Moving home in Tewkesbury? Local knowledge makes all the difference. Fridaysmove's Tewkesbury Conveyancing team is able to employ their local knowledge to help you move home sooner. With regard to issues commonly arising during Tewkesbury home-moves, your Solicitor will also utilise their area experience to anticipate and resolve these before they affect you.

We have assisted home movers throughout Tewkesbury, including Conveyancing in GL20.

Qualifying for stamp duty relief in Tewkesbury

Disadvantaged Areas Relief may be available in nearly 2,000 areas throughout the UK, based on local government wards and electoral divisions. Disadvantaged areas may not precisely match postcode areas, so a postcode search will be insufficient to ensure relief may be available. Above £150k, no stamp duty relief may be available. For a purchase below the threshold, it is worth making a simple postcode search to find out if a property is in a disadvantaged area. For more information regarding Tewkesbury disadvantaged areas, or to determine if your prospective purchase qualifies, call us today.

Searches in Tewkesbury

If your are buying a property in Tewkesbury a property lawyer is required by your lender to apply to the council for Local Authority Searches. The Local Authority for Tewkesbury is Tewkesbury Borough Council, Council Offices, Gloucester Road, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 5TT. Tel: 01684 295 010 or out of hours emergencies on: 01536 400 088

My solicitor is not on my Lender's panel - what do I do?

Mortgage lenders maintain panels of solicitors who they will instruct to carry out legal work on mortgages. At one time, many lenders, especially the large banks, were prepared to instruct any firm of solicitors who asked to be placed on their panel. Lenders have also reduced the size of their panels, setting more restrictive criteria for membership. These options are available to any homebuyer whose solicitor is not on their lender's panel:

• Try to obtain a mortgage from another lender who will instruct your Conveyancing solicitor.
• Instruct another firm of Conveyancing solicitors who are on your lender's panel to handle your Conveyancing.
• Continue with your present Conveyancing solicitor, but accept that a separate firm will also act for the lender, and that you will have to pay their costs in addition.

It is usually cheaper to have the same firm act both for you and your lender, and carry out all the conveyancing work in connection with a purchase and the mortgage. Consider these points if you choose to change firms:

• Additional fees may be charged by the new firm which your original lawyers considered to be inclusive.
• Your second choice of firm may have less local knowledge, or be harder to meet in person.

Looking for a mortgage lender with a branch in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, try:

• Barclays Bank plc, 134, High St, GL20 5JS - Tel: 0845 7555555
• Halifax, 9, High St, GL20 5AL - Tel: 01684 619114
• NatWest Bank plc, 71, Barton St, GL20 5PY - Tel: 0845 6002803