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Logical reasons to use our service to help you choose a local conveyancing solicitor in Dorking

  • 1 The organisations listed on our directory have a variation of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases each year.
  • 2 Using a high street Solicitor in the main means that you will receive a more bespoke service. When using a large conveyancing firm, your transaction is handled by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.
  • 3 Dorking conveyancers work in conjunction with Dorking estate agents, property finders, surveyors, banks and other professionals to ensure that the highest level of service is offered to home movers every step of the way, helping make the process as straightforward as possible
  • 4 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Dorking is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) often falls short of the level of professionalism you will expect.
  • 5 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these organisations are often located hundreds of kilometers away with little understanding of the factors that affect property transactions in Dorking

Examples of recent conveyancing in Dorking since July 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Dorking

What is the best way of choosing a freehold conveyancing in Dorking?

First ask the people you trust who they used in the past and if they were happy with the service.

Option 2 is to search the web for conveyancing in Dorking. Call two or three listed and invite them to forward you their conveyancing fee calculations and speak to the lawyer who will oversee the legal process in advance ofmaking your decision.

Third is to use our search tool to assist you in finding the right solicitors for you based on your unique requirements including area of the property,timings, complications and who your intended mortgage company is. Resist the temptation to opt for low cost conveyancing in Dorking

We hope to to purchase with Earl Shilton BS. We have called around locally yet am struggling to find a Dorking conveyancing firm on the Earl Shilton BS approved list. Please you assist?

Please do make use of the search tool on this page. Pick the mortgage company and type Dorking or your location and you will see numerous conveyancers offices in Dorking or nearest you.

We are buying a house and the conveyancer has referenced Chancel Repair to which the property could be obligated to pay given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. He has mentioned insurance. Is this strictly necessary for conveyancing in Dorking

Unless a prior acquisition of the house took place post 12 October 2013 you could take it that solicitors handling conveyancing in Dorking to remain recommending a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

I have been on the look out for a ground for flat up to £245,000 and found one round the corner in Dorking I like with open areas and transport links in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 51 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Dorking for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a short lease?

If you require a home loan that many years may be problematic. Reduce the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the premises for a minimum of twenty four months you may request that they start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer concerning this.

I am looking to sell my property. My previous lawyers have shut. I am in need of a recommendation of a conveyancing firm. I happen to live in Dorking if that makes a difference.

Do use our search tool to help you find a solicitor for your conveyancing in Dorking. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with lender approved solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move runs smoothly.

When it comes to leasehold conveyancing in Dorking what are the most common lease problems?

There is nothing unique about leasehold conveyancing in Dorking. Most leases are unique and legal mistakes in the legal wording can sometimes mean that certain sections are erroneous. The following missing provisions could result in a defective lease:

    A duty to insure the building

You could encounter difficulties when selling your property if you have a defective lease primarily because it impacts on the ability to obtain a mortgage on the property. Santander, Chelsea Building Society, and Platform Home Loans Ltd all have express conveyancing instructions when it comes to what is expected in a lease. Where a lender has been advised by their lawyers that the lease is defective they may refuse to grant the mortgage, obliging the purchaser to withdraw.

Dorking Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Questions you should ask before buying

    The best form of lease arrangement is where the freehold title is in the ownership of the leaseholders. In this arrangement the leaseholders benefit from control and although a managing agent is usually retained where it is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent retained by the leaseholders. How much is the service charge and ground rent on the apartment? In the main the outlay for major works tend not to be included within maintenance charges, although there some managing agents in Dorking obliged tenants to contribute towards a reserve fund created for the specific purpose of building a fund for major repairs or maintenance.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Dorking regulated by the SRA

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

  • Downs Solicitors Llp, 156 High Street, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1BQ
  • Cowans Solicitors Llp, 114 South Street, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 2EW
  • Timothy J R Kirkhope, Biwater House, Station Approach, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1TZ
  • V L Humphreys & Co, Greensleeves, The Chase, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 2GR
  • Coleman & Betts, Bank Chambers, 20 North Street, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7AT

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Dorking regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Dorking with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Dorking. This may include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • Downs Solicitors Llp, 156 High Street, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1BQ
  • Cowans Solicitors Llp, 114 South Street, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 2EW
  • Timothy J R Kirkhope, Biwater House, Station Approach, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1TZ
  • V L Humphreys & Co, Greensleeves, The Chase, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 2GR
  • Coleman & Betts, Bank Chambers, 20 North Street, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7AT

Planning law solicitors in Dorking regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Dorking practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • Downs Solicitors Llp, 156 High Street, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1BQ

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