I was recommended to a solicitor who has sent a quote for £1700 for leasehold conveyancing in Gorseinon. I am hoping to sell a purpose built house for £150,000. Is this overpriced? Is it above the norm for conveyancing in Gorseinon?

The costs illustration is slightly on the expensive side. If you shop around you might reduce the fees slightly by say a hundred pounds. That being said, you mightcome to rue choosing an an untested conveyancer. If is important to ensure the firm can act for your mortgage company. Do use our search tool to find a Gorseinon conveyancing practice on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Gorseinon.

As a first time buyer what is the most important piece of guidance you can give me about purchase conveyancing in Gorseinon?

Not many law firms or advisers will tell you this but conveyancing in Gorseinon and elsewhere in England and Wales is often a confrontational experience. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there is lots of room for confrontation between you and other parties involved in the ownership transfer. For instance, the seller, selling agent and on occasion a lender. Choosing a lawyer for your conveyancing in Gorseinon an important selection as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONE party in the transaction whose role it is to act in your best interests and to protect you.

We are witnessing a distinct ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone has to be blamed for the process being so protracted. We recommend that you your first instinct should be to trust your conveyancer above the other parties when it comes to the legal assignment of property.

I am thinking of remortgaging my home in Gorseinon, does my lawyer need to be on the Virgin Money Conveyancing panel?

In theory, you could use a solicitor that is not on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel, but Virgin Money would require one of their panel solicitors to be instructed to act in their interests, and you'd have to pay for this - so most people instruct a panel solicitor. It's also easier, as otherwise you'd have to deal with two solicitors for the same transaction.

We are buying a house and the lawyer has raised the issue of Chancel Repair to which the house could be liable because it falls into the area of such a church. He has suggested insurance. Is this strictly appropriate for conveyancing in Gorseinon

Unless a previous acquisition of the house took place after 12 October 2013 you could assume that solicitors conducting conveyancing in Gorseinon to remain encouraging a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.

I'm converting the mortgage on my existing home to a buy to let mortgage with Britannia and intend to use the remaining equity towards a second house. The neighborhood we are looking at is Gorseinon. Will your solicitors be able to act for both sets of banks and tie in the conveyances?

Do use our comparison tool on this page to ensure that the lawyers are on the relevant lender panels. Having checked that they are the conveyancer will be able to connect the two deals but you should have a chat with you lawyer and specify your desired outcome and needs.