Conveyancing Blog

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What Clients Said About Clutton Cox Conveyancing Solicitors in 2011 
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Everything You Need To Know About Buying and Selling a House - in 26 Bite-Sized Chunks: Updated 

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In the Land of Fixed Legal Fees, the Small Law Firm is King 

 
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Waitrose in Chipping Sodbury: What's in it for us? 

 
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Will You Need Conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury in 2012 
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Clutton Cox Conveyancing Wills and Probate:Top of the Blogs Part 2 
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Clutton Cox Conveyancing Wills and Probate:Top of the Blogs  Part One
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Fixed Fees in Conveyancing: How Important?
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Testimonials from clients of Clutton Cox Solicitors
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First Time Buyers: Hurry, Conveyancing Sale Ends Soon 
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Buying a Holiday Home: Can it ever be a Primary Residence? 
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How solicitors and Land Registry work together in conveyancing process
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Part 3: What law firm clients want (really, really want) 
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Part 2: What law firm clients want (really, really want) 
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What law firm clients want (really, really want) 
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Conveyancing Quality Scheme: The 4 C's of Client Care 
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 Fixed Fees in Conveyancing: All Day Long 
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Conveyancing Solicitors and Lenders: The Panel Game 
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Conveyancing in Yate, Bristol: 10 Things You Should Know 
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Conveyancing in Bristol: How to Redeem a Rentcharge 
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Suspend Stamp Duty Immediately: ePetition
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Conveyancing Hazards: Contaminated Land

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Tweet My aim when I write the blogposts for the Clutton Cox website is to be as informative as possible in an approachable way and if I am lucky – something which is topical ( Hacking Stops Land Registry E Conveyancing Reforms) I also try...
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Since 2003 Chancel Repair Liability, has become a bête-noir in the Conveyancing process . Back then, a Mr. and Mrs. Wallbank lost an appeal in the House of Lords against a demand to repair the Chancel of a medieval church in nearby Aston...
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Tweet At a time when the rest of the news is dominated by “hacking” scandals, it is reassuring, that in the relatively mundane world of conveyancing, an opportunity for further fraud has been nipped in the bud. E conveyancing , the...
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Tweet A right of way is one example of a legal easement. An easement provides certain rights over land you do not own Rights of Way are most often incorporated into a Conveyance or Transfer deed. If you purchased a new house, you...
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Tweet Parents often feel inclined to be generous to their children and like to set aside money for their future. The income tax treatment of such generosity may have taken many by surprise. It would seem logical that once the gift is made...
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When Clint Eastwood ordered the town of Lago to be painted red in the film High Plains Drifter , no one argued . Back here in the real world, Planning Permission is not normally a requirement if you choose similarly to paint...
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It is now quite common for people to set up home before getting married or undertaking a civil partnership , as the Leader of the Opposition Ed Miliband and his partner Justine Thornton did, before their marriage over the weekend Good legal advice on...
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The Law Society recently introduced a new Conveyancing Quality Scheme to assist members of the public in choosing a Conveyancing Solicitor Conveyancing Quality is a feeling: you can't touch, see or smell it, yet you will know it once you have...
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Anyone who has bought a new property on a residential development in the last 30 years or so will know ( if they had been paying attention to their Conveyancing Solicitor ) that are private sewers and drains which run under their property and their...
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The Land Registration Act 1925 “modernised” conveyancing by making it compulsory for some property transactions to be registered as part of the conveyancing process. The Land Registry is the government department which records all property...
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Some of you will have come across my posts in my series in March entitled “ All you need to sell or buy a house –in 31 daily bite-sized chunks” I appreciate that it can be a little awkward moving from one blog post to the next...
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If you are thinking about buying or selling your home in Chipping Sodbury , this Spring, here are few first steps which may assist you. If you are new to the area, we at Clutton Cox would be delighted to speak with you and answer your Conveyancing...
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One of the most popular posts in our March Series “Everything You Need To Know About Buying and Selling a House or Flat in 31 Daily Bite-Sized Chunks” was Day 19’s “How Standard are the Standard Conditions of Sale . In the...
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Tweet The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (formerly plain old House of Lords) issued an important judgment this week against those who seek to benefit from the literal meaning of the law but not the spirit of the law. The case centred on...
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Tweet Over 5 million people live or work in properties that are classed as a “flood risk” according to the Environment Agency Flooding can occur not just from rivers and the sea but also from surface water, where it cannot access a...
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Tweet Conveyancing Question : Is there a milkman and if so what is his name? As Conveyancing Solicitors we are more used to answering questions on restrictive covenants ; deed of easements; rights of way; declarations of trust; defective...
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Day 31 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 30 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 29 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 28 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 27 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 26  of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 25  of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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We examine yesterdays Budget in Day 24  of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 23  of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 22 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 21 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 20 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 19of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 18 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 17 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 16 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 15 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 14  of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 13 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 11 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 11 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 10 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 9 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 8 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 7 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 6 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 5 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 4 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 3 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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Day 2 of everything you need to know about buying and selling a house or a flat in 31 daily bite-sized chunks

