I was recommended to a solicitor who has sent a quote for £1200 for fixed fee conveyancing in Gipsy Hill. I am looking to sell a modern house for £150,000. Is this expensive? Is it in excess of the average fee for conveyancing in Gipsy Hill?
The estimate does seem a tad overpriced. If you are happy to expend time comparing charges you could decrease the fees marginally by perhaps £100 plus VAT. On the other hand, you maycome to regret opting for an an unknown conveyancer. Don't forget to enquire the solicitor can represent your mortgage company. You can make use of our search tool to find a Gipsy Hill conveyancing practice on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Gipsy Hill.
How up to date is your database of Gipsy Hill solicitors on the Principality conveyancing panel? Do Principality send you an updated list?
Gipsy Hill conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Principality conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Principality directly.
I understand that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to have this when acquiring a house in Gipsy Hill? or I am told that there is a law dating back centuries that means some owners of property living in a parish church boundary will be compelled to pay for maintenance to the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this appropriate for conveyancing in Gipsy Hill?
Unless a prior acquisition of the house took place after 12 October 2013 you could assume that solicitors handling conveyancing in Gipsy Hill to remain recommending a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.
The deeds to our home are lost. The conveyancers who conducted the conveyancing in Gipsy Hill 10 years ago have long since closed. What are my options?
As long as you have a registered title the details of your ownership will be retained by the Land Registry under a Title Number. It is possible to carry out a search at the Land Registry, locate your house and obtain up to date copies of the property title for less than a fiver. Where the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will usually retain a file copy of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be retrieved for a small fee.
My husband and I are novice buyers - agreed a price, yet the property agent informed us that the owners will only go ahead if we instruct the agent's recommended conveyancers as they want a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a high street conveyancer with experience of conveyancing in Gipsy Hill
We suspect that the seller is not behind this demand. Should the seller want ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a serious buyer is going to damage their objectives. Speak to the owners direct and explain that (a)you are genuine buyers (b)you are ready to progress, with finances in place © you are chain free (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you intend to instruct your preferred Gipsy Hill conveyancing firm - not the ones that will give the estate agent a kickback or hit his conveyancing thresholds pre-set by senior management.