As someone unfamiliar with conveyancing in Roath Park what’s the number one tip you can give me for the house moving process in Roath Park

You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Roath Park or throughout Cardiff is an adversarial process. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there exists lots of room for confrontation between you and other parties involved in the ownership transfer. E.g., the seller, property agent and sometimes your mortgage company. Appointing a lawyer for your conveyancing in Roath Park an important selection as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the SOLE person in the legal process whose responsibility is to look after your legal interests and to protect you.

There is a definite emergence in the "blame" culture- someone has to be blamed for the process taking so long. We recommend that you your first instinct should be to trust your solicitor ahead of the other players in the conveyancing process.

I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in Roath Park. Now, I need the files but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Roath Park 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.

How difficult is it to switch solicitor as I need to choose one who is on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel. I had appointed a high street conveyancing solicitor in Roath Park round the corner but the firm is not accepted by Birmingham Midshires

It would be our pleasure to assist you select a conveyancing solicitor in Roath Park on the Birmingham Midshires panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we work with do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are under regulation of the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Roath Park. In making use of search facility on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Roath Park.

As co-executor for the will of my grandmother I am disposing of a residence in Newport but reside in Roath Park. My solicitor (based 250 kilometers awayneeds me to sign a statutory declaration ahead of the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Roath Park to witness this legal document for me?

Technically speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in Roath Park

Our conveyancer has advised that he intends to complete and exchange simultaneously on the sale of our £300,000 apartment in Roath Park next week. The landlords agents has quoted £360 for Certificate of Compliance, building insurance schedule and previous years service charge statements. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge an administration fee for a flat conveyance in Roath Park?

Roath Park conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes usually involves administration charges levied by managing agents :

Completing conveyancing due diligence questions Where consent is required before sale in Roath Park 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 lawyer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Roath Park leasehold premises is £350. For Roath Park 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 bought a leasehold flat in Roath Park, conveyancing was carried out 3 years ago. Can you let me have an estimate of the premium that my landlord can legally expect in return for granting a renewal of my lease? Similar properties in Roath Park with a long lease are worth £190,000. The ground rent is £45 invoiced annually. The lease terminates on 21st October 2087

With only 62 years unexpired we estimate the price of your lease extension to range between £17,100 and £19,800 as well as costs.

The figure above a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to supply a more accurate figure in the absence of detailed investigations. Do not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be other concerns that need to be taken into account and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward placing reliance on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.