My family lawyer has sent a quote for just over a thousand pound for no sale no fee conveyancing in Benton. I am hoping to sell a Victorian house for £275,000. Are these estimated fees excessive? Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in Benton?

The estimate does seem a tad overpriced. Where you are willing to expend time comparing prices you could trim some of the cost by perhaps a hundred pounds. On the other hand, you couldlive to rue opting for an an untested lawyer. Remember to ensure the firm can represent your bank. You can use our comparison tool to select a Benton conveyancing practice on the lender’s member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Benton.

I am the registered owner of a freehold house in Benton yet charged rent, why is this and what is this?

It is rare for properties in Benton and has limited impact for conveyancing in Benton but some freehold properties in England (particularly common in North West England) pay an annual sum known as a Chief Rent or a Rentcharge to a third party who has no other legal interest in the land.

Rentcharge payments are usually between £2.00 and £5.00 per year. Rentcharges have existed for many centuries, but the Rent Charge Act 1977 barred the generation of new rentcharges post 1977.

Old rentcharges can now be redeemed by making a lump sum payment under the Act. Any rentcharges that are still in existence after 2037 will be dispensed with completely.

My relative advised me that if I am purchasing in Benton I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is occasionally included in the estimate for your Benton conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing significant information about Benton around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Benton 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 regarding Benton.

I used Action Conveyancing several years past for my conveyancing in Benton. Now, I need my files but the law firm has closed. What do I do?

Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Benton of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I need to retain a conveyancing solicitor for remortgage conveyancing in Benton. I happened to stumble across a site which seems to have the perfect offering If it is possible to get all the legals done via web that would be preferable. Do I need to be wary? What should out be looking out for?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?