When can the exchange of contracts happen for purchase conveyancing in Calne and do I need to be at the conveyancers branch?

Where you are in close proximity to one of the conveyancing solicitors in Calne you are invited in to sign the paperwork. However, the firms we work with provide a national conveyancing service and give just as comprehensive and professional a job for you when dealing with you by post or email. The signing of the purchase agreement is not the important part. Signing on the dotted line simply enables the conveyancer to exchange contracts at the suitable time, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The exchange process is is usually a five minute process, although where an extended "chain" is involved, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Calne)to be in the office available at the end of the phone to exchange contracts.

I am helping my niece sell her property in Calne. Does the solicitor commission an energy assessment or do I organise this?

Following the abolition of HIPs, energy performance certificates remained a mandatory part of moving house. An energy performance certificate must be to hand in advance of the property being advertised. This is not something that solicitors ordinarily organise. Where you are using a Calne conveyancing solicitor they may help arrange energy assessments given their relationships with long established local providers

My father pointed out to me me that in buying a property in Calne there could be various restrictions prohibiting external alterations to a property. Is this right?

There are a number of properties in Calne which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to carry out external changes. Part of the conveyancing in Calne should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

Is it the case that all Calne solicitor practices on the Co-operative conveyancing panel are governed by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?

As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Co-operative conveyancing panel they would need to be regulated by the SRA. Many lenders do list licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such practice would be governed by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

I used Action Conveyancing several years past for my conveyancing in Calne. Now, I need the files however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Calne of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Given that I am about to spend 450k on a terraced house in Calne I would like to have a conversation with the conveyancer regarding thetransaction ahead of instructing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?

Absolutely - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the solicitor due to be carrying out your conveyancing in Calne.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is an important person, not a case reference. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for residential conveyancing in Calne should be the figure that you end up paying.

I am on look out for some leasehold conveyancing in Calne. Before diving in I require certainty as to the remaining lease term.

Assuming the lease is registered - and 99.9% are in Calne - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

I inherited a studio flat in Calne, conveyancing formalities finalised in 1995. Can you shed any light on how much the price could be for a 90 year extension to my lease? Comparable properties in Calne with over 90 years remaining are worth £181,000. The ground rent is £55 per annum. The lease runs out on 21st October 2075

With only 51 years remaining on your lease the likely cost is going to range between £30,400 and £35,200 plus plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to provide a more accurate figure in the absence of comprehensive investigations. Do not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt other issues that need to be considered and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward placing reliance on this information without first getting professional advice.