We are due to exchange on the purchase of a property in Adamsdown but as a result of wreckage from some water damage at the property I have was able negotiate reparation from the current proprietors of £2k in the form of a deduction in the price. I had intended this to be dealt with as part of amending the contract however TSB will not permit this. Why were they informed?

Any property lawyer being on the TSB conveyancing panel is required to inform TSB of any changes to the sale price. If you were to refuse your solicitor to disclose the reduction to TSB then they would have to discontinue acting for you. In addition, TSB and you would have to appoint a new solicitor for your conveyancing in Adamsdown.

A colleague recommended that where I am buying in Adamsdown I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

A search of this type is usually included in the estimate for your Adamsdown conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Adamsdown around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local 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 maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Adamsdown.

I used Stirling Law a few years past for my conveyancing in Adamsdown. Now, I need my documents however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Adamsdown of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I’m about to sell my 2 bed flat in Adamsdown. Conveyancing has not commenced, but I have recently received a yearly maintenance charge invoice – Do I pay up?

Your conveyancing lawyer is likely to suggest that you should pay the invoice as normal as all rents and service payments will be allotted on completion, so you will be reimbursed by the purchaser for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.

Adamsdown Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Questions you should consider before buying

The prefered form of lease structure is where the freehold title is owned by the leaseholders. In this scenario the leaseholders have control and notwithstanding that a managing agent is usually retained where the building is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent acts for the leaseholders themselves. How much is the service charge and ground rent on the property? What prohibitions are contained in the Adamsdown Lease?

I am Googling for Adamsdown online conveyancing estimates. Can I be assured that all the Adamsdown practices that are identified on your website are on the mortgage company conveyancing panel?

The law firms listed on our site have assured us via an online form that they are on the mortgage company panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the mortgage company panel. To date we have not been informed by either a lender or a member of the public that the data about a specific Adamsdown firm being on the lender conveyancing panel is not accurate.