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  • 1 Over the years Canterbury lawyer have established valuable connections with Canterbury local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your home move in Canterbury.
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  • 3 No matter what any alternative on-line conveyancers advise it may be necessary to visit your solicitor to sign legal papers. There are enough parties with an interest in a house sale without needing to include Royal Mail into the equation.
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  • 5 Canterbury lawyers work in partnership with Canterbury estate agents, property finders, surveyors, lenders and other professionals to ensure that the highest level of service is offered to clients every step of the way, helping make the process as straightforward as possible

Examples of recent conveyancing in Canterbury since January 2025*

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Sale

of house property, Blackfriars Street, CT1 2AP completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £520,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

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Transfer

of house property, Coppergate, CT2 7RT completing on 16/01/2025 at a price of £550,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

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Sale

of semi residence, Military Road, CT1 1NE completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £235,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties

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Disposal

of terraced property, Shaftesbury Road, CT2 7LE completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £400,500. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, securing official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Canterbury

Is the fact that my solicitor in Canterbury is not on my mortgage company's conveyancing panel that there is a problem with the standard of her work?

That is most likely an incorrect assumption to make. There are all sorts of perfectly plausible explanations. A recent report by the solicitors regulator indicated that over three quarters of law firms surveyed had been removed from at least one lender panel. The most common reasons for removal are: (1) low volume of transactions (2) the lawyer is a sole practitioner (3) as part of the HSBC panel reduction (4) regulatory contact by SRA (5) accidental removal. If you are concerned you should contact the Canterbury conveyancing firm and ask them why they are no longer on the approved list for your lender.

I am buying a new build apartment in Canterbury and my conveyancer is telling me that she has to the bank to disclose incentives from the seller. I am on a tight deadline to sign contracts and I don't want to delay deal. Is my lawyer right?

You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your conveyancer. A precondition to being on a mortgage company panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.

I have been told that property searches are a common reason for hinderance in Canterbury conveyancing transactions. Is that correct?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure amongst the most frequent causes of delays during the legal transfer of property. Searches are unlikely to feature in any holding up conveyancing in Canterbury.

Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Canterbury before appointing lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. The surveyor advised that some lenders will refuse to give a loan on a flying freehold home.

It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different requirements for example to Birmingham Midshires. If you contact us we can investigate further with the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Canterbury. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Canterbury to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

I'm remortgaging my existing house to a BTL loan with TSB and I will use the ballance of the raised equity as a down payment on further house. The location we are talking about is Canterbury. Will your lawyers be able to act for both sets of mortgage companies and tie in the two deals?

Do use our comparison tool on this site to be sure that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panels. Assuming that they are your lawyer should be able to simultaneously deal with the two transactions but you should have a chat with you conveyancer and specify your expectations and needs.

I am employed by a long established estate agency in Canterbury where we have experienced a few leasehold sales jeopardised due to short leases. I have been given inconsistent advice from local Canterbury conveyancing solicitors. Could you shed some light as to whether the seller of a flat can instigate the lease extension process for the purchaser on completion of the sale?

As long as the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to commence the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the proposed purchaser can avoid having to wait 2 years for a lease extension. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment has to be done prior to, or simultaneously with completion of the disposal of the property.

Alternatively, it may be possible to agree the lease extension with the freeholder either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the buyer.

Canterbury Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Sample of Queries Prior to Purchasing

    Does the lease include onerous restrictions? The best form of lease structure is if the freehold title is in the ownership of the leaseholders. In this scenario the tenants have control and notwithstanding that a managing agent is often employed where the building is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent retained by the leaseholders. How many years remain on the lease?

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Canterbury regulated by the SRA

It is important to note that the listed firms do not limit their work for conveyancing in Canterbury but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.

  • Furley Page Llp, 39 St. Margarets Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2TX
  • Beadle Pitt & Gottschalk, 1 St. Margarets Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2TT
  • Gardner Croft Llp, 2 Castle Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2QH
  • Direction Home (law) Llp, 31 Watling Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2UD
  • Girlings Solicitors Llp, 16 Rose Lane, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2UR

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Canterbury regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Canterbury practicing in commercial conveyancing in Canterbury. This could include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • Furley Page Llp, 39 St. Margarets Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2TX
  • Beadle Pitt & Gottschalk, 1 St. Margarets Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2TT
  • Gardner Croft Llp, 2 Castle Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2QH
  • Direction Home (law) Llp, 31 Watling Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2UD
  • Girlings Solicitors Llp, 16 Rose Lane, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2UR

Planning law solicitors in Canterbury regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Canterbury specialising in planning law. This could include advice on special planning controls
  • Furley Page Llp, 39 St. Margarets Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2TX
  • Direction Home (law) Llp, 31 Watling Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2UD

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