I am hoping to receive a offer of a home loan from Santander. My intention is to use a Licensed Conveyancer in Stoke Gifford. Does the Santander Solicitor panel allow for Licensed Conveyancers?

The Santander conveyancing panel is, like many other lenders, represented by the CML or Building Society Association, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

My company is intending to take an assignment of a lease of an office on a shopping parade. Can you recommend lawyers offering fixed charges for commercial conveyancing in Stoke Gifford for below £2000?

We are happy to recommend firms who host a wealth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Stoke Gifford, including the disposal and acquisition of businesses as well as simply property. Whether you are looking to buy or dispose of a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a whole business we will put you in touch with the right solicitor. As for the charges this will depend on the structure and heads of terms of the deal. Let us have your details or email so as to enable us to provide you with a fixed commercial conveyancing calculation.

I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing solicitor in Stoke Gifford for my home move. Can I see a solicitor's complaints history with the profession’s regulator?

Members of the public may see published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations arising from investigations from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. To find details Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors history, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes recorded call for training reasons.

Do you have any advice for leasehold conveyancing in Stoke Gifford with the purpose of speeding up the sale process?

• A significant proportion of the frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Stoke Gifford can be avoided if you instruct lawyers the minute your agents start marketing the property and request that they start to put together the leasehold documentation needed by the purchasers’ conveyancers.
If you have the benefit of shareholding in the freehold, you should ensure that you have the original share certificate. Arranging a re-issued share certificate can be a time consuming formality and slows down many a Stoke Gifford conveyancing deal. Where a duplicate share certificate is needed, do contact the company officers or managing agents (where applicable) for this sooner rather than later. You may think that you are aware of the number of years remaining on your lease but it would be advisable double-check via your solicitors. A buyer’s lawyer will not be happy to advise their client to to exchange contracts if the remaining number of years is less than 80 years. It is therefore important at an early stage that you identify whether the lease requires a lease extension. If it does, contact your solicitors before you put your property on the market for sale. Many landlords or managing agents in Stoke Gifford charge for providing management packs for a leasehold premises. You or your lawyers should discover the actual amount of the charges. The management information sought on or before finding a buyer, thus reducing delays. The typical amount of time it takes to receive management information is three weeks. It is the most frequent reason for frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Stoke Gifford. In the event that you altered the property did you need the Landlord’s permission? Have you, for example installed wooden flooring? Most leases in Stoke Gifford state that internal structural changes or installing wooden flooring calls for a licence from the Landlord acquiescing to such changes. Should you dont have the consents to hand you should not contact the landlord without checking with your conveyancer first.

Stoke Gifford Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Questions you should ask Prior to Purchasing

How much is the ground rent and service charge? Who is in charge of the block? Can you tell me if there are any major works on the horizon that will add a premium to the service charges?

The conveyancing solicitors undertaking our conveyancing in Stoke Gifford has forwarded papers to review that state the property is unregistered with epitome documents. Is it not the case that all property in Stoke Gifford are registered?

Whilst most properties in Stoke Gifford are now registered with HM Land Registry there are still some that remain unregistered. Any property in Stoke Gifford that has been transferred since the late 1980’s will have been registered at the HMLR under the compulsory ‘first registration’ scheme. However, if a Stoke Gifford property has not changed hands in that time then it’s likely the old fashioned title deeds will be the only evidence of ownership.Plenty of Stoke Gifford conveyancing solicitors will be able to handle such matters but where uncertainty exists the conventional recommendation nowadays is for the seller to register it first and thereafter deal with the sale conveyance - this will have a domino effect to cause a significant delay.