I was recommended to a lawyer who has sent a quote for £995 for leasehold conveyancing in Burton Joyce. I’m looking to sell a purpose built house for £175,000. Are these conveyancing fees excessive? Is it in excess of the average fee for conveyancing in Burton Joyce?

The charges are a little high. If you are willing to spend time comparing charges you could get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by perhaps a hundred pounds. That being said, you couldcome to regret opting for an a cheaper conveyancer. Remember to check the solicitor can represent your mortgage company. You can make use of our search tool to choose a Burton Joyce conveyancing firm on the banks approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Burton Joyce.

Is there a reason why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Burton Joyce costs more?

The conveyancing fees on a leasehold property in Burton Joyce is often higher as compared to a freehold acquisition or disposal. This is due to the supplemental time required in liaising with the landlord and managing agents to collate the evidence concerning whether the rent and service charges have been cleared and whether there are any major works due in the foreseeable future on repairs or maintenance of the building.

I used Arc property Solicitors several years past for my conveyancing in Burton Joyce. Now, I need my files however the law firm is no longer operating. 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 Burton Joyce of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

My husband and I are novice buyers - agreed a price, yet the agent has warned us that the vendor will only move forward if we instruct their recommended lawyers as they are insisting on an ‘expedited deal’. My instinct tells me that we should use a local conveyancer with experience of conveyancing in Burton Joyce

We suspect that the seller is not behind this request. If they require ‘a quick sale', turning down a serious purchaser is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Avoid the agents and go straight to the owners and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you have nothing to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you are going to appoint your own,trusted Burton Joyce conveyancing firm - rather thanthe ones that will give their negotiator at the agency a referral fee or achieve conveyancing figures pre-set by head office.

I am due to consider costs for conveyancing in Burton Joyce from three property lawyer and appoint one. Am I right to ask them to hold tight until I a suitable house to buy.

We would recommend that you only request your property lawyer to open a file and apply for searches after the sales confirmation has been issued by the selling agent especially as Burton Joyce conveyancing searches are costly.