My best friend’s uncle is a solicitor. I anticipate that I will receive preferential rates for conveyancing, However if that does not come materialise, what level of figure would I typically be looking at for conveyancing in Perranporth?

Do contrast pricing. Do use our comparison tool on this site. The estimates may contrast greatly but the service one can expect differ between solicitors as is true with most professions.

My husband and I are purchasing a newly converted flat in Perranporth with a loan from Leeds Building Society.We use our Perranporth conveyancing lawyer but Leeds Building Society says she’s not listed on their "panel". we are left little option but to use a Leeds Building Society panel solicitor or retain our preferred solicitor and fork out for a Leeds Building Society panel lawyer to act for them. This seems very unfair; Can we not simply insist that Leeds Building Society use our lawyer?

Unfortunately,no. The loan issued to you contains terms and conditions, a common one being that lawyers must be on the Leeds Building Society approved list. Until recently, most banks had large numbers of law firms on their panels: a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your solicitors to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Leeds Building Society

This question may be naive but I am unexperienced as FTB of a ground floor flat in Perranporth. Do I receive the keys to the house on completion from my lawyer? If so, I will find a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Perranporth?

On the day of completion you do not need to attend the conveyancers office in Perranporth. Conveyancing lawyers for you will arrange to send the completion advance to the seller's conveyancers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you should be invited to collect the keys from the property Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.

We previously chose solicitors locally in Perranporth on the Virgin Money solicitor approved list. They have just invoiced me a further amount for the legal aspects of the Virgin Money mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee specified by Virgin Money?

Unfortunately, so long as it is in their Terms of Engagement or Quote then yes your conveyancing practitioner is entitled to levy a fee for this. The charge is not set by Virgin Money but by your Perranporth lawyer. Plenty of firms on the Virgin Money panel will charge ’dealing with mortgage’ fee and others do not.

My offer was accepted on a property in Perranporth on 8/10/2025, valuation was booked five days later, all came back fine. Conveyancer appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Clydesdale and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. Are Clydesdale entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?

A lender would not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Clydesdale to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

Am I best advised to use a Perranporth conveyancing solicitor based in the area that I am hoping to buy? An old friend can handle the conveyancing but his firm is located a couple of hundredmiles away.

The benefit of a high street Perranporth conveyancing practice is that you can pop in to sign documents, present your identification documents and pester them if necessary. They will also have local knowledge which is a plus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If if people you trust instructed your friend and the majority were content that should outweigh using an unfamiliar Perranporth conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being Perranporth based.

If all goes to plan we aim to complete the disposal of our £325,000 apartment in Perranporth next Monday. The managing agents has quoted £300 for Landlord’s certificate, building insurance schedule and previous years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in Perranporth?

Perranporth conveyancing on leasehold flats ordinarily involves fees being invoiced by management companies :

Addressing pre-contract questions Where consent is required before sale in Perranporth Supplying insurance information Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your solicitor will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Perranporth leasehold premises is £350. For Perranporth conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to supply answers.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Perranporth - Sample of Questions you should consider before Purchasing

Are any of leasehold owners in arrears of their service charge liability? How long is the Lease? The best form of lease arrangement is if the freehold reversion is in the ownership of the leaseholders. In this scenario the lessees benefit from being in charge if their destiny and even though a managing agent is often retained where it is bigger than a house conversion, the managing agent is directed by the tenants.