Conveyancing recommendations

nermal · Post by **nermal** » Thu 14 Apr 2016 8:19 am

I am hoping to sell my house in Yorkshire and wondered if anyone has had dealings with a solicitor they could recommend for the conveyancing.
I understand it doesnt have to actually be a solicitor
Also are there solicitors who work on a no sale no fee.
Any advice would be welcome

ITFCMike · Post by **ITFCMike** » Thu 14 Apr 2016 9:32 am

Dealt with Peyman Erginel for purchase and Pinar at Lawlex for sale

Both extremely efficient and would use again without hesitation

Peyman large practice with all the back up, costed accordingly
Pinar one very efficient and on the ball lady works on her own, costed accordingly

Based on own personnel experience,not gossip

Mike

ITFCMike · Post by **ITFCMike** » Thu 14 Apr 2016 9:38 am

Just reread your post selling in UK not TRNC ,sorry!

Don't go cheap in the UK you get very much what you pay for, personally would not touch a UK conveyancer with a barge pole,use a proper brief!

Bowman · Post by **Bowman** » Thu 14 Apr 2016 9:57 am

"In law, conveyancing is the transfer of legal title of property from one person to another"

If there is no sale then there is no conveyancing.

kerry 6138 · Post by **kerry 6138** » Thu 14 Apr 2016 10:17 am

Surely its the estate agent that work on a no sale no fee, once the propety is sold the convalescing comes in.

lavender · Post by **lavender** » Thu 14 Apr 2016 2:32 pm

No - there are now some lawyers and conveyancing firms that work on a "no move no fees" basis. Just Google "no sale no fee conveyancing"
Others will allow you to pay a small insurance premium which covers all losses should the sale not go ahead.

sophie · Post by **sophie** » Thu 14 Apr 2016 2:42 pm

Is it me, but why are you asking a TRNC forum as to the ins and outs of selling a property in the UK? Have I missed something here?

ardstrawray · Post by **ardstrawray** » Thu 14 Apr 2016 3:13 pm

sophie wrote:Is it me, but why are you asking a TRNC forum as to the ins and outs of selling a property in the UK? Have I missed something here?

No, but it makes a change from for sale posts.

nermal · Post by **nermal** » Fri 15 Apr 2016 11:10 am

I am asking because there is a large expat community here and thought many of them might have experienced selling a house in England which I have never done

Groucho · Post by **Groucho** » Fri 15 Apr 2016 12:11 pm

Conveyancing is at worst half a day's work - so ask the legal body you are engaging how much they plan to charge you - it should not be a percentage of the house value as the amount of work involved is the same for a studio flat as it is for a 5 bed detached.... if they say more than £500 then they are at it!

kerry 6138 · Post by **kerry 6138** » Fri 15 Apr 2016 1:12 pm

Bought and sold lots of houses in Yorkshire £1000 if buying and selling is the norm never come across no sale no fee except with estate agents

lavender · Post by **lavender** » Fri 15 Apr 2016 4:05 pm

Just a few copied and pasted for Kerry:
"At Co-operative Legal Services our chosen Conveyancing firms offer fixed conveyancing fees and provide you with a No Sale No Fee Guarantee. We offer a free ..."

"Lyons and Company are able to offer you a “No Sale No Fee” Guarantee ... our fees have needed to be more competitive for ordinary Conveyancing recently.
Since 2014 more and more are offering this service. I used it with 1st Property Choice but as always you have to shop around because some fees are significantly higher than taking out additional insurance to protect against the sale not going through.

kerry 6138 · Post by **kerry 6138** » Fri 15 Apr 2016 4:45 pm

Yes lavender but its no SALE no fee this sounds like companies who sell and then carry out the conveyancing aswell
The subject was Re: Conveyancing recommendations
the important/ expensive part of selling is the advertising personally I've allways used local agents, but you could save money by placing a board in your garden and you would only need to use a solicitor for the £500 conveyancing .
The whole point being if you dont sell there is no fee for conveyancing because none would take place.
I've never paid a fee if there was no sale, you can negotiate the % fee depending on if you use a sole agency

lavender · Post by **lavender** » Fri 15 Apr 2016 6:22 pm

No its actually for when an agreed sale falls through before completion. Even when searches have been done and as in my case 1 week before the completion date and after our home buyers report had also been done. We still lost over £200 on searchers and £500 on the Home Buyers report but we didn't have solicitors fees.

