Do the conveyancing practitioners listed on your site handle right to buy conveyancing in Gorseinon?

We have identified a number of conveyancing practitioners carrying out right to buy conveyancing Please get in touch with us to get a costs illustration.

We see that you have a search directory listing solicitors on the RBS conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for our conveyancing in Gorseinon?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the RBS conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Gorseinon.

I used Stirling Law several years ago for my conveyancing in Gorseinon. I now require my papers however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Gorseinon of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I am hoping to put an offer on a small detached house that appears to meet my requirements, at a great price which is making it more attractive. I have just been informed that it's a leasehold rather than freehold. I would have thought that there are particular concerns buying a leasehold house in Gorseinon. Conveyancing solicitors have not yet been instructed. Will they explain the issues?

The majority of houses in Gorseinon are freehold and not leasehold. In this scenario it’s worth having a local conveyancer who is familiar with the area who can help the conveyancing process. It is clear that you are buying in Gorseinon so you should seriously consider shopping around for a Gorseinon conveyancing solicitor and be sure that they have experience in transacting on leasehold houses. As a matter of priority you will need to check the unexpired lease term. Being a tenant you will not be at liberty to do whatever you want to the property. The lease comes with conditions such as requiring the landlord’spermission to conduct changes to the property. It may be necessary to pay a maintenance charge towards the upkeep of the estate where the house is part of an estate. Your lawyer should report to you on the legal implications.

I invested in buying a basement flat in Gorseinon, conveyancing having been completed April 2009. Can you let me have an estimated range of the fair premium for a lease extension? Comparable properties in Gorseinon with an extended lease are worth £197,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £55 yearly. The lease ceases on 21st October 2080

You have 55 years unexpired we estimate the premium for your lease extension to span between £31,400 and £36,200 plus costs.

The figure above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to provide the actual costs without more comprehensive due diligence. You should not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be additional issues that need to be considered and you obviously should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not take any other action placing reliance on this information without first getting professional advice.

My nephew is about to join the property ladder, the home loan was agreed last week in principle. When the seller agreed the offer on the flat we telephoned the mortgage company to go forward with his. I was disappointed to hear that mortgage lenders do not accept all lawyer, they have to be on a list, is this correct?

Mortgage Companies tend to restrict either the type or the number of conveyancing solicitors on their approved list of lawyers. Typical examples of such restriction(s) being that a firm must have two or more partners. In addition to restricting the type of firm, some have decided to limit the number of firms they use to represent them. You should note that banks have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any Gorseinon lawyer on their panel. Mortgage fraud was a key driver in the rationalisation of conveyancing panels a few years ago and whilst there are differing views about the extent of solicitor involvement in some of that fraud. Statistics from the Land Registry reveal that thousands of law firms only carry out one or two conveyances a year. Those supporting conveyancing panel cuts ask why law firms should have the right to be on a Lender panel when clearly, conveyancing is not their speciality. To put it another way; would you want a conveyancing solicitor to represent you if you were charged with a crime? Probably not.