Our family lawyer has quoted £1400 for leasehold conveyancing in Hayes. I’m hoping to sell a Edwardian detached home for £150,000. Are these conveyancing fees excessive? Is it in excess of the norm for conveyancing in Hayes?

The estimate does seem marginally overpriced. If you are willing to spend time scrutinising costs you could reduce the fees slightly by as much as a hundred pounds. That being said, you maylive to rue choosing an a cheaper solicitor. Remember to ensure the firm can act for your mortgage company. You can use our comparison tool to find a Hayes conveyancing firm on the banks member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Hayes.

Would the conveyancing lawyers identified via your search tool handle right to buy conveyancing in Hayes?

We work with plenty of conveyancing specialists who can handle right to buy conveyancing work You should contact the conveyancers listed in order to secure a costs calculation.

We intend to purchase a purpose built flat in Hayes with a loan from Alliance & Leicester .We use our Hayes conveyancing lawyer but Alliance & Leicester informed us he's not listed on their "panel". We have to appoint a Alliance & Leicester panel firm or keep our local solicitor and fork out for one of their panel ones to act for them. This seems very unfair; is there anything we can do?

Unfortunately,no. The mortgage offered to you is subject to its terms and conditions, a common one being that solicitors will be on the Alliance & Leicester solicitor panel. Until recently, most banks had large numbers of solicitors on their panels: a borrower could find one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your solicitors to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Alliance & Leicester

Given that I will soon part with 450k on a house in Hayes I would like to have a conversation with the lawyer concerning thetransaction before appointing the firm. Can this be arranged?

We could not agree more - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you speaking to the conveyancer due to be doing your property ownership legalities in Hayes.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is unique individual, not a matter number. The law firms that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are quoted for your conveyancing in Hayes should be the figure that you end up paying.

We are expecting to exchange on the purchase a property in Hayes but as a result of wreckage from the recent storms I have agreed reparation from the current proprietors of £2k in the form of a reduction in the price. I had intended this to be addressed as part of the conveyancing process yet the mortgage company will not agree to this. Why were they involved?

The conveyancing practitioner that is on a bank approved list is obliged to disclose to the bank of any changes to the purchase figure. If you prohibit your solicitor to report the price change to your mortgage company then they would have to discontinue acting for you and the lender.