Having been referred to your site we were going to use a conveyancing solicitor in South Hornchurch listed on your site but stumbled across some other costs illustrations on the internet appear cheaper – how come?

You can find a variety of solicitors offering at first sight what seems to be very low prices. We would encourage you to think twice about how much you respect your own move to want to be penny wise pound foolish concerning the quality of the conveyancing. Many of them accentuate a low fee to entice you but plant supplemental fees in the fine print..

My relative recommended that if I am purchasing in South Hornchurch I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard South Hornchurch conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing significant information about South Hornchurch around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning South Hornchurch.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on a fortnight ago in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. South Hornchurch is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in South Hornchurch are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside South Hornchurch 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 South Hornchurch 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 property.

I was advised by a number of property agents in South Hornchurch to select a conveyancer using your seach tool. What’s the financial upside for Estate Agents to offer your services rather than a competitor’s?

We refuse to offer any financial incentive for sending work in our direction. We found it would be just too difficult a fee because home movers will think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

How much should conveyancing in South Hornchurch cost?

The total sum levied for conveyancing in South Hornchurch will differ considerably from company to company. Given these variations it is particularly necessary for you to have a complete breakdown of charges when you first appoint a solicitor. It is advisable to find a couple fee estimate.