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Main reasons to use our service to help you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in Chalfont St Giles

  • 1 The Chalfont St Giles conveyancing firms that we work with are committed to supplying the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and investors in Chalfont St Giles
  • 2 Firms that specialise in conveyancing in Chalfont St Giles are familiar with the local issues specific to Chalfont St Giles and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 3 You can rest easier when choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Chalfont St Giles has a number to choose from, but for a truly professional and reliable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.
  • 4 Conveyancer conveyancing solicitors have extremely good personal connections with Chalfont St Giles selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 Notwithstanding what other lawyers tell you it just might be necessary to attend your lawyer to sign contracts. There are various parties with with an interest in a conveyancing transaction without having to add the postman into the pot.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Chalfont St Giles since January 2025*

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Transfer

of semi-detached property, Hill Rise, SL9 9BN completing on 20/01/2025 at a price of £542,500. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

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Sale

of semi residence, Abrahams Close, HP7 9FA completing on 29/01/2025 at a price of £755,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in readiness for completion, agreeing completion date with parties

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Disposal

of detached residence premises, White Lion Road, HP7 9JR completing on 21/01/2025 at a price of £320,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, preparing statement detailing charges

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Disposal

of flat Turneys Orchard WD3 5SA, at the agreed amount of £310,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in readiness for completion, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Chalfont St Giles

It is a dozen years since I purchased my home in Chalfont St Giles. Conveyancing solicitors have just been instructed on the sale but I am unable to track down my title documents. Will this jeopardise the sale?

Don’t worry too much. Firstly the deeds may be kept by your lender or they may still be with the solicitor who acted in the purchase. Secondly the chances are that the land will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to prove you own the property by your conveyancing solicitors acquiring current official copies of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Chalfont St Giles relates to registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is not registered it adds to the complexity but is not insurmountable.

I am assisting my sister sell her property in Chalfont St Giles. Will the conveyancer order an EPC or should I organise this?

Following the demise of Home Information Packs, EPC’s was retained a mandatory component of moving property. An EPC should be to hand prior to the property being placed on the market. This is not as aspect of the sale process that solicitors normally organise. If you are instructing a Chalfont St Giles conveyancing lawyer they may help arrange EPC’s due to their relationships with long established local energy assessors

My partner and I have organised a further advance on our mortgage from Coventry BS as we intend to carry out alterations to our property in Chalfont St Giles. Do we need to select a local Chalfont St Giles solicitor on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?

Coventry BS would not normally instruct firms on their approved list of lawyers to handle such a matter. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Coventry BS list.

I had an offer accepted on a property in Chalfont St Giles on 12/3/2025, valuation was booked 3 days after, all came back fine. Solicitor appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Skipton and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Skipton conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?

A lender would not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Skipton to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Skipton conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

How does conveyancing in Chalfont St Giles differ for newly converted properties?

Most buyers of new build property in Chalfont St Giles contact us having been asked by the developer to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the property is finished. This is because developers in Chalfont St Giles usually buy the site, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Chalfont St Giles or who has acted in the same development.

I'm converting the mortgage on my existing home to a BTL mortgage with Lloyds TSB Bank and intend to use the remaining equity towards another house. The location we are looking at is Chalfont St Giles. Will your lawyers be able to act for both sets of banks and link together the two deals?

Make use of our search tool on this page to check that the conveyancers are approved by both banks. Having checked that they are the conveyancer will be able to tie up the two transactions but you should talk with you conveyancer and specify your desired outcome and requirements.

Am I better off to instruct a Chalfont St Giles conveyancing lawyer in close proximity to the house I am purchasing? I have an old university friend who can carry out the legal work but his firm is located 300kilometers drive away.

The primary upside of using a local Chalfont St Giles conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to sign documents, present your ID and apply pressure on them where appropriate. They will also have local intelligence which is a plus. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If you know people who used your friend and they were content that must trump using an unknown Chalfont St Giles conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being Chalfont St Giles based.

My mother and father cant seem to find their Chalfont St Giles land registry title on the online search facility. They have a vague memory 50 years ago when they purchased the bungalow there were complications concerning the address not being recognised in some systems.

The vast majority of properties in Chalfont St Giles should be revealed. Have you limited your search with simply the postcode. Ordinarily it will identify all the premises inside that postcode. Assuming the property is registered it will show up with a title number. Where they bought fifty years ago it's conceivable it may be unregistered. The address could still be revealed but with the title number shown 'na'. In this scenario you will need to find the original title documentation which might be with your parent’s lender.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Chalfont St Giles regulated by the SRA

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

  • Mcdonald Cohen, 30 Highlands Road, Seer Green, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2XN
  • Hilary Johnston, 7 Manor Farm Way, Seer Green, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2YD
  • Knipe Woodhouse-smith, 145-147 High Street, Chalfont St. Peter, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 9QL
  • Plainlaw Llp, Acers, Doggetts Wood Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, HP8 4TH
  • Hine Solicitors, 51 Amersham Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2HB

Planning law solicitors in Chalfont St Giles regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Chalfont St Giles practicing in planning law. This could include advice on making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • Bps Solicitors, 85 High Street, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 1DE

Buying a home in Chalfont St Giles is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process.

  • Lawyer instructed by the purchaser once the offer has been accepted
  • Checking the title to the property
  • Undertaking Chalfont St Giles conveyancing searches for the title
  • Assessing draft contract pack and other papers prepared the seller’s conveyancer
  • Raising questions with the owner’s conveyancer
  • Negotiating the sale contract
  • Going through replies supplied by the owner to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for a Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the buyer in respect of the mortgage offer: (if applicable)
  • Drafting and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; summarising to the buyer on the contents of the contract pack, pre-contract enquiries and the result of the searches)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Completing and submitting to HMRC the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the purchase and the mortgage (where relevant) at the HM Land Registry.

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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