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Solicitors
quotes from the CMS Solicitor panel
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No Completion No legal Fee |
No Mortgage Lender Fee |
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No Solicitors Indemnity
Charges |
No Expedition Fees for
quick completions |
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No charges for phone calls
and faxes |
No other Petty
Disbursement charges |
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Lower Local Search fees
(not estimated) |
No extra charges for
Leasehold (flats) |
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Free
quote beating service |
Hidden Extras to watch out
for elsewhere |
Each CMS
solicitor
can be instructed today and our helpful staff will
provide full contact details of your
solicitor
immediately.
CMS give
you 3 of the best priced solicitor quotes that are easy to understand.
All
disbursements
are listed and the total price plus
disbursements is added up for you
showing the total payable. CMS
constantly monitor other conveyancing solicitor competitor websites. We
have found that the majority advertising unrealistically
low fees from £120 charge extra for items
listed above (which CMS include for free). Most charge extra if you
have a
mortgage
plus other extras
increasing their best solicitors quote by up to £200.
Always
insist upon a fully comprehensive quotation with
searches in writing and
ensure you read the full
Terms and Conditions -
Frequently Asked
Questions and
Disbursements
sections.
(CMS can explain these as part
of our service).
The definition of a
disbursement
(which includes conveyancing searches) is a payment that has to be
made to a third party such as
The Land Registry
for online or direct registration of
property title in England or the UK
generally.
When you see the word
disbursement on a solicitor estimate or quote
you would assume therefore that the items listed
under the disbursements section would be payments
that the solicitor will be making on your behalf to
third parties. This is not always the case and items
are often wrongly listed in the
disbursements
section.
Some legal firms charge
an unrealistically low conveyancing fee without
searches hoping that
the consumer will just compare that fee to other
companies’ fees and accept is on face value as a
lower quote. However, it is very important to check
the TOTAL amount quoted by the solicitor firm as
some companies are in the habit of including part of
their conveyancing fees in the
disbursements
section.
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Official Copy Entries
and Filed Plan - When you sell or
re-mortgage a property your solicitor
will apply to the Land Registry for an
Official copy of the deeds relating to
your property and an Official Copy of
the filed plan relating to your
property. If the Official copy refers
to a document that is not set out in the
Official copies then your solicitor will
also have to obtain an Official copy of
that document. Sometimes when you are
buying your solicitor will obtain an
Official copy of the filed plan to use
for search purposes.
Building regulations
completion certificates
Planning designations
plans and proposals
Highways searches
Land required for
public purposes
Land to be acquired for
road works
Drainage agreements and
consents
Nearby road schemes
Traffic schemes
Nearby railway schemes
Outstanding notices in
relation to building works, the environment,
health and safety, housing, highways or public
health
Contravention of building
regulations
Planning enforcement.
Notices, orders directions and proceedings under
planning acts
Compulsory purchase
searches
Contaminated land
Radon gas
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