We're in Chipping Sodbury, First time buyers buying with a mortgage (lender is Kent Reliance , and our lawyer is on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?

The fact that your lawyer is on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no lawyer should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.

I have todaydiscovered that Wolstenholmes have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 10 months ago. How can I be sure that my home is not still registered in the name of the previous owner?

The easiest method to check if the property is in your name, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Chipping Sodbury conveyancing specialists.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Chipping Sodbury. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury

Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? 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. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal.

Taking into account that I am about to spend £400,000 on a garden flat in Chipping Sodbury I wish to talk to a solicitor about myhome move in advance of appointing the firm. Can this be arranged?

We could not agree more - we would be delighted to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the conveyancer due to be carrying out your property ownership legalities in Chipping Sodbury.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is unique person, not a case reference. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are quoted for your conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.

We are 18 days into a freehold purchase having been recommend to a firm by the local agent to carry out the conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury. We are not happy. Can you help me find new lawyers?

A lawyer would need to be very bad to suggest changing them. Has the mortgage been generated? If so you need to make them aware of the replacement conveyancer and have the mortgage documents are issued to the new lawyers. Your new conveyancer needs to be on the lenders panel to avoid escalating charges and frustration. So that should be your first question of the new solicitors. Our find a solicitor tool should assist you in finding a bank approved solicitor for your home move in Chipping Sodbury