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Top 5 reasons to use our service to help you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Fairwater

  • 1 Personal touch and pure property local knowledge are key benefits that you should value when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Fairwater conveyancing can be made significantly more complicated due to poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers listed strive to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 2 Solicitors accustomed to conveyancing in Fairwater regularly deal withlocal concerns specific to Fairwater and therefore you may benefit from better advice and speedier conveyancing.
  • 3 Over the years Fairwater property lawyer have established excellent links with Fairwater local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of handling your house sale or purchase in Fairwater.
  • 4 Fairwater property lawyers have a significant edge when it comes to Fairwater conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will impact your sale or purchase
  • 5 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Fairwater is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) sometimes falls short of the high standards of professionalism you will expect.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Fairwater since December 2024*

Transfer

of terraced residence, Amethyst Road, CF5 3NS completing on 19/12/2024 at a price of £220,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

Transfer

of terraced property, Doyle Avenue, CF5 3HT completing on 19/12/2024 at a price of £227,500. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: ordering official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

Transfer

of house premises, St Fagans Road, CF5 3EU completing on 16/12/2024 at a price of £310,000. 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, preparing statement detailing charges

Sale

of terraced property, St Fagans Road, CF5 3EY completing on 21/01/2025 at a price of £105,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Fairwater

Would the conveyancing lawyers indexed on your site conduct right to buy conveyancing in Fairwater?

We have identified numerous conveyancing conveyancers who can service right to buy transactions Do call the lawyers listed to get a conveyancing quote.

We see that you have a search directory listing solicitors on the TSB conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I instruct them for our conveyancing in Fairwater?

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

We are buying a house and the lawyer has referenced Chancel Repair for which the property may be obligated to pay given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. She has suggested insurance. Is this strictly required for conveyancing in Fairwater

Unless a previous purchase of the property took place post 12 October 2013 you may assume that conveyancing practitioners delivering conveyancing in Fairwater to continue to recommend a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in a fortnight ago in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Fairwater is where the house is located. Is there any advice you can give?

Flying freeholds in Fairwater are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Fairwater you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Fairwater may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.

In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandfather I am selling a house in Newport but reside in Fairwater. My lawyer (based 300 miles awayneeds me to sign a statutory declaration prior to the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in Fairwater to witness this legal document for me?

Technically speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are located in Fairwater

What makes a Fairwater lease unmortgageable?

There is nothing unique about leasehold conveyancing in Fairwater. All leases are drafted differently and legal mistakes in the legal wording can result in certain provisions are wrong. For example, if your lease is missing any of the following, it could be defective:

    Service charge per centages that don't add up correctly leaving a shortfall Clauses dealing with recovering service charges for expenditure on the building or common parts.

A defective lease will likely cause issues when trying to sell a property primarily because it impacts on the ability to obtain a mortgage on the property. Nationwide Building Society, Coventry Building Society, and Aldermore all have express requirements when it comes to what is expected in a lease. If a mortgage lender believes that the lease is problematic they may refuse to grant the mortgage, obliging the purchaser to pull out.

Fairwater Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Queries Prior to Purchasing

    The answer will be useful as a) areas could result in problems for the building as the common areas may start to deteriorate where maintenance are not paid for b) if the tenants have a dispute with the running of the building you will want to have all the details Who takes responsibility for maintaining and repairing the block? Are any of leasehold owners in dispute over their service charge payments?

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Fairwater

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Fairwater with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Claims for damages for illegal

  • Evans And Jones Solicitors Llp, 1st Floor Offices, 8b Station Road, Radyr, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF15 8AA
  • James Morgan, 18a Merthyr Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF14 1DG
  • Churchgate Legal Llp, 14a Park Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF14 7BQ
  • Malloy & Barry, 194 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF5 1GW
  • Malekin Law Limited, 270 North Road, Cardiff, Cardiff, CF14 3BL

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Fairwater regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Fairwater specialising in commercial conveyancing in Fairwater. This should include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • Evans And Jones Solicitors Llp, 1st Floor Offices, 8b Station Road, Radyr, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF15 8AA
  • James Morgan, 18a Merthyr Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF14 1DG
  • Ackland & Co, 68 Llandaff Road, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF11 9NL
  • Malekin Law Limited, 270 North Road, Cardiff, Cardiff, CF14 3BL
  • Ellison & Co, 13 Kings Road, Canton, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF11 9BZ

Planning law solicitors in Fairwater regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Fairwater specialising in planning law. This may include advice on applications about listed buildings and conservation areas
  • Hek Jones Limited, Hek Jones, 104 Whitchurch Road, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF14 3LY
  • Hugh James, Hodge House, 114-116 St. Mary Street, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF10 1DY
  • Glamorgan Law Llp, 15 St Andrews Crescent, Cf10 3db, Cardiff, Cardiff, CF10 3DB
  • Geldards Llp, Dumfries House, Dumfries Place, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF10 3ZF
  • Berry Smith Llp, Haywood House, Dumfries Place, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF10 3GA

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