What is the best way to find the right solicitor to supply a quality service for my conveyancing in Clent?

First ask your friends and family who they would recommend.

Second, search the internet for conveyancing in Clent. Telephone two or three from the list and invite them to email you their conveyancing charges and speak to the lawyer who will oversee the legal process prior tocommitting.

Third is to make use of our search tool to assist you in finding the right lawyers for you based on your unique expectations including location,timings, complications and who the proposed lender is. Avoid the trap of appointing low cost conveyancing in Clent

Is it realistic for conveyancing in Clent to be completed inside 3 weeks?

Where you are under time constraints to sign contracts it is highly recommended that your conveyancer is familiar with the location as they will have local relationships and insight. It is even conceivable that they may have transacted previoushomes in the same road. Therefore consider using a Clent conveyancing firm. Second, be sure that the conveyancing firm is on the on the approved list for your mortgage company. It is estimated that just under twenty per cent of Clent conveyancing transactions are suspended or jeopardised after discovering a buyer’s conveyancer was not on their mortgage lender’s member panel. This can often result in the home move being frustrated by almost 21 days. It is believed that this issue impacts approximately 100,000 home sales annually. Most Clent conveyancing firms can not represent certain mortgage companies so do check at the outset.

I know that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I need chancel insurance when acquiring a residence in Clent? or I am told that there is a law dating back centuries that means some homeowners living in a parish church boundary will be compelled to pay for repairs towards the chancel within the church. Is this a legitimate concern for conveyancing in Clent?

Unless a prior acquisition of the property completed post 12 October 2013 you could assume that lawyers delivering conveyancing in Clent to continue to advocate a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.

I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in Clent. I now require my papers however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing 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 Clent 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.

I have been on the look out for a leasehold apartment up to £235,500 and identified one round the corner in Clent I like with amenity areas and station in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 51 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Clent suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a lease with such few years left?

If you require a home loan the shortness of the lease may be problematic. Reduce the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current owner has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you could request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor about this.