My best friend’s mother is a conveyancer. I suspect that I'll be able to get preferential fee for conveyancing, but if not, what level of figure would I typically be looking at for conveyancing in Shipston on Stour?

Do contrast pricing. Make use of our search tool on this page. Whilst amounts may be different but service levels do are distinct between solicitors as is true with the vast majority of professional services.

Do the Building Society Association intend to launch a online directory to list practices on the Melton Mowbray Building Society conveyancing panel for instance in Shipston on Stour?

Lexsure has not been advised of any plans on the part of the BSA to promote such a search facility.

Will our solicitor be making enquiries about flooding during the conveyancing in Shipston on Stour.

Flooding is a growing risk for solicitors dealing with homes in Shipston on Stour. Some people will acquire a property in Shipston on Stour, fully aware that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, leaving to one side the physical destruction, where a property is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, adequate insurance cover, or sell the property. Steps can be carried out during the course of a property purchase to forewarn the purchaser.

Solicitors are not best placed to impart advice on flood risk, but there are a number of searches that may be carried out by the buyer or on a buyer’s behalf which will give them a better appreciation of the risks in Shipston on Stour. The standard completed inquiry forms supplied to a purchaser’s lawyer (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) includes a standard inquiry of the seller to discover if the premises has suffered from flooding. If flooding has previously occurred which is not revealed by the vendor, then a purchaser could commence a claim for damages stemming from an incorrect reply. A buyer’s conveyancers should also commission an enviro report. This should higlight if there is any known flood risk. If so, further inquiries will need to be made.

I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in Shipston on Stour. I now require my papers however the law firm has closed. 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 Shipston on Stour 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.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Shipston on Stour. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Shipston on Stour

Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. 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. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company?