Please could you vouch for a Barclays sanctioned Bridgwater conveyancing lawyer that can complete within less than a month? Would it be better to use a high street Bridgwater firm or an online comparison site?

We can recommend some very good Bridgwater conveyancing firms. You can also walk up the main road in Bridgwater. Visit a couple of firms and request to speak with a conveyancing solicitor for a fee estimate. Discuss your time frames together with your reasons and ask for an assurance on speed. Choose the one that you are most comfortable with.

My wife and I are buying a flat in Bridgwater. I might seem paranoid but how we can trust a solicitor? At some point we have to put our life savings into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our deposit?

Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.

is it true that all Bridgwater solicitor firms on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel are overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?

As solicitors, in order to be on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel they would need to be governed by the SRA. Some banks do permit licenced conveyancers on their panel and in that case the practice would be governed by the CLC.

TSB have agreed my home loan in principle, my bid on a flat in Bridgwater has been accepted, now what?

The property agent will need to be informed of your conveyancer's details (make sure the solicitors are on the bank’s approved list). Contact TSB or the financial adviser and finish off any appropriate forms. TSB will sellect a valuer who will get in contact with the selling agent or seller to arrange an appointment. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes approximately a week for the mortgage offer to be issued. TSB will issue the offer to you and your property lawyers. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Bridgwater.

I used Action Conveyancing several years past for my conveyancing in Bridgwater. Now, I need the files but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

You should 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 Bridgwater of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I was advised by a couple of local estate agents in Bridgwater to select a property lawyer on your site. What’s the financial inducement for Estate Agents to recommend your lawyers over and above alternative conveyancing organisations?

We refuse to give any commission for directing people our way. We found it would be just too difficult a fee because members of the public would think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

A couple of weeks ago I was informed by my mortgage company that their panel solicitors operate no move no fee basis for conveyancing in Bridgwater. My purchase did not proceed and now the conveyancers want search fees! They say the fees are seperate!

Bridgwater conveyancing search charges are separate expenses not legal costs as these are payable to a third party.