My partner’s step-father is a conveyancing practitioner. I anticipate that I will receive preferential rates for conveyancing, but if not, what kind of costs should I be expecting for conveyancing in Cheshire?
It’s a good idea to seek multiple conveyancing quotes. Do use our search tool on this page. Whilst fees do be different but service levels do are distinct between property lawyers as is the case with most professions.
We note that you have a search directory identifying firms on the UBS conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I instruct them for our conveyancing in Cheshire?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the UBS conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Cheshire.
A relative recommended that where I am buying in Cheshire I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is occasionally included in the estimate for your Cheshire conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Cheshire around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Cheshire Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Cheshire.
I have been pointed in your direction by a few property agents in Cheshire to get a quote from a solicitor using your seach tool. What’s the financial incentive for Estate Agents to offer your site over and above alternative conveyancing organisations?
We refuse to offer any commission for sending work our way. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission as home movers will think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I receiving any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.
I am 17 days into a residential purchase having been recommend to a firm by the estate agent to handle our conveyancing in Cheshire. I am not happy. Can you you assist me in finding new lawyers?
A solicitor would have to be really bad to suggest diss instructing them. Has the loan offer been generated? If so you must make them aware of the new contact details and have the mortgage documents are re-sent. Your conveyancer needs to be on the lenders panel to avoid supplemental costs and complications. That should be your first question of the new lawyers. Our search tool should help you find a bank approved conveyancer for your conveyancing in Cheshire