I was referred a conveyancer who has quoted £1200 for no move no fee conveyancing in Camelford. I’m selling a purpose built detached home for £275,000. Are these conveyancing fees excessive? Is it in excess of the average fee for conveyancing in Camelford?

The estimate does seem a tad steep. Where you are happy to invest time scrutinising prices you might get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by as much as £125. On the other hand, you maylive to regret choosing an a cheaper conveyancer. Don't forget to check that the conveyancer can act for your lender. You can use our search tool to select a Camelford conveyancing firm on the lender’s conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Camelford.

How up to date is your database of Camelford solicitors on the Nationwide conveyancing panel? Do Nationwide send you an updated list?

Camelford conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Nationwide conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Nationwide directly.

My lawyer in Camelford is not listed on the Birmingham Midshires Approved Panel. Is it possible for me to retain my prefered solicitor even though they are excluded from the Birmingham Midshires list of approved lawyers?

Your options are as follows:

1. Complete the purchase with your preferred Camelford lawyers but Birmingham Midshires will need to retain a conveyancer on their panel. This will result in additional total legal charges and result in delays.
2. Choose a new practitioner to act in the purchase, remembering to check they are Birmingham Midshires approved.
3. Try to convince your Birmingham Midshires solicitor to seek to join the Birmingham Midshires panel

Will our lawyer be raising questions about flooding during the conveyancing in Camelford.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for lawyers dealing with homes in Camelford. There are those who buy a property in Camelford, completely expectant that at some time, it may be flooded. However, aside from the physical damage, if a property is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, adequate building insurance, or dispose of the premises. There are steps that can be taken as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the buyer.

Solicitors are not qualified to give advice on flood risk, but there are a number of searches that can be initiated by the purchaser or on a buyer’s behalf which can figure out the risks in Camelford. The standard completed inquiry forms supplied to a purchaser’s lawyer (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) incorporates a usual question of the owner to discover if the property has ever been flooded. If flooding has previously occurred which is not notified by the vendor, then a purchaser could issue a compensation claim as a result of such an misleading response. The buyer’s lawyers will also commission an environmental search. This will higlight whether there is a recorded flood risk. If so, more detailed investigations will need to be conducted.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Camelford?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Camelford. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’