What is the best way to search for the right lawyer who can supply a 1st class service for my conveyancing in Stevenage?

Option 1 is to ask your friends and family who they would recommend.

Second, use a search tool on the internet for conveyancing in Stevenage. Pick up the phone to a couple or more firms listed and request that they send you their conveyancing fee calculations and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will oversee the legal process in advance ofmaking your choice.

Third is to make use of our search tool to help you find the right lawyers for you based on your unique requirements including location,speed, complications and who the proposed mortgage company is. Avoid the trap of appointing £100 conveyancing in Stevenage

A relative suggested that if I am buying in Stevenage I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

A search of this type is usually quoted for as part of the standard Stevenage conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Stevenage around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Stevenage Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Stevenage Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Stevenage.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Stevenage. Conveyancing is daunting 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 legal work.

Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Stevenage

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. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified.

What does commercial conveyancing in Stevenage cover?

Stevenage conveyancing for business premises incorporates a broad range of guidance, offered by qualified solicitors, relating to business property. By way of example, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more commonly, the transfer of existing business tenancies or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial mortgages and the termination of leases.

I need to instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Stevenage for my remortgage. Is there any facility to see a solicitor's record with the legal regulator?

You can find presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations stemming from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. To find information Pre 2008, or to check a firm's history, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For callers outside the UK, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA could recorded telephone calls for training requirements.