Sheffield Solicitor comments on how times have changed.

Airedale Road, Sheffield

This was a dream purchase for our Sheffield Conveyancing department.  Jaaine Intharajah, the Conveyancer in charge of this house purchase, commented on how this Sheffield transaction illustrated the advances in Conveyancing in the past few years.

For example the freehold property on Airedale Road, Sheffield, S6 is subject to a mining search as indeed many Sheffield properties are.  A few years ago this could have taken 2 to 3 weeks requesting and returning paper records by snail mail.  Now it takes 10 minutes on the Coal Authority website.

Mr and Mrs P instructed the Conveyancing for their Sheffield home and Jaaine received draft contracts from the Seller's Conveyancing Solicitors on the same day they received the details from the agent.  The agent was the Blundells who's registered address is at Adept House, 8 Morpeth Street, Sheffield, S3 7JL.

The combination of the Sheffield Conveyancing expert's local knowledge and the Fridaysmove case management system (including systems that access any known issues when Conveyancing in Sheffield in real time)  meant that standard and additional enquiries were received by the other side within 48 hours of the sale being agreed!

The case management system actively looks at the company's collective knowhow about known issues in the Sheffield area.  It also looks to see if there is any re-usable information - eg.  managing agent information in the same block that could save the client both time and money.

Sheffield Conveyancers can now access planning information online.

Even the planning information was accessible instantly.  Two years ago you needed to book an appointment at Sheffield City Council, Town Hall, Pinstone Street, Sheffield, S1 2HH and join a very long queue.

Land Registry Office Copies (also obtained in seconds by the IT systems) showed the owners had owned the property for fewer than 5 yrs.  (this can signify a risk that the transfer of the property could be 'set aside' if it was established that the home within that five year period was a transfer at undervalue).  This concern was satisfied rapidly via email.

Sheffield Conveyancing Solicitors Bell and Buxton at Telegraph House 11-15 High Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 2AN were equally rapid and were a pleasure to deal with.

With all parties conversing by email, the matter completed only 6 weeks later with 4 links in the chain! 

This is a far cry from the pace of old where Solicitors dictating 2nd class letters were relayed up and down the chain.

Of course try telling any of this to the young Conveyancers of today and they wont believe you!

See the Fridaysmove website for a fixed fee Conveyancing Quote in Sheffield or call us on 0330 660 0286.