Having sold my house in Salisbury last April but my buyer keeps texting me to say their conveyancer is waiting to hear from mylawyer. What should have happened following completion?

After completion of your house sale your lawyer is committed to forward the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. If applicable, your lawyer must also send confirmation that the home loan has been repaid to the buyers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion procedures unique to conveyancing in Salisbury.

I know that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to have this when buying a residence in Salisbury? or I am told that there is a law dating back centuries that means some owners of property residing in a parish church boundary may be liable to contribute towards maintenance to the chancel within the church. Is this applicable for conveyancing in Salisbury?

Unless a prior purchase of the property completed post 12 October 2013 you could expect solicitors conducting conveyancing in Salisbury to continue to propose a a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

How does conveyancing in Salisbury differ for new build properties?

Most buyers of new build property in Salisbury contact us having been asked by the housebuilder to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the property is built. This is because developers in Salisbury typically acquire the land, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Salisbury or who has acted in the same development.

In my capacity as executor for the will of my aunt I am disposing of a residence in Cardiff but live in Salisbury. My solicitor (approximately 235 miles awayneeds me to execute a statutory declaration ahead of completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Salisbury who can attest this legal document for me?

Technically speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Salisbury based

Finally, a mortgage offer from a lender for the refinancing of my 4 bedroom garden flat is expected imminently. Are you able to suggest a low cost remortgage conveyancing law firm in Salisbury ?

This site is not designed to help in pursuit of a cheap conveyancing solicitors in Salisbury. Our intention is to offer cost effective conveyancing but we do not advertise as being the cheapest. Avoid the trap of appointing brokers offering £99 conveyancing in Salisbury.In your best case scenario, in opting for cheap conveyancing, you will get what you pay for and at worst you will end up invoiced for additional fee and still not receive the service expected.