It would be wise to find out if there are any onerous restrictions in the lease. For example some leases prohibit pets being allowed in in a block in Chipping Sodbury. If you like the flatin Chipping Sodbury however your cat can’t live with you then you will be presented with a difficult compromise. What is the yearly service fee and ground rent? The answer will be important as a) areas can cause problems in the building as the communal areas may start to deteriorate if services remain unpaid b) if the leasehold owners have an issue with the running of the building you will wish to have all the details

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Chipping Sodbury regulated by the SRA

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

  • Beaufort Montague Harris, Old Bank House, 79 Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6AD
  • Clutton Cox Limited, Parliament House, 4 High Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6AH
  • Adams Burrows, 34 Broad Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS16 5NS

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Chipping Sodbury

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Chipping Sodbury practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Beaufort Montague Harris, Old Bank House, 79 Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6AD
  • Clutton Cox Limited, Parliament House, 4 High Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6AH

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Chipping Sodbury regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Chipping Sodbury specialising in commercial conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury. This should include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • Beaufort Montague Harris, Old Bank House, 79 Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6AD
  • Clutton Cox Limited, Parliament House, 4 High Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6AH
  • Adams Burrows, 34 Broad Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS16 5NS

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

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