What is the best way to find the right solicitor who will give a first class service for our conveyancing in St Margarets?

Option 1 is to ask relatives whom they would seek assistance from.

Second, use a comparison service on the web for conveyancing in St Margarets. Call a couple or more firms listed and request that they email you their conveyancing costs illustrations and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will oversee your conveyancing prior tocommitting.

Third is to make use of our search tool to help you find the right lawyers for you based on your personal factors including location,timings, complications and who the proposed lender is. Don't take the bait of low cost conveyancing in St Margarets

3 months have gone by following my purchase conveyancing in St Margarets completed. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £175,000 when infact I paid £160,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the property from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

I decided to have a survey done on a house in St Margarets prior to retaining conveyancers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. Our surveyor has said that some lenders tend not issue a mortgage on such a property.

It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different instructions from Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can investigate further with the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in St Margarets. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.

Taking into account that I am about to part with 450k on a two bedroom apartment in St Margarets I would like to have a conversation with the conveyancer regarding theconveyancing ahead of giving the go ahead to the firm. Can this be arranged?

This is something that we encourage - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you speaking to the conveyancer due to be conducting your conveyancing in St Margarets.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique individual, not a file reference. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are provided with for your conveyancing in St Margarets should be the figure that you are charged.

In my capacity as executor for the estate of my grandmother I am disposing of a property in Neath but live in St Margarets. My solicitor (who is 250 kilometers from meneeds me to execute a statutory declaration before completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in St Margarets to attest this legal document for me?

strictly speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in St Margarets