When considering buying a property in a city centre, legal fees can often become a large part of your budget. It's worth noting that you can be paying a premium for using a city firm. City centre practices have heavy overheads and consequently their conveyancing charges can be considerably more than those charged by a more rural firm.  

The legal conveyancing process does not require the client to live within easy reach of their lawyer's office as all issues can be dealt with, without the need to even visit the office. Many firms, outside city centres have specialist property departments, and as such, have an in depth knowledge of the property market which can be invaluable when buying, selling or re-mortgaging your home.  

Along with divorce and death, moving house is well known to be a particularly stressful time, it is therefore important you know the legal side of the process is being handled efficiently and competently. It is often the case that local solicitors, rather than large city based law firms, will ensure an excellent all round service, and really listen to their clients' needs.   

Solicitor Praveen Chaudhari, who heads up the conveyancing team at Lanyon Bowdler, says "we currently perform over 1,500 conveyances every year, across a wide range of residential properties - from small flats to country estates.  We also have clients in all parts of the country from Manchester to Exeter. Our specialist property department is split into both residential and commercial and as such, we have an in depth knowledge of the property market."