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Main reasons to use our service to help you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Henbury

  • 1 Using a local Solicitor on the whole results in a more personal touch. Sometimes when dealing with a an online conveyancing factory, your matter is dealt with by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.
  • 2 Henbury solicitors work in partnership with Henbury estate agents, house builders, surveyors, lenders and other professionals to make sure that the highest level of service is provided to home movers every step of the way, offering all the advice and help you need
  • 3 Firms accustomed to conveyancing in Henbury have a grasp oflocal issues specific to Henbury and therefore you may benefit from better advice and speedier conveyancing.
  • 4 Personal touch and pure property experience are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Henbury home moves can be made a lot more protracted due to poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers listed endeavour to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 5 The Henbury conveyancing practitioners that are identified are committed to supplying the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and remortgagors in Henbury

Examples of recent conveyancing in Henbury since August 2023*

Acquisition

of flat Fitchett Walk BS10 7LQ, sold for £220,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Sale

of terraced residence, Marlwood Drive, BS10 6SH completing on 24/08/2023 at a price of £305,000. 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 signature in preparation for completion

Disposal

of house residence, Royal Victoria Park, BS10 6TD completing on 29/08/2023 at a price of £725,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, securing official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

Disposal

of terraced property, Benville Avenue, BS9 2RU completing on 01/09/2023 at a price of £650,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Henbury

What does my ID and proof of funds have anything to do with my conveyancing in Henbury? What am I being asked for?

It is indeed that case that the requirement set out by your lawyer has nothing to do with conveyancing in Henbury. However these days you will not be able to proceed with any conveyancing process without first supplying evidence of your identity. This usually takes the form of a either your passport or driving licence plus a council tax bill. Remember if you are providing your driving licence as proof of ID it must be both the paper part as well as the photo card part, one is not satisfactory without the other.

Proof of the origin of monies is required under Money Laundering Regulations. Please do not be offended when when this is requested of you as your conveyancer must have this information on record. Your Henbury conveyancing practitioner will need to see evidence of proof of funds before they are able to accept any monies from you into their client account and they will also ask additional queries regarding the source of monies.

Forgive me if this question is silly but I am new to the home buying as FTB of a ground floor flat in Henbury. Do I receive the keys to the premises on the completion date from my lawyer? If so, I will find a local conveyancing solicitor in Henbury?

On the day of completion you do not need to go to the conveyancers office in Henbury. Conveyancing lawyers for you will electronically transfer the purchase money to the vendor’s solicitors, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you will be invited to pick up the keys from the selling Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen early afternoon.

My offer was accepted on a house in Henbury on 4/10/2023, valuation was booked five days later, all came back fine. Property lawyer retained, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to UBS and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the UBS conveyancing panel. Are UBS entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?

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

Skipton have agreed my mortgage in principle, my offer on a apartment in Henbury has been accepted, what are the next steps?

Your property agent will wish to know who your solicitors are (ensure that the conveyancers are on the lender’s approved list). Telephone Skipton or your broker and complete any relevant documentation. Skipton will instruct a valuer who will get in contact with the selling agent or owners to schedule a slot for the valuation to take place. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes about ten days to receive the mortgage offer. Skipton will send the offer to you and your conveyancing practitioners. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Henbury.

Should our conveyancer be raising enquiries regarding flooding as part of the conveyancing in Henbury.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for lawyers specialising in conveyancing in Henbury. Plenty of people will acquire a house in Henbury, completely expectant that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, aside from the physical damage, if a property is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, adequate insurance cover, or sell the property. There are steps that can be taken during the course of a property purchase to forewarn the buyer.

Lawyers are not best placed to give advice on flood risk, however there are a various checks that may be undertaken by the buyer or on a buyer’s behalf which can give them a better understanding of the risks in Henbury. The conventional set of completed inquiry forms sent to a purchaser’s solicitor (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) includes a usual inquiry of the owner to discover whether the premises has ever been flooded. In the event that flooding has previously occurred and is not disclosed by the owner, then a buyer may bring a legal claim for losses stemming from an incorrect response. A purchaser’s solicitors may also order an environmental search. This should higlight whether there is a recorded flood risk. If so, additional investigations will need to be initiated.

I have todaydiscovered that Action Conveyancing have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in Henbury for a purchase of a freehold house 12 months ago. How can I establish that the property is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?

The quickest method to check if the property is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Henbury conveyancing specialists.

About to purchase a new build flat in Henbury. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Henbury

    Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry.

Am I right to be wary about brokers that I am dealing with are recommending a factory type conveyancing firm as opposed to a High Street Henbury conveyancing practice?

As is the case with many professional services, often input from family and friends can be worth their weight in gold. But there are lots of players in a conveyancing matter; estate agents, financial adviser and lenders may recommend conveyancers to choose. On occasion the solicitors might be known to one of the organisations as being good in their field, but occasionally there might be a financial incentive behind the recommendation. You are free to appoint your own lawyer. Don't forget that most lenders have an approved list of conveyancers you are obliged to use for the lender related work in your transaction.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Henbury regulated by the SRA

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

  • Lyons, 49 High Street, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS9 3ED
  • The Divorce Practice, 52a High Street, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS9 3DZ
  • Devereux & Co, 52a High Street, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, Avon, BS9 3DZ
  • Amd Solicitors Limited, 100 Henleaze Road, Henleaze, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS9 4JZ
  • Martin Evans, 36 Laurie Crescent, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, BS9 4TA

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Henbury

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Henbury specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on wrongful eviction

  • The Divorce Practice, 52a High Street, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS9 3DZ
  • Devereux & Co, 52a High Street, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, Avon, BS9 3DZ
  • Amd Solicitors Limited, 100 Henleaze Road, Henleaze, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS9 4JZ
  • Battrick Clark Solicitors Ltd, 151 Whiteladies Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2RA
  • Capstone Solicitors, 62 Gloucester Road, Bishopston, Bristol, BS7 8BH

Planning law solicitors in Henbury regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The solicitors listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Henbury with expertise in planning law. This could include advice on tree preservation orders
  • Martin Evans, 36 Laurie Crescent, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, BS9 4TA
  • Star Legal Limited, 3 Richmond Hill, Clifton, Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1AT
  • Temple Bright Llp, 29 Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5QT
  • Bevan Brittan Llp, Kings Orchard, 1 Queen Street, Bristol, Bristol, BS2 0HQ
  • Clarke Willmott Trust Corporation Limited, 1 Georges Square, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6BA

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

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