At long last a mortgage agreement from NatWest for the remortgage of my single bedroom flat is coming by the end of next week. Can you recommend a low cost conveyancing law firm in Gloucestershire?

This site is not designed to aid those in pursuit of cut-price fees for conveyancing solicitors in Gloucestershire. Our intention is to offer value for money conveyancing but we do not aim to advertise as being the cheapest. Do not be fooled by companies offering low cost conveyancing in Gloucestershire. The optimum result, in being led by cheap conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst it will result in you with a surprising uplift in additional fees and still not get the service expected.

Me and my fiancee are buying our first home. The property lawyer has calledto see if we wish to take out supplemental conveyancing searches. As novices we have no idea as to what's appropriate for conveyancing in Gloucestershire

The extent of Gloucestershire conveyancing searches should be triggered based primarily on the property, the location, the probability of any of these risks, your knowledge of the locality and risks, your overall attitude to risk. What matters is that you adequately understand what information the searches could provide. Then you can make a decision if you personally think you need that search. Should you be unsure, ask your solicitor to recommend.

At what point does exchange of contracts happen for domestic conveyancing in Gloucestershire and am I required to attend the solicitors office?

If you are local to one of the conveyancing solicitors in Gloucestershire you are welcome to come in to sign the paperwork. That being said, the firms we recommend offer a national conveyancing service and give just as comprehensive and professional a job for you when communicating with you by post or email. The signing of the property agreement is not the critical part. Signing on the dotted line is just a prerequisite for the conveyancer to exchange contracts at the appropriate time, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The exchange process is is usually a five minute process, although where a lengthy "chain" is in play, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Gloucestershire)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

My aunt pointed out to me me that in purchasing a property in Gloucestershire there may be a number of restrictions affecting the ability to carry out external alterations to a property. Is this right?

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

I recently had an offer agreed on an apartment in Gloucestershire. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £200. A few days later, the conveyancing practitioner contacted me to say that they were not on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Barclays panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

Intending to buy a house in Gloucestershire. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Gloucestershire solicitor is on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a property I have offered on a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a simple, no chain conveyancing. Gloucestershire is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Gloucestershire are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Gloucestershire you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Gloucestershire may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.