What is the most effective way to search for the right lawyer to give a quality service for our conveyancing in Small Heath?
Option 1 is to ask your friends and family who they would recommend.
Option 2 is to look on the internet for conveyancing in Small Heath. Ring a couple or more firms listed and ask them to send you their conveyancing charges and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will handle your conveyancing beforecommitting.
Option 3 is to use this site to help you find the right solicitors for you based on your individual requirements including the type of property,speed, complexity and who your intended mortgage company is. Avoid the trap of appointing £100 conveyancing in Small Heath
Can I use your services to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Small Heath even where I’m not purchasing or selling a house, for example where I want to acquire a shop in Small Heath with a mortgage from Birmingham Midshires?
The service is mainly utilised to help choose domestic conveyancing solicitors in Small Heath but we have listed at the end of this page a few Small Heath commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to make contact with the company directly to establish if they can also act for Birmingham Midshires
I am about to put a bid on a leasehold property in Small Heath. The selling agents say that it is normal for flats in Small Heath to have less than 75 years remaining. I am taking out a mortgage with Accord Mortgages. Is this going to be acceptable if the lease has 70 years unexpired.
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. Accord Mortgages have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 1/11/2025 the requirements read as follows :
We are purchasing a flat in Small Heath. I might seem paranoid but how we can trust a solicitor? At some point we will need to put money into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our money?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
We have agreed to purchase a house in Small Heath. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Skipton have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?
As you are obtaining a mortgage with Skipton your lawyer must comply with the conveyancing instructions set out in Section 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Skipton. The CML Handbook includes minimum conditions for solar panel roof-space leases, and solicitors are required to report to Skipton where a lease does not meet these provisions. The specifications relate to the installation of panels on properties in England and Wales and is not isolated to Small Heath.
Intending to buy a maisonette in Small Heath. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.
They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Small Heath solicitor is on the Co-operative conveyancing panel.
Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Small Heath. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.
Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Small Heath
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Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. 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. The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents.
My partner and I are purchasing a first floor flat in Small Heath. At the time of instructing our property lawyer, they said that they were on all major UK bank panels. Our financial adviser called just now to say that they don't seem to be on the Yorkshire BS approved list. Were it to be true, what should we do? Should we just choose a new lawyer that is on their panel or do we cover the costs for dual representation, with Yorkshire BS selecting their own approved property lawyer.
When buying a property with the benefit of a mortgage it is conventional for the buyer’s lawyers to also represent the purchaser's lender. In order to act for a bank or building society a lawyer has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the conveyancer to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the lawyer has to satisfy. Some building societies now insist their panel firms to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your lawyer should call Yorkshire BS to discover if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own solicitors to act. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on Yorkshire BS's conveyancing panel and you may continue to use your own Small Heath solicitors, in which case it will likely add costs, and it will likely delay the transaction as you are adding another property lawyer into the equation.