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Reasons to use our Chorley and Eccleston conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Solicitor conveyancing firms have very good personal connections with Chorley and Eccleston estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 2 Chorley and Eccleston conveyancer are the linchpin to a successful Chorley and Eccleston conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing
  • 3 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these companies are often located hundreds of miles away with limited appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Chorley and Eccleston
  • 4 Using a a family Solicitor usually means that you will receive a more personalised service. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.
  • 5 Notwithstanding what other lawyers tell you it could be important to visit your lawyer to execute legal papers. Too many 3rd parties are already with an interest in a house sale without needing to include the postman into the mix.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Chorley and Eccleston since January 2025*

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Transfer

of detached residence residence, Hawkshead Avenue, PR7 6NZ completing on 29/01/2025 at a price of £75,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in readiness for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

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Disposal

of house property, Cotswold Avenue, PR7 6NR completing on 22/01/2025 at a price of £206,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, securing official copies of the title

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Sale

of semi premises, Chorley Road, L40 3SL completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £192,500. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

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Transfer

of terraced property, St Andrews Close, PR25 3BJ completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £400,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Chorley and Eccleston

I am need of leasehold conveyancing for a flat in a relatively new development (6 years old) in Chorley and Eccleston. Almost all the appartments are already disposed of. Do I need carry out the conveyancing searches for my conveyancing in Chorley and Eccleston?

Conveyancing Searches are a central link in the Chorley and Eccleston conveyancing process. There are numerous search providers delivering Chorley and Eccleston conveyancing searches, as well direct from the local authority. These are usually referred to as personal search companies and they produce, not surprisingly, personal searches. Nevertheless, all Local Authority Search conveyancing products have one thing in common - they must obtain their information from the local authority.

Are the Chorley and Eccleston conveyancing solicitors identified as being on the Aldermore conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by Aldermore?

Chorley and Eccleston conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Aldermore conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Aldermore directly.

I just acquired a house at auction in Chorley and Eccleston. Conveyancing is needed. What are my next steps?

Having legally committed yourself to purchase you must retain a conveyancing practitioner as a matter of urgency as you are facing a fast approaching a drop dead date to complete the conveyancing. Every auction property should have an associated auction set of papers. This will likely include the copy title deeds, local authority and drainage searches. Where you are dealing with leasehold property the legal pack may include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing paperwork relating to a leasehold property. You should hand this to the lawyer working for you at the earliest opportunity. You also need to ensure that your finances are in order to complete on the date specified in the contract.

I am purchasing a 3 bedroom semi in Chorley and Eccleston. We would like to convert the garage to an office at the house.Will legal investigations on the property involve checks to see if these works were previously refused?

Your solicitor should review the deeds as conveyancing in Chorley and Eccleston can occasionally identify restrictions in the title documents which restrict categories of alterations or necessitated the consent of a 3rd party. Some additions call for local authority planning consent and approval in accordance building regulations. Many locations are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or affect extensions. It would be prudent to check these issues with a surveyor prior to committing yourself to a purchase.

I am the single beneficiary of my late grandmother’s estate and I have everything in my name alone, including the house in Chorley and Eccleston. The Chorley and Eccleston property was put into my name in March. I now wish to sell up. I do know about the CML six month 'rule', meaning my proprietorship will be regarded the same way as if I'd bought the house in March. Will no one buy the property for half a year?

The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook instructs conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you may be caught by that. How sensible a view mortgage companies take of it, depend on the mortgage company as this obligation is chiefly there to identify the purchase and immediately sell or the quick reselling of properties.

How does conveyancing in Chorley and Eccleston differ for newly converted properties?

Most buyers of new build premises in Chorley and Eccleston approach us having been asked by the builder to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the premises is built. This is because builders in Chorley and Eccleston typically 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 property lawyers 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 accustomed to new build conveyancing in Chorley and Eccleston or who has acted in the same development.

Hoping to buy a property located in Chorley and Eccleston and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Chorley and Eccleston. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Chorley and Eccleston area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Chorley and Eccleston. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

Am I best advised to choose a Chorley and Eccleston conveyancing solicitor in close proximity to the house I am hoping to buy? I have an old university friend who can carry out the legal work however his firm is located approximately 350kilometers drive away.

The benefit of a local Chorley and Eccleston conveyancing firm is that you can drop in to sign paperwork, hand in your ID and pester them if necessary. They will also have local insight which is a bonus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If if people you trust instructed your friend and the majority were happy that must trump using an unfamiliar Chorley and Eccleston conveyancing solicitor just because they are based in the area.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Chorley and Eccleston regulated by the SRA

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

  • C Wilson Solicitors, 215, The Green, Eccleston, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 5SX
  • Nicholsons, 32 Town Road, Croston, Leyland, Lancashire, PR26 9RB
  • Chadwicks Solicitors, 9-11 Towngate, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 2EN
  • Lee Rigby Partnership Llp, Beech House, Lancaster Gate, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 2EX
  • G H Lee & Co, 25 Hough Lane, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 2SB

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Chorley and Eccleston

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Chorley and Eccleston practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • Whiteheads Solicitors Limited, Ordnance House 6 East Terrace Business Park, Euxton Lane, Euxton, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 6TB
  • Chadwicks Solicitors, 9-11 Towngate, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 2EN
  • Lee Rigby Partnership Llp, Beech House, Lancaster Gate, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 2EX
  • G H Lee & Co, 25 Hough Lane, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 2SB
  • Yates Barnes, 20 St. Thomas's Road, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 1HR

Chorley and Eccleston commercial property solicitors provide expert offering advice on a variety of aspects of commercial property law

    Subletting, licences and sharing occupation High street shops, agricultural or development land to hotels and office blocks. complex procedures concerning renewal, rent reviews, dilapidations and the many obligations encountered by Landlords and Tenants of business premises Buying, selling and leasing land for registered charities Telecommunications and broadcast mast sites

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

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