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5 reasons to use our service to assist you choose a local conveyancing solicitor in Ferndown

  • 1 You can rest easier when choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Ferndown has a number to choose from, but for a truly professional and reliable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.
  • 2 There is a distinct possibility the the conveyancers for the other party are based in Ferndown - if so sets of lawyers are likely to be familiar
  • 3 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Ferndown 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.
  • 4 Using a local Solicitor generally results in a more personal touch. Online forums bear testimony to the idea that in choosing a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who progress matters by reading from their computer screens.
  • 5 This site is the first site that enables you the facility to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Ferndown will be conducted by a law firm on your lender’s member panel.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Ferndown since April 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Ferndown

I am one month into the sale of my ground floor flat in Ferndown and the estate agent has just telephoned to advise that the buyers are changing their property lawyer. I am told that this is due to the fact that the bank will only work with property lawyers on their conveyancing panel. On what basis would a major lender only deal with specific solicitors rather the firm that they want to appoint to handle their conveyancing in Ferndown ?

Banks have always had panels of law firms that can act for them, but in the past few years big names such as HSBC, have reviewed and reduced their conveyancing panel– in some cases removing conveyancing firms who have acted for them for decades.

Lending institutions point to the increase in fraud as the reason for the reduction – criteria have been stiffened as a smaller panel is easier to oversee. No lender will say how many solicitors have been dropped, claiming the information is commercially sensitive, but the Law Society says it is hearing daily from firms that have been removed from panels. Plenty of firms are unaware that they have been dropped until contacted by a borrower who has instructed them as might be the situation in your buyers' case. The buyers are not going to have any sway in the decision.

As a FTB what is the most important piece of guidance you can impart about purchase conveyancing in Ferndown?

Not many law firms or advisers will tell you this but conveyancing in Ferndown or throughout Dorset is an adversarial experience. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there is plenty of room for conflict between you and others involved in the transaction. For example, the seller, property agent and sometimes your mortgage company. Appointing a lawyer for your conveyancing in Ferndown an important selection as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONE party in the process whose interest is to look after your legal interests and to protect you.

There is a distinct ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone must be at fault for the process being so protracted. We recommend that you your first instinct should be to trust your conveyancer ahead of all other players when it comes to the legal assignment of property.

We are buying a property and the solicitor has identified Chancel Repair for which the property may be obligated to pay as it falls into the area of such a church. He has recommended insurance. Is this really appropriate for conveyancing in Ferndown

Unless a prior acquisition of the property completed post 12 October 2013 you may expect solicitors handling conveyancing in Ferndown to continue to advocate a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

I used Stirling Law a few years ago for my conveyancing in Ferndown. I now require my papers but the law firm has closed. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Ferndown of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I am looking for a ground for flat up to £245,000 and identified one near me in Ferndown I like with a park and station nearby, however it only has 61 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Ferndown in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a short lease?

Should you need a home loan that many years will likely be problematic. Discount the price by the expected lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing owner has owned the premises for a minimum of twenty four months you could request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor regarding this.

As co-executor for the estate of my uncle I am disposing of a property in Cardiff but reside in Ferndown. My conveyancer (approximately 260 miles awayhas requested that I sign a statutory declaration prior to completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Ferndown who can witness this legal document for me?

Technically speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Ferndown based

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Ferndown regulated by the SRA

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

  • Insley And Partners, 66 Victoria Road, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9JA
  • Luff Brook Carter Ltd, 521 Ringwood Road, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9AQ
  • Jordan Williams Law Limited, 24 Wollaton Road, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 8QY
  • Newnham & Jordan Solicitors Ltd, Peartree Business Centre, Cobham Road, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7PT
  • Forest Edge Legal Practice Ltd, New House, Market Place, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 1ER

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Ferndown regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Ferndown specialising in commercial conveyancing in Ferndown. This will likely include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • Insley And Partners, 66 Victoria Road, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9JA
  • Talking Legal Practice Limited, The Granary 2 The Barns, Longham Farm Close, Longham, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9DE
  • Forest Edge Legal Practice Ltd, New House, Market Place, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 1ER
  • Gales, 512 Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH9 2ET
  • Ellis Jones Solicitors Llp, Sandbourne House, 302 Charminster Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9RU

Planning law solicitors in Ferndown regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Ferndown specialising in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including special planning controls
  • Ellis Jones Solicitors Llp, Sandbourne House, 302 Charminster Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9RU
  • Lester Aldridge Trust Company, Russell House, 31 Oxford Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 8EX
  • Lester Aldridge Company Secretarial Limited, Russell House, Oxford Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 8EX
  • Lester Aldridge Llp, Russell House, Oxford Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 8EX
  • Steele Raymond Llp, Richmond Point, 43 Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 6LR

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