My previous solicitor has quoted £1350 for fixed fee conveyancing in Bow Street. I am looking to sell a Georgian property for £275,000. This seems expensive. Is it above the norm for conveyancing in Bow Street?

The charges are a little high. If you shop around you could decrease the fees slightly by as much as £100 plus VAT. That being said, you maycome to rue choosing an an untested conveyancer. Don't forget to ensure that the solicitor can act for your lender. Do employ our search tool to select a Bow Street conveyancing firm on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Bow Street.

I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in Bow Street. Now, I need my files but the law firm has closed. What do I do?

Do call 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 Bow Street of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Bow Street. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Bow Street

Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company?

How simple is it to use your search app to get a costs illustration from a conveyancing practitioner in Bow Street on the authorised to act for my lender?

1st select a mortgage company such as Birmingham Midshires, Norwich and Peterborough Building Society or TSB then type in your preferred area such as Bow Street. Conveyancing firms in Bow Street and nationally should be listed.

Are there any apps to help search for a Bow Street conveyancing solicitor on the bank conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel up to twentykilometers to attend the conveyancer.

You can use the find a conveyancing panel tool on this website. Please choose the lender and your location, in this case Bow Street and you will see a number of lawyer located nearest Bow Street. Alternatively you can type in the name of your proposed law firm and see if they are listed as being on the bank solicitor panel.