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a guide to everything you need to know about buying and selling a house in 31 day bite-sized chunks

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a guide to everything you need to know about buying and selling a house in 31 day bite-sized chunks

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Why do we need a Conveyancing Quality

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A new paper this week argues a further extension of reserved activities rather than a relaxtion in Conveyancing

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Which Conveyancing firm completed the most conveyancing transactions in 2010
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Clutton Cox Conveyancing Guide: Simples Part 2
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Conveyancing Guide made simple by Clutton Cox Solicitors Bristol

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What lessons can be learned from the demise of Fridays Property Lawyers the cheap as chips conveyancers and HIP provider

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A review of legal blogging in the Uk by Paul Hajek of Clutton Cox Solcitors for UK Blawg Roundup

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You know what it is like when you have a Bad Hair Day: but what about a Bad Conveyancing Day? Do You Change Conveyancing Solicitors?
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Conveyancing is about to become a little more exciting in 2011.

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Conveyancing Fees: Fixed,, Fixed, Fixed; All the Time
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Conveyancing's Tweedledum and Tweedledee: Gazumping and Gazundering
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Clutton Cox have joined the nationwide legal referral scheme Connect2Law
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See what people have said about the Conveyancing service at Clutton Cox, Solicitors in Bristol
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Chancel Repair Liability: Guardian Readers in Uproar!
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Commons and Not So Common Conveyancing Searches
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When buying a new house, one of th efirst things carried out by your conveyancing solicitor is a local authority search
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Disused Mines: How to Avoid a Chill In Conveyancing
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Conveyancing:What If It All Goes "PeteTong"?
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Paul Hajek, Conveyancing Expert,Conveyancing Blogger for yell.com
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Conveyancing: Clutton Cox Catch Up
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Conveyancing in Bristol: How Free is Freehold
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the perils of same exchanges and completions
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Conveyancing: Who Cares If Solicitors Act For Both Sides, As Long As It Is Quicker
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When it comes to Conveyancing don't let your estate agent bully you
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Exploded: The Myth of Cheap Wills from Will Writers

Where a £30 Will can turn into a £1700 Bill

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Conveyancing Costs: Who really takes it all?

You may be surprised what percentage of the conveyancing costs goes to your conveyancing solicitors 

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Conveyancing Solicitors: Walk the Walk or Just Talk the Talk?

 

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Waitrose Submit Planning Permission for Store in Chipping Sodbury

 

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 If Bath Win the European Cup: Conveyancing Fees Refunded When You Move Home

 

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Spurs win the Champions League: Your Solicitor Fees paid when you move home between now and then!

