I was recommended to a conveyancer who has given a fee calculation of £1350 for freehold conveyancing in Ripon. I am hoping to sell a purpose built house for £150,000. Are these conveyancing fees excessive? Is it above the average fee for conveyancing in Ripon?

The costs illustration is fractionally on the high side. If you are content to spend time scrutinising quotes you might reduce the fees marginally by say £125. On the other hand, you couldlive to regret opting for an an unknown conveyancer. Remember to be sure that the firm can also act for your lender. Do employ our search tool to choose a Ripon conveyancing firm on the lender’s member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Ripon.

I am downsizing from our home in Ripon and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being constructed on contaminated land. A high street Ripon lawyer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers instructed a nationwide conveyancing outfit rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Ripon. We have lived in Ripon for many years we know that this is a non issue. Should we contact our local Authority to get clarification that the buyers are looking for.

It would appear that you have a conveyancing firm already. Are they able to advise? You must enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same ailment)

I am buying a new build apartment in Ripon. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Ripon

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. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease.

Given that I will soon spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on a terraced house in Ripon I would like to talk to a conveyancer concerning thetransaction in advance of giving the go ahead to the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?

This is something that we recommend - we would be delighted to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the lawyer due to be carrying out your property ownership legalities in Ripon.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is an important individual, not a case number. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are provided with for residential conveyancing in Ripon should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.

Do online conveyancing organisations do everything a high street Ripon solicitor does or do I still need to employ a solicitor for the final stages for my conveyancing in Ripon?

Where you instruct an online conveyancer they should cover all the things your Ripon conveyancer would cover.