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Find a Bitterne Conveyancing Solictior on Your Lender’s Panel

Ready to buy a new home in Bitterne? Failing to check that a lawyer is on your lender’s list of approved solicitors can put your Bitterne conveyancing at risk of delay or failure.

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Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Bitterne

Are you able to suggest a Britannia approved Bitterne conveyancing solicitor that can complete within 10 days? Am I best advised to unstruct a local Bitterne conveyancer or a factory type firm?

We would be happy to suggest some excellent Bitterne conveyancing firms. You can also walk up the main road in Bitterne. Approach a couple of firms and ask to see a conveyancing solicitor for a fee estimate. Explain your requirements together with the reasons and ask for an assurance on speed. Choose the lawyer that appears most efficient.

Completed the sale of my flat in Bitterne last December yet the purchaser is calling every few hours complaining that her conveyancer needs to hear from mysolicitor. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?

After completion of your sale your lawyer is committed to forward the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Where appropriate, your lawyer must also evidence that the home loan has been redeemed to the buyers solicitors. There are no post completion tasks just for conveyancing in Bitterne.

If you had a top tip for choosing a conveyancing solicitor in Bitterne what would it be?

It would be unwise to be seduced by the cheapest Bitterne conveyancing fees. You really do get what you’re paying for when it comes to conveyancing solicitors. A cheap quote may mean that the conveyancing solicitor is handling a lot of jobs at one time and you won’t get the quality of service and the attention that you need. It is, however, wise to use a conveyancer who has a fixed fee on a no sale, no fee basis. This way, you go into the conveyancing with your eyes wide open.

I have decided to exercise my right to buy my property in Bitterne off the council. I have a mortgage agreed with Virgin Money. Conveyancing is not something I have any knowledge of. Can I proceed without a solicitor easily? I think we can but we keep being told I should have one. Any advice?

It is not advisable to proceed with a house purchase without a solicitor. The council's solicitor are not acting for you. You need a solicitor for a number reasons. One of which is to verify what plans the Council have for repairs and refurbishment for the next five years. Many leaseholders have been stung for contributions of thousands of pounds. In any event, if you are getting a mortgage with Virgin Money, you will need to appoint a solicitor on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel.

Barclays have agreed my home loan in principle, my bid on a property in Bitterne has been accepted, now what?

The property agent will want to know who your solicitors are (make sure the conveyancers are on the lender’s panel). Call up Barclays or the broker and finish off any appropriate paperwork. Barclays will appoint a valuer who will get in contact with the selling agent or seller to book a slot for the valuation to occur. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes on average a fortnight to get a mortgage offer. Barclays will send the offer to you and your solicitors. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Bitterne.

Will my solicitor be asking questions regarding flooding as part of the conveyancing in Bitterne.

Flooding is a growing risk for lawyers carrying out conveyancing in Bitterne. There are those who purchase a house in Bitterne, fully expectant that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, leaving to one side the physical damage, if a property is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, satisfactory building insurance, or sell the premises. Steps can be carried out as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the purchaser.

Conveyancers are not best placed to impart advice on flood risk, however there are a various searches that may be carried out by the buyer or by their solicitors which can figure out the risks in Bitterne. The conventional set of property information forms given to a buyer’s conveyancer (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) incorporates a usual question of the owner to find out if the property has historically flooded. If the residence has been flooded in past and is not disclosed by the owner, then a buyer may bring a compensation claim resulting from an misleading response. A buyer’s solicitors will also order an enviro search. This should disclose whether there is a recorded flood risk. If so, further inquiries should be initiated.

What tools are available to search for a Bitterne solicitor on the Barnsley Building Society conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am happy to travel upto 10kilometers to meet the solicitor.

Feel free to make use of the tool on this page. Please pick a lender and your location and you will see a number of Bitterne conveyancing lawyers locally. We have listed some Bitterne conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can contact them to see if they are on the Barnsley Building Society panel

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