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Dorchester Conveyancing Statistics*

  • 1 Percentage of leasehold conveyancing purchases in Dorchester is 37% where there is a share in the management company or freehold company
  • 2 Average time from start to completion was 99 days for conveyancing in Dorchester
  • 3 was the busiest month and was the next busiest month while was the least busiest month of the year for conveyancing in Dorchester
  • 4 247 is the median number of years remaining on leases in Dorchester
  • 5 Percentage of leasehold conveyancing cases in Dorchester with service charge retention of 2%

Examples of recent conveyancing in Dorchester since October 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Dorchester

At long last a loan offer from Nationwide for the refinancing of my single room garden flat is coming within the next few days. Are you able to propose a low cost conveyancing solicitor in Dorchester?

You have come to the wrong place to search for the lowest fares for conveyancing solicitors in Dorchester. Our aim is to provide cost effective conveyancing but we do not aim to advertise as being the cheapest. Avoid the trap of appointing organisations offering the bait of ninety nine pound conveyancing in Dorchester. In your best case scenario, in being led by cheap conveyancing, you will end up with what you pay for and at worst it will result in you invoiced for additional fees and still not get the service required.

My lawyer in Dorchester is not on the Clydesdale Approved Panel. Is it possible for me to retain my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the Clydesdale panel of approved conveyancing solicitors?

Your options are as follows:

  1. Complete the purchase with your existing Dorchester solicitors but Clydesdale will need to retain a conveyancer on their list of acceptable firms. This will result in additional overall conveyancing charges as well as result in frustration.
  2. Find an alternative lawyer to to deal with the conveyancing, not forgetting to check they are on the Clydesdale panel

The deeds to my property are lost. The solicitors who handled the conveyancing in Dorchester 10 years ago are no longer around. What are my next steps?

Assuming the title is registered the details of your proprietorship will be recorded by the Land Registry with a Title Number. It is easy to execute a search at the Land Registry, identify your property and get current copies of the property title for a small fee. If the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will usually retain a file duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be retrieved for a small fee.

About to purchase a new build flat in Dorchester. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Dorchester

    Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants.

How simple is it to change firm as I need to appoint a firm on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. I had appointed a high street conveyancing solicitor in Dorchester five minutes from me but the firm is not accepted by Virgin Money

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Dorchester on the Virgin Money panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we work with do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are registered with the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Dorchester. In utilising search facility on this website, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Dorchester.

A conveyancing company handled my conveyancing in Dorchester half a dozen years ago having archived my registration certificates but has since been shut down – What steps do I now take to retreive them?

Title deeds, as such, are no longer appropriate for the majority of properties in Dorchester are registered electronically at Land Registry. Where you need to prove ownership or are disposing of or re-mortgaging your lawyer can obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.

If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned as quickly as possible.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Dorchester

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Dorchester specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Terms and conditions of tenancy agreements

  • Blackburn & Co, Wessex Chambers, 33 Trinity Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1TT
  • Sarah Grant Solicitors, First Floor, 28 Trinity Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1TT
  • Humphries Kirk Executor & Trustee Company, 40 High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1UR
  • Bpl Solicitors Limited, Mey House, Bridport Road, Poundbury, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 3QY

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Dorchester regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Dorchester but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Philip Hall & Co Limited, Longfield Chambers, 2 Bramble Drove, DT2 8ED

Residential in Dorchester is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process.

  • Obtaining instructions from parties involved
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and associated documents
  • Supplying draft papers to the solicitor retained by the buyer
  • Finalising the wording for contracts and responding to supplemental queries from the buyer’s solicitor
  • Agreeing the transfer deed
  • Responding to requisitions submitted by the buyer’s solicitor
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion formalities
  • Receiving sale proceeds and transferring funds to the owner, the estate agent and other relevant parties (if applicable)

Neighboring Locations

Blandford Forum
Poundbury
Dorchester
Dorset
Portland
Weymouth

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

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