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Top reasons to use our service to assist you find a high street conveyancing solicitor in Freshford

  • 1 Freshford solicitors will acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 2 Freshford solicitor are the key to a successful Freshford conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your transaction
  • 3 The Freshford conveyancing practitioners that are identified are committed to supplying the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to home buyers, sellers and investors in Freshford
  • 4 There is a better than average chance that the other side’s solicitors are located in Freshford - if so sets of solicitors are likely to be less confrontational
  • 5 Notwithstanding what alternative lawyers inform you it just might be important to pop into your solicitor to execute contracts. There are enough parties with an interest in a homemove without having to add Royal Mail into the equation.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Freshford since January 2025*

Sale

of semi premises, Sycamore Grove, BA14 0JB completing on 28/01/2025 at a price of £245,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: ordering official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

Transfer

of semi residence, Lacock Gardens, BA14 7TF completing on 28/01/2025 at a price of £465,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in readiness for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Freshford

I was told yesterday by my broker that my Freshford solicitor is not on the lender Conveyancing panel. What can I do to be certain if this is indeed the case?

The first thing you need to do is to contact your Freshford lawyer directly. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to advise you of the situation. If they are not on the panel they may be able to suggest a Freshford conveyancing practice that is on the conveyancing panel for your bank.

As a novice what is the most important piece of guidance you can give me concerning purchase conveyancing in Freshford?

Not many law firms shout this from the rooftops but conveyancing in Freshford and elsewhere in North Somerset is often a confrontational process. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there is plenty of room for confrontation between you and others involved in the home moving process. E.g., the seller, property agent and on occasion your lender. Selecting a lawyer for your conveyancing in Freshford an important selection as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONE person in the legal process whose interest is to look after your legal interests and to keep you safe.

There is a distinct increase in the "blame" culture- someone has to be at fault for the process taking so long. You your first instinct should be to trust your solicitor ahead of the other parties in the conveyancing process.

About to place an offer on a leasehold apartment in Freshford. The selling agents tell me that it is the norm for flats in Freshford to have less than 75 years left on the lease. I am obtaining a mortgage with Platform. Will the property be mortgageable given that the lease has 70 years left.

Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are securing a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Platform have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 27/4/2025 the requirements read as follows :

Minimum 85 years unexpired from completion, except where the mortgage application is pursuant to Platform's participation in the Government's Help to Buy Shared Equity scheme, in which case (a) the unexpired lease term must not be less than 250 years for new-build houses and not less than 125 years for new-build flats and (b) ground rent must be reasonable at all times and any escalation must be linked to RPI (Retail Price Index) or a similar index.

My friend recommended that if I am buying in Freshford I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your Freshford conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Freshford around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Freshford Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Freshford Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Freshford.

How do I use the search tool to find a conveyancing solicitor in Freshford on the authorised to act for my mortgage?

First select a lender such as Barclays , Coventry Building Society or Clydesdale then choose your location a common one being Freshford. Conveyancing organisations in Freshford and across England and Wales will then be shown.

In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandmother I am disposing of a property in Swansea but reside in Freshford. My lawyer (approximately 260 kilometers awayneeds me to sign a stat dec prior to the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Freshford to witness and place their company stamp on the document?

Technically speaking you should not need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Freshford based

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Freshford regulated by the SRA

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

  • Mccloy Legal, 4 The Shambles, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 1JS
  • Mccloy (ls) Limited, 4 The Shambles, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 1JS
  • Rosamund Coppen And Company, 6 Hayes Place, Bear Flat, Bath, Somerset, BA2 4QW
  • Juliet Hardick Solicitors, 1st Floor 7 Pierrepont Street, Bath, Somerset, BA1 1LB
  • Hutcheson Forrest Limited, 1 Milsom Street, Bath, Somerset, BA1 1DA

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Freshford regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Freshford with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Freshford. This should include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Mccloy Legal, 4 The Shambles, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 1JS
  • Mccloy (ls) Limited, 4 The Shambles, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 1JS
  • Latham Commercial Legal Services, 7 Greenland Mills, Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 1BL
  • Rosamund Coppen And Company, 6 Hayes Place, Bear Flat, Bath, Somerset, BA2 4QW
  • Juliet Hardick Solicitors, 1st Floor 7 Pierrepont Street, Bath, Somerset, BA1 1LB

Planning law solicitors in Freshford regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Freshford with expertise in planning law. This could include advice on making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • Withy King Llp, 5-6 Northumberland Buildings, Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, BA1 2JE
  • Stone King Llp, 13 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, BA1 2HJ
  • Mowbray Woodwards Limited, 3 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, BA1 2HG
  • Mogers Drewett Llp, 24 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, BA1 2HY
  • Blb Solicitors, Rodney House, 5 Roundstone Street, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 8DH

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

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