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Reasons to use our Totterdown conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Over the years Totterdown lawyer have developed very good links with Totterdown local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of undertaking your conveyancing in Totterdown.
  • 2 Solicitors that specialise in conveyancing in Totterdown have a grasp oflocal concerns peculiar to Totterdown and therefore you may benefit from better advice and faster conveyancing.
  • 3 Totterdown lawyer are the key to a successful Totterdown home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing
  • 4 Totterdown property lawyers will acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 5 The practices listed on our directory have a variation of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Totterdown since January 2025*

Transfer

of detached residence residence, Merioneth Street, BS3 4SL completing on 22/01/2025 at a price of £356,500. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

Disposal

of terraced residence, Wells Road, BS4 2AX completing on 20/01/2025 at a price of £512,690. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Acquisition

of flat French Yard BS1 6UE, acquired for £500,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties

Disposal

of terraced property, Belmont Road, BS4 3PB completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £376,500. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, securing official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Totterdown

My fiance and I are planning to acquire a property in Totterdown and are in fact using a Totterdown conveyancing firm. Within the last couple of days our property lawyer has forwarded the sale agreement to be signed with a detailed report in anticipation of exchanging contracts shortly. Halifax have this morning contacted us to advise us that there is now an issue as our Totterdown conveyancer is not on their approved list of lawyers. What do we do from here?

When purchasing a property with mortgage finance it is normal for the purchasers' lawyers to also represent the purchaser's lender. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme. Your solicitor should contact your bank and see 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 the bank's conveyancing panel and you may continue to use your own Totterdown solicitors, in which case it will likely add costs, and it may delay matters as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.

We are planning to move home in June. Will my conveyancing solicitor call the removal company on the completion day. On a separate note, can you suggest a removal company in Totterdown. Conveyancing lawyer was found before I stumbled across this website.

On the day of completion you can collect the keys from your estate agent but this should only occur when the sellers solicitors inform the agent that the monies to complete are in and the keys can be collected. After that you can advise the removal men that they can start moving you in. As a matter of policy we do not recommend a specific removal company but can assist you in finding a conveyancing in Totterdown or a lawyer that specialises in conveyancing in Totterdown.

Is it the case that all Totterdown solicitor practices on the Nottingham conveyancing panel are regulated by the SRA?

As solicitors, in order to be on the Nottingham approved list of solicitors they would need to be governed by the SRA. The majority of lenders do permit licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such practice would be overseen by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

Can I be sure that the Totterdown conveyancing solicitor on the Principality panel is any good?

When it comes to conveyancing in Totterdown obtaining recommendations is a good starting point. Before you go ahead, check if they offer a no sale no fee offer. Also, you often get what you pay for - a firm which quotes more, will often provide a better service than one which is cheap as chips. We would always recommend that you speak with the solicitor conducting your transaction.

Will commercial conveyancing searches disclose impending roadworks that may affect a commercial land in Totterdown?

Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Totterdown will perform a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers invest in investigating accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Totterdown. The report provides definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Totterdown.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Totterdown it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately can cause delays to Totterdown commercial conveyancing deals as well as pose a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not conducted for domestic conveyancing in Totterdown.

I am buying a new build house in Totterdown with a mortgage from The Royal Bank of Scotland. The builders refused to budge the price so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The property agent told me not disclose to my solicitor about the deal as it could adversely affect my loan with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a flat up to £235,500 and identified one close by in Totterdown I like with open areas and station nearby, the downside is that it only has 49 years on the lease. There is not much else in Totterdown in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a lease with such few years left?

Should you need a mortgage the shortness of the lease will be problematic. Discount the price by the expected lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing owner has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you may ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor about this.

My husband and I are purchasing a four bedroom maisonettein Totterdown with a residential mortgage from a bank. We have a conveyancer in Totterdown however our mortgage company says he's not approved on their "panel". We have to appoint one of the our bank panel firms or stay with our Totterdown conveyancer and pay for one of their panel ones to represent our bank. We feel as though this is unjust; Can we not simply insist that our bank use our Totterdown lawyer?

No, not really. The lender mortgage offered to you is subject to its terms and conditions, one of which will be that lawyers will on the mortgage company's conveyancing panel. Until recently, most mortgage companies had large numbers of law firms on their panels, including almost all conveyancing solicitors in Totterdown : a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your solicitors to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for your lender.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Totterdown regulated by the SRA

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

  • Nelson Legal Llp, Victory House, 172 Wells Road, Knowle, Bristol, BS4 2AL
  • Open Trustees Limited, 2 Temple Back East, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6EG
  • Osborne Clarke Trustees Limited, 2 Temple Back East, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6EG
  • David Lees & Co, 319 Wells Road, Bristol, Avon, BS4 2QD
  • Burges Salmon Llp, 1 Glass Wharf, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS2 0ZX

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Totterdown

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Totterdown with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

  • Open Trustees Limited, 2 Temple Back East, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6EG
  • Osborne Clarke Trustees Limited, 2 Temple Back East, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6EG
  • David Lees & Co, 319 Wells Road, Bristol, Avon, BS4 2QD
  • Burges Salmon Llp, 1 Glass Wharf, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS2 0ZX
  • Cooke Painter Limited, 314 Wells Road, Knowle, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS4 2QG

Planning law solicitors in Totterdown regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Totterdown practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including applications about listed buildings and conservation areas
  • Osborne Clarke Trustees Limited, 2 Temple Back East, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6EG
  • Open Trustees Limited, 2 Temple Back East, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6EG
  • Burges Salmon Llp, 1 Glass Wharf, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS2 0ZX
  • Bond Pearce Llp, 3 Temple Quay, Temple Back East, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6DZ
  • Das Law Limited, North Quay, Temple Back, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS1 6FL

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

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