I was referred a lawyer who has quoted £1700 for fixed fee conveyancing in Catton. I’m hoping to sell a newly refurbished house for £200,000. Are the quoted fees excessive? Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in Catton?

The charges are a bit high. If you shop around you might get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by say £100 plus VAT. That being said, you mightlive to rue choosing an an unknown solicitor. Remember to be sure the conveyancer can act for your lender. Do make use of our search tool to select a Catton conveyancing company on the lender’s conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Catton.

Can the conveyancing solicitors identified via your search tool execute conveyancing in Catton by way of an attended exchange?

We do have a number of conveyancing experts carrying out personalised exchanges. Do contact us to receive a costs illustration and details as to availability.

How do I discover of the solicitor handling my conveyancing in Catton is on the bank’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Clydesdale thus paying £187.00 plus VAT in additional conveyancing fees.

Please do take advantage of the search tool on this site. Pick the mortgage company and type ‘Catton’ or your preferred area and you will be presented with a number of lawyer located in Catton or near you.

I used Arc property Solicitors a few years ago for my conveyancing in Catton. Now, I need the documents but 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 Catton of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Having checked my lease I have discovered that there are only Seventy years left on my flat in Catton. I am keen to get lease extension but my freeholder is can not be found. What are my options?

On the basis that you qualify, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can submit an application to the County Court for an order to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will mean that your lease can be extended by the Court. However, you will be required to demonstrate that you or your lawyers have done all that could be expected to find the freeholder. In some cases an enquiry agent may be useful to carry out a search and to produce a report to be used as evidence that the landlord is indeed missing. It is advisable to get professional help from a conveyancer both on investigating the landlord’s absence and the vesting order request to the County Court covering Catton.

Catton Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Queries Prior to buying

What is the name of the managing agents? How is the lease structured? Be sure to discover if there is anything that is prohibited in the lease. By way of example some leases prohibit pets being permitted in certain buildings in Catton. If you like the propertyin Catton but your dog can’t live with you then you have a very hard compromise.