I was referred a conveyancer who has given a fee estimate £1150 for no sale no fee conveyancing in Thorpe Hesley. I am hoping to downsize from a purpose built house for £175,000. This seems too much. Is it above the norm for conveyancing in Thorpe Hesley?

The charges are a little high. If you shop around you may be able to get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by perhaps a hundred pounds. On the other hand, you couldlive to regret choosing an a cheaper solicitor. If is important to check the solicitor can represent your bank. Do utilise our search tool to select a Thorpe Hesley conveyancing firm on the banks conveyancing panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Thorpe Hesley.

How up to date is your search tool for Thorpe Hesley conveyancing solicitors on the Co-operative conveyancing panel? Do Co-operative send you an updated list?

Thorpe Hesley conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Co-operative conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Co-operative directly.

I am the sole recipient of my late grandmother’s estate with all property in now in my sole name, including the house in Thorpe Hesley. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in December. I want to move. I do know about the CML 6 month 'rule', meaning my property ownership could be treated the same way as though I had purchased the house in December. Will no one buy the property for half a year?

The CML handbook instructs conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you could be impacted by that. How practical a view banks take of it, depend on the mortgage company as this clause is principally there to identify the purchase and immediately sell or the wholesaling and assigning of property.

My partner and I are spending time looking at houses in Thorpe Hesley and I am now considering a potential offer. Should I already have a lawyer in place at this stage? I intend to finance via a home loan with Skipton.

It would be advisable to commence your search sooner rather than later. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their details on to the estate agent. As you are taking out a mortgage with Skipton, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Skipton conveyancing panel.

Our offer on a semi in Thorpe Hesley has been accepted, the sellers do however have a tied purchase. The vendors have offered on somewhere, but it’s not yet tied up, and have viewings of other apartments booked. I have selected a nearby conveyancing solicitor in Thorpe Hesley. What should be my next step? At what point should I apply for the mortgage with Nationwide?

It is usual to have anxieties where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to incur costs too early (home loan application is in the region of £1k, then valuation, Thorpe Hesley conveyancing search costs, etc). First, you should check that your property lawyer is on the Nationwide approved list. Concerning the next stages this very much dictated by the uniqueness of your case, motivation for the property and on the state of the market. In a hot market the majority of purchasers would apply for a home loan with Nationwide and pay for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they ask their solicitor to move forward with searches.

Given that I will soon part with 450k on 3 bedroom house in Thorpe Hesley I would like to talk to a solicitor concerning thehouse move before appointing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?

We could not agree more - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you first talking to the conveyancer who will be carrying out your conveyancing in Thorpe Hesley.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is unique person, not a matter reference. The law firms that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are provided with for residential conveyancing in Thorpe Hesley should be the figure that you end up paying.

There are numerous properties in Thorpe Hesley on private roads. My partner and I are buying one such property. Are there any benefits to buying a property on a private road?

Thorpe Hesley conveyancing solicitors will be well versed in dealing propertieson private. Your lawyer should review the title to identify any rights or responsibilities. It is possible that there is a management company (wholly owned by residents) that proprietors pay into to maintain the road. Where one exists, the road will likely be maintained and look better than publicly adopted.