Obviously there wouldn't be any costs anyway if you had not even sold your house as the legal process would not have started. Sometimes its advertised as No Move, No fee. It is not from any seller or Estate Agent but a few Legal firms offering this service. We should have a system like Scotland where if the buyer backs out they lose their deposit. In England one can lose serious money through no fault of their own.

Hector · Post by **Hector** » Fri 15 Apr 2016 8:22 pm

I would suggest that you simply phone round a few local firms near your house in Yorkshire and ask them how much they would charge just to sell your house, no onward chain for you etc. Need to mention to them where the funds will be transferred to i.e. if to your TRNC bank account in case there additional transfer charges.

One point is that the solicitors firm will need to verify who you are (money laundering rules) so if you have used a UK solicitors firm before then I'd probably go with that firm on the grounds that it will save you time and expense if you don't have to travel to UK just for that purpose. The solicitors you use doesn't have to be in the area of your house.

One recomendation http://www.glanvilles.co.uk/

kerry 6138 · Post by **kerry 6138** » Sat 16 Apr 2016 12:21 am

Lavender I agree the Scottish system is much better used that one to, but if you are still selling dont the searches and home buyers report stay in place for your next potential purchases or did you take it off the market at that time.

lavender · Post by **lavender** » Sat 16 Apr 2016 8:33 am

No it was the house we were purchasing that fell through. Sellers at last minute decided to stay put. We had already sold our home and were in rented accommodation. This meant the searches and home buyers report were a complete waste of time and money. Luckily we had no solicitors fees or it could have been an even bigger financial loss.

kerry 6138 · Post by **kerry 6138** » Sat 16 Apr 2016 9:14 am

I thought it was venders responsibility to provide home buyers report, most insurance companies will offer policies to cover your particular circumstances, I imagine these are what the conveyancing companies use to offer no sale no fee.

lavender · Post by **lavender** » Sat 16 Apr 2016 9:53 am

Kerry, its the buyers responsibility to have a home buyers survey done - the clue is in the title!! This is not part of the legal companies responsibilities and it is up to the buyer as to whether they chose one are not, as there is no legal requirement to do this. Most buyers simply have home buyers reports performed to reassure themselves there are no major defects and an outline of what work needs doing or updating. Yes as I said earlier you have to weigh up if solicitors fees plus insurance policy works out cheaper than going with a No Move, No Fee company.

kerry 6138 · Post by **kerry 6138** » Sat 16 Apr 2016 11:26 am

OK lavender dont think we are helping the original questioner sorry for misunderstanding

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kerry 6138 · Post by **kerry 6138** » Sat 16 Apr 2016 5:25 pm

Used Foy & co for the last 3 properties buying and selling straight forward transactions only paid for mandatory searches etc, fee's known up front. Hope this helps

nermal · Post by **nermal** » Tue 19 Apr 2016 8:53 am

Thanks to everyone who replied .
I have now decided to use the solicitor who holds the house deeds .
Hopefully the sale goes through

Hector · Post by **Hector** » Tue 19 Apr 2016 7:54 pm

I doubt if your solicitor 'holds the house deeds'. Unless the house is unregistered which I doubt (compulsory registration came into effect from Law of Property Act 1925) then what counts is what is registered on the Land Registry computer. The old title deeds are really only collectors items these days.

lilnrob · Post by **lilnrob** » Tue 19 Apr 2016 8:34 pm

Used the company below to sell our house in Sidcup whilst being out here. All done by email and could not fault them in any way. Very reasonable price and nothing was too much trouble.

Beaumont Legal
Team Direct Dial: 0845 122 8080
Tel: 0845 122 8100
Direct: 0845 122 8080
Fax: 0845 122 8101
Email: Heather.Little@beaumont-legal.co.uk
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Lil

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