 

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Back in the day, (up until 1985) Conveyancing was carried out by Conveyancing Solicitors, either practicing on their own or within a larger firm of Solicitors. In those days, you were more likely to find your Conveyancing Solicitor on the “High...
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I have just posted the second of my Conveyancing Guides as the expert Conveyancer for Yell.com You can find it here "What Exactly is Conveyancing?"        ...
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I have just posted the first of my Conveyancing Guides through Yell.com Over the next few weeks, you will see the Conveyancing process unravel before your very eyes. The Guide will be a handy reference for you at all the various stages in the...
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When you are thinking of selling or buying a property in Frampton Cotterell , near Bristol, South Gloucestershire, what should you be looking for from your Conveyancing Solicitors? Here are a few snippets of information about the village itself some...
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You can read the most recent update on Chancel Repair Liability here . My radar has been honed to new articles on the cause and effect of Chancel Repair Liability Some of you may have read my previous post on Chancel Repair Liability:  King...
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There is now just one surviving component of the erstwhile HIP; the Energy Performance Certificate or inglamoursly the EPC To further alleviate the pain, if you are bored or excited with the World Cup we have a special offer running for the length of the...
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Conveyancing in Pucklechurch:  " We received a first class, faultless service, absolutely fantastic from beginning to end. Thank you. We would recommend Clutton Cox highly; they are very reliable and easy to contact with...
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Cast your minds back to 1996 BC ( Before Coalition) and a singular Labour MP got mightily angry about being gazumped on a property because of the delay in achieving an early exchange of contracts. His solution: more information available about the property...
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Your Conveyancing Solicitor will tell you when you are buying your new home whether it is likely to be affected by Radon Gas. This information will be revealed as one of the standard enquiries asked of the Local Authority. Very interesting, but what you...
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This is the fourth in my seasonal series on the prospects for the Housing Market in England and Wales, which began last Spring. Everyone agrees that the market has improved. But, progress has been slow albeit above the expectations of some experts a year...
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Vital Conveyancing on a new development outside Sodding Chipbury, has been delayed and put in peril a couple’s quest to own their dream home First time buyers, Mr. Poor and Miss Unfortunate had been enticed by the strong arm tactical...
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In the good old days, most people asked friends and colleagues for a recommendation when you wanted to find a Solicitor to carry out your Conveyancing or to prepare your Wills. Some were persuaded to “let their fingers do the walking” and...
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First the leak or is that rumour, that Stamp Duty will be abolished on purchases of up to £250,000: Then the reality. The Chancellor Alastair Darling in his budget speech announces a temporary 2 year “stamp duty holiday” for that...
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Last week it was Estate Agents who were all in a paddy at the launch of iSold, Tesco’s joint venture with spicerhaart. Now, it seems it’s the turn of Conveyancing Solicitors to froth at the mouth. We have, the not unexpected news, as...
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New research published by the Ministry of Justice has revealed how the public choose a Conveyancing Solicitor. A sample of people, who had moved house in the last three years, was asked how they had first heard about their Conveyancing Solicitor. Using...
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31 per cent of people who moved home in the last three years obtained an estimate of their legal fees form their Conveyancing Solicitor. 61 per cent were able to obtain fixed fee quotations, whilst 4 per cent walked the tightrope of hourly billing (how...
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The Ministry of Justice (still a bit too Orwellian a title for me) published research this week that most of you when asked, couldn’t describe a good lawyer.  A bit like an elephant really. Know one when you see one but difficult to describe. ...
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The countdown to the World Cup in South Africa stands at 100 days.   So here is the deal. Instruct Clutton Cox, through our website, to carry out your Conveyancing on your sale or purchase within the next 100 days (for those of you who like...
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 What proportion of the overall legal costs of purchasing a house or flat in the UK goes to your Conveyancing Solicitor? Say you were buying at £350,000. OK that’s a bit above the average but by no means in the realms of the super rich. ...
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A national HIP provider, myhomemove, has given credence to a little reported fact regarding HIPs. This effect of HIPs was also highlighted in a post on this my ActionMove website back in July 2009 entitled “Have HIPs inadvertently Stabilised...
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 Some of you may have read my previous posts on Chancel Repair Liability and King Henry VIII’s Conveyancing legacy . I have been amazed at the interest generated which range from Chancel Repair Liability Insurers to the Wall Street...
