I have just started taking steps with a view to porting my domestic home loan to a BTL Coventry Building Society mortgage. I was told by my financial advisor that I need a conveyancer for this. I got in contact with my past Hightown conveyancing firm who dealt with the legals when I initially acquired the house. The fee calculation e-mailed to me of £500 is surprising as its a remortgage than a sale or purchase.

The estimate fees seem a bit high. If you are happy to spend time comparing quotes you might get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by perhaps £125. On the other hand, assuming were satisfied with the legal work the firm gave you maylive to rue opting for an a cheaper conveyancer. If is important to ensure the solicitor can also act for Coventry Building Society. You can utilise our search tool to find a Hightown conveyancing firm on the Coventry Building Society conveyancing panel, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Hightown.

Finally the sale completed on my house in Hightown last September but the buyer keeps e-mailing daily complaining that their conveyancer needs to hear from mysolicitor. What are the post completion sale legalities now that I have sold?

Following your house sale your conveyancer is obliged to deliver the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer must also send confirmation that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been paid off to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion procedures unique to conveyancing in Hightown.

Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Hightown. My lender is Platform

Platform have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 11/12/2025, the requirements read as follows :

What does commercial conveyancing in Hightown cover?

Hightown conveyancing for business premises covers a wide range of guidance, supplied by regulated solicitors, relating to business premises. By way of example, this area of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the assignment of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of leases.

If all goes to plan we aim to complete the disposal of our £400,000 flat in Hightown on Monday in a week. The landlords agents has quoted £408 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and previous years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge an administration fee for a flat conveyance in Hightown?

For the majority of leasehold sales in Hightown conveyancing will involve, queries regarding the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :

Addressing pre-exchange questions Where consent is required before sale in Hightown Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Hightown leasehold property is £350. For Hightown conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to supply answers.

I am the registered owner of a leasehold flat in Hightown, conveyancing formalities finalised half a dozen years ago. Can you give me give me an indication of the likely cost of a lease extension? Comparable properties in Hightown with over 90 years remaining are worth £221,000. The ground rent is £50 levied per year. The lease finishes on 21st October 2095

You have 70 years remaining on your lease the likely cost is going to be between £9,500 and £11,000 plus plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.

The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to supply the actual costs without more comprehensive investigations. Do not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be additional concerns that need to be considered and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward based on this information without first seeking the advice of a professional.