Swansea - It's not just what you know, it's who you know. Our Solicitors' maintain a network of Swansea contacts.

Our experience includes helping home movers for both town and country homes throughout the district together with the communities of Gorseinon, Killay, Pontarddulais, Clydach, and the many smaller communities throughout the Gower peninsula. We have assisted 100's of buyers and sellers in all postcodes including Conveyancing in SA1, SA2, SA3, SA4, SA6, SA7, SA8.

Environmental concerns in Swansea

The industrial processes which previously spoilt parts of Swansea have now vanished, and a major clean-up operation has been carried out. Nevertheless, Solicitors will often carry out environmental searches for purchasers, which will show if any industrial or commercial use has been previously carried out in the vicinity of a property. If there is no record of anything then the surveyor will issue a certificate to that effect, but if anything is recorded then a further site investigation may be necessary.

Local Conveyancing planning searches:

City and County of Swansea, Civic Centre, Oystermouth Road, Swansea. SA1 3SN. Tel: 01792 636000

Title registration for all property in Swansea:

The local Land Registry Office is located at Ty Cwm Tawe, Phoenix Way, Llansamlet, Swansea SA7 9FQ, Tel: 01792 355000

Will you need a Mining Search

Coal mining has taken place in many parts of the country, including around Swansea. An official mining search gives the benefit of insurance cover for residential properties against any loss of value (up to £50k) if there is any material change in the information supplied in a further search (e.g. by a subsequent buyer). Opencast workings which have taken place or are planned in the vicinity are also revealed by a mining search. Although this may have less direct ongoing impact on property, the existence of large opencast workings in the vicinity can have an adverse effect while coal is being extracted. Should a search reveal former mining activity in close proximity, then a further, more detailed survey may be appropriate to assess the immediate risk of subsidence, for example. There is no single source of information about areas where other minerals were mined, but these workings mostly occur in areas where there is fortunately no significant housing.

There are approximately 58 areas in Swansea where a mining search is required. These include; Northway, Foxhole, Ynystawe, Killay, Crofty, Morriston and Gowerton.