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Where can you find out the nitty gritty about selling or buying your home in Chipping Sodbury? This guide will give you a flavour of the area, potential problems you may encounter and the property professionals you are likely to come across. If you are...
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What should you be looking for when selling or buying a home in Yate, near Bristol. Here are 10 helpful suggestions to get you on your way:- 1. Yate is about 13 miles north east of Bristol, with good rail and motorway links. The local authority is South...
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Choosing your Conveyancing Solicitor when you move home is a daunting task. Moving home can be a stressful time. But who will be right for you. Here are ten steps to choosing your Conveyancing Solicitor. 1. Listen to friends and family who have been moved...
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If you are one of the 4 out of 5 Homebuyers who do not have a full survey or a RICS Homebuyers Survey and Valuation carried out on their new home, think again. Many excuses are used for failing to carry out a survey; cost; extensive local knowledge; age of...
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But how do you know that’s what you will get, when you instruct your Conveyancing Solicitor to act for you when you move home You may have heard horror stories of chains breaking down, and Conveyancing Solicitors not doing a great job. More...
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When you are buying your property, it is felt by some that your Conveyancing Solicitor is an unnecessary expense. Good advice, in this regard, was provided writing in the Bricks & Mortar section of the Times last Friday. The article entitled “...
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 This is the third in my series on the prospects for the Housing Market in England and Wales in 2009. You can see my previous commentaries here for Spring and here for  Summer. Now is the time to reflect and predict what will happen over the...
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Chancel Repair Liability originated in ancient medieval law which could still affect your Conveyancing transaction when you buy a property in England and Wales. This is a follow up to a previous article entitled Henry VIII and Chancel Repair...
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When it comes to buying and selling your home, its right up there as one of the most stressful things anyone can do! However, it doesn’t have to be like this; with a little forward planning, a touch of patience and great communication it can actually...
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“What if, what if it all goes Pete Tong” or less colloquially “What would you do if it were to go wrong” is perhaps the last phrase you may want to hear when you’re about to set up home with your partner. It is now quite...
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It is a year ago today that I posted my first blog. I was the first solicitor to blog regularly on Conveyancing, and I have added other areas of our expertise as I have gone on, such as Wills and Probate, HIPs and the Housing Market in general. It has...
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Conveyancing Fees Refunded
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When the Law Society launched its consultation paper “Improving Residential Conveyancing”, it was a great opportunity for members of the professions to shape the future of the home buying and selling process. The introduction of HIPs and the...
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A legal Conveyancing nightmare was finally over this week, for a couple forced to auction their home to pay for repairs to their local church, for which they were responsible under an arcane law known as Chancel Repair liability. The Wallbanks sold their...
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Chipping Sodbury based solicitor and England fan Paul Hajek is banking on a Rooney hat-trick in next summer’s World Cup final to boost the local housing market. Paul Hajek, who runs Clutton Cox , one of the country’s oldest law firms, reckons...
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The Stamp Duty concession which exempts properties purchased under £175000 from paying any Stamp Duty Land Tax expires on 31st December 2009. Thereafter, Stamp Duty will be imposed on any purchase over £125000. The Stamp Duty payable will be...
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  The consultation period to respond to the Law Society’s report Improving Residential Conveyancing closes on tomorrow 18th September. We have listed the Questions posed by the Consultation Paper on Conveyancing together with our response. If...
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conveyancing promotions clutton cox solicitors

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The Law Society’s consultation on the role of Conveyancing Solicitors in the home buying and selling process in England and Wales is set to close in one month’s time on 18th September. You can have your say on how the Conveyancing process may...
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25 Questions you should ask your Conveyancing Solicitor before you Move Home.  

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Tell me about your experiences when you last moved home, your thoughts about Conveyancing, Conveyancing Solicitors and how the home buying process could be improved. Why? Well, the Law Society has launched a consultation process with...
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1. The average price of a Property is now £152,898. 2. The average price of a Property excluding flats, is £224,024 3. Average Home Prices have declined by 20% since 2007 4. The Average time it takes to sell a property is below 10 weeks for...
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