Just been in touch with my conveyancing lawyer in Southwater who acted for me 18 months ago asking for a conveyancing estimate based on the same type of home move (a leasehold premises and a freehold property) of similar values with a home loan from Bank of Scotland. I am now being quoted double. Am I right to be tempted to shop around for a cheaper online property lawyer?
The estimate does seem a tad on the high side. Where you are content to invest time contrasting charges you could shave off some of the expense by perhaps £100 plus VAT. That being said, providing that you were pleased with the assistance the firm provided you couldcome to regret opting for an an untested conveyancer. If is important to check that the conveyancer can also act for Bank of Scotland. You can employ our search tool to get a quote a Southwater conveyancing firm on the Bank of Scotland approved list of lawyers, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Southwater.
We see that you have a post code search directory listing law firms on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I retain them for our conveyancing in Southwater?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Barclays conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Southwater.
We're in Southwater, First time buyers buying with a mortgage (lender is Coventry BS , and our lawyer is on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancing practitioner should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.
My husband and I are novice buyers - had an offer accepted, yet the agent advised that the seller will only issue a contract if we use their chosen solicitors as they want an ‘expedited deal’. We would rather use a family conveyancer used to conveyancing in Southwater
It is improbable the vendors are driving this. If they want ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a genuine buyer is not the way to achieve this. Bypass the agents and go straight to the owners and make sure they comprehend that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to progress, with finances in place © you are unencumbered (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you intend to appoint your own,trusted Southwater conveyancing solicitors - not the ones that will give their estate agent a introducer fee or meet his conveyancing thresholds demanded by senior management.
How much experience do your Southwater conveyancing solicitors have with Help To Buy, Shared Equity and similar schemes?
Southwater conveyancing lawyers help thousands of buyers move home every year and helped plenty of clients through the Help To Buy scheme. The chances are that whatever makes your case unique Southwater conveyancers have worked on recent similar matters.