Contact – Julia Caulker Principal. Email: caulkerco@aol.com or info@caulkerand cosolicitors.com and julia@caulkerandcosolicitors.com

Caulker & Co offers a wide range of conveyancing services to meet our client’s needs. Our solicitor is highly and widely experienced and provides a high standard service. She will contact you to conduct an initial assessment of your case.

We are specialised in the following areas of law:

• Buying or selling your house whether freehold or lease hold.
• Transfer of Equity.
• Lease Extension.
• Independent Legal Advice.

What you can expect to get for our services

We will explain to you in clear steps what is involved in caring out your work from your initial contact to the sale or purchase of your property. We will let you know the costs and update you regularly as to the progress of your matter.

The steps involved in the process include:

1. Checking the contract of sale, lease agreement etc and negotiate amendments favourable.
2. Investigating title to property to ensure the seller is the rightful owner.
3. Doing the required checks and searches to ensure that there are no issues affecting the property.
4. Ensuring that the Exchange of Contracts is done properly so that the contract is legally binding.
5. Ensuring that fund as transferred properly to the correct account after confirming the account details by letter on headed paper and by telephone.
6. Ensuring that Stamp Duty and other relevant disbursements are paid.
7. Registering the property with the Land Registry and paying their fees.

The costs involved:

Our costs vary depending on the value of the property, any complexities involved and whether you are buying and selling at the same time. Contacting us with your details will ensure we provide a cost including disbursement and our fees. A fee table is on our website.

Our treatment to you

• We will ensure that you are treated fairly.
• We will be professional and polite.
• We will keep you updated on your matter and notify you if any problems arise.
• We will respond quickly to your enquiries.
• We will ask for feedback of our service.

How long does the process take

Conveyance on average will take between four to 12 weeks. If the time differs in your case, we will let you know and the reasons why.

Complaints

You can complain to us if you are not happy with any aspect of the service and can ask for our complaint’s procedure.

Fees

We offer competitive fees for our services. See Fees Section. Conveyancing

Commercial Conveyancing

At Caulker & Co Solicitors, we act for landlords and tenants of retail premises, offices and warehousing. We deal with all aspects of estate management, including granting, assigning and terminating leases, enforcing lease covenants and advising on defaulting tenants and lease renewals.

We also act for landlords and tenants of commercial properties, which includes offices retail premises and warehouses.

What you can expect from us.

When you contact us to discuss your sale or purchase, we will explain clearly the steps in the process and what you can expect from us your solicitor. We will tell you what the costs will be. We will keep you informed of progress in your sale or purchase. We will work in line with the quality standards of the Law Society’s CQS

We offer competitive legal fees for any of our services.  Our solicitor has many years of experience in dealing with this matte. For more information about our prices for conveyancing services please view our fees page.

Residential Conveyancing – Purchases, Sales, Remortgages	Fees
Legal Fees	£1,500 to £2,000 No VAT for any transaction between £0-£500,000.00;  £2,000 to £2,200 No VAT for any transaction between £500,001 – £1,000,000;  0.25% plus VAT for any transaction above £1,000,000   Our legal fee will usually include the following but will vary depending on circumstances:  •       initial advice on Contract Documents. •       advice on all documents and information received •       advice on conditions of Mortgage Offer  •       Drafting and Reviewing draft contract documentation •       Check source of funds (except cash buyers) •       Carry out and review searches, make and reply to enquiries on the contract’s documentation and searches; •       prepare report on title and report to the lender; •       report to you, draft Transfer. Exchange and agree completion date and complete on purchase.  Deal with registration of the property and post completion formalities
	Land Registry Fees starting from £40 - £240 OS1 Search £3.00 Bankruptcy Search (pp) £2.00  Office Copies £3.00 Filed Plan   £3.00 Other documents up to £7.00
Searches	Will vary depending on the location and type of property; between £260 - £500
Transfer	TT Fees - £25

We deal with all aspects of commercial property and can also assist with the acquisition and disposal of freehold and leasehold premises.

Our commercial conveyancing services include:

• Granting and taking on new leases
• Lease Variations
• Leasehold enfranchisement
• Landlord and Tenant Act lease renewal procedures
• Assigning and subletting leasehold property
• Licensing
• Independent Legal Advice (ILA)

Lenders most times require persons providing personal guarantee of loans to obtain Independent Legal Advice. Banks are legally obliged to make sure that all borrowers obtain independent legal advice from a solicitor before signing their finance documentation. This applies to persons providing personal guarantees. This may be a Director of a company or a Trustee of a Charity.

A solicitor will certify that they have explained the terms of the finance documentation to the borrower and that they are satisfied that the borrower has signed the documents of their own free will and without undue influence or duress. This is referred to as Independent Legal Advice.

There are also instances where consent is required from an occupier. We peruse the documents and advise you of your obligations under the agreement.

We provide independent Legal Advice and Independent Legal Advice certificates for:

• Joint borrower sole proprietor mortgages (where there are two borrowers but only one name is going on the property title.)
• Transfer of Equity
• Employment Settlement Agreements or Compromise Agreements
• Director’s personal guarantees
• Occupier’s Consent to Mortgage
• Occupier’s Consent Declarations
• Equity Release

Disbursements are costs related to your matter that are payable to third parties, such as Land Registry fees. We initially make the payment on your behalf to ensure a smoother process.  *All of the above fees vary from property to property and can on occasion be significantly more than the ranges given above. We can give you an accurate figure once we have sight of your specific documents