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If you have reached us by Googling ‘Conveyancing in Merriott’ follow your intuition — you will have a better house move where you instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Merriott.

Reasons to use our Merriott conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Excellent communication together with pure property expertise are key benefits that you should seek when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Merriott property deals can become significantly more stressful as a result of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with endeavour to make sure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 2 Experience means that Merriott solicitor have developed excellent links with Merriott local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your home move in Merriott.
  • 3 Solicitor conveyancing lawyers have valuable personal links with Merriott selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 Merriott solicitors work in conjunction with Merriott estate agents, developers, surveyors, lenders and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is offered to clients every step of the way, offering all the legal expertise and support you need
  • 5 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor usually means that you will receive a more personal touch. When using a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Merriott since April 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Merriott

I have given 8 weeks notice to my current landlord and have to leave my let out flat in Merriott by the end of next month. Conveyancing on my purchase has just started. Is it possible to complete in six weeks as don't want to have to move into temporary accommodation?

Generally one should not give notice on a rental unless you have exchanged. Assuming that you have not already done so, contact to your lawyer and request that they chase the other side, try to an agreed time frame that everyone will work to achieve

My relative recommended that where I am purchasing in Merriott I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

A search of this type is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Merriott conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Merriott around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Merriott Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Merriott.

How does conveyancing in Merriott differ for new build properties?

Most buyers of new build residence in Merriott contact us having been asked by the developer to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the premises is ready to move into. This is because house builders in Merriott tend to buy the real estate, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Merriott or who has acted in the same development.

I opted to have a survey done on a property in Merriott in advance of instructing solicitors. I have been told that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. My surveyor has said that some mortgage companies may refuse to grant a mortgage on this type of premises.

It varies from the lender to lender. HSBC has different instructions from Halifax. Should you wish to call us we can check via the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Merriott. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Merriott especially if they regularly deal with such properties in Merriott.

I am looking for a conveyancing practitioner in Merriott for my home move. Is there any facility to review a solicitor's complaints history with the profession’s regulator?

Members of the public can find presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions stemming from inquisitions commenced on or after Jan 2008. Go to Check a solicitor's record. To find details about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's history, call 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For non-uk callers, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator may monitor call for training purposes.

When it comes to my conveyancing in Merriott should I be charged VAT on the following: (1) Land reg fee on purchase (2) Pre - completion search fee (3) SDLT E submission on purchase (4) Bank TT fee

(1) Land reg fee on purchase - No (2) Pre - completion search fees -No, (such conveyancing searches are HMLR ones and means £4 and possibly £2 bankruptcy per name on your mortgage) (3) SDLT E submission on your purchase - There is no VAT on Stamp Duty. However if the firm is charging a stamp duty e-submission fee as part of their services - some Merriott conveyancers do - that will incur VAT(4) Bank transfer fee - Yes it is for the conveyancing practitioner's time in submitting the funds this way.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Merriott regulated by the SRA

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

  • Stokes Partners Llp, Kingfisher House, Market Square, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7LH
  • Mrw Law Limited, 2 Church Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7HR
  • Richard P Kemp, 31 North Street, Martock, Somerset, TA12 6DH

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Merriott

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

  • Stokes Partners Llp, Kingfisher House, Market Square, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7LH
  • Mrw Law Limited, 2 Church Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7HR
  • Richard P Kemp, 31 North Street, Martock, Somerset, TA12 6DH

Merriott commercial property solicitors draw on a full range of commercial expertise offering advice on numerous aspects of commercial property law

    Buying, selling and leasing land for registered charities Telecommunications and broadcast mast sites Sale or acquisition of commercial property investments, including at auction Extension of leases Property finance transactions, including sale and leaseback Industrial and warehouse premises

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

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