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Top reasons to use our service to assist you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Freshwater

  • 1 The Freshwater conveyancing firms that are identified are committed to supplying the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and investors in Freshwater
  • 2 Conveyancer conveyancing solicitors have extremely good personal links with Freshwater estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 Experience means that Freshwater property lawyer have established very good links with Freshwater local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of undertaking your home move in Freshwater.
  • 4 Notwithstanding what alternative on-line conveyancers advise it may be necessary to pop into your conveyancer to sign documents. Too many 3rd parties are already engaged in a homemove without having to add the postman into the pot.
  • 5 You can gain comfort when you select the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Freshwater has a number to select from, but for a truly professional and dependable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Freshwater since October 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Freshwater

We just had an offer accepted to purchase with Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. I called into a couple of high street solicitors yet am unable to find a Freshwater conveyancing firm on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society panel. Can you help?

Feel free to take advantage of the search tool on this site. Please choose the building society and type Freshwater or your location and you will see numerous solicitors based in Freshwater or near you.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Freshwater?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Freshwater. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Freshwater. Conveyancing is daunting 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 few leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Freshwater

    Please supply a car parking plan. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?

I opted to have a survey carried out on a property in Freshwater before appointing conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the house. Our surveyor has said that some banks tend refuse to grant a loan on such a premises.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different requirements from Halifax. If you call us we can look into this further with the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Freshwater. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Freshwater to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

I have been pointed in your direction by a number of estate agents in Freshwater to get a quote from a solicitor on your site. Is there a financial advantage for Estate Agents to market your site ahead of alternative conveyancing organisations?

We don’t offer any commission for directing people to this site. We thought it would be too underhand a fee because home movers will think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I receiving any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.

All being well we will complete the sale of our £325,000 apartment in Freshwater on Wednesday in a week. The management company has quoted £396 for Certificate of Compliance, building insurance schedule and previous years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge such fees for a leasehold conveyance in Freshwater?

Freshwater conveyancing on leasehold flats typically necessitates fees being raised by management companies :

    Completing pre-contract questions Where consent is required before sale in Freshwater Supplying insurance information Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Your solicitor will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Freshwater leasehold premises is £350. For Freshwater conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to supply the information.

Freshwater Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Questions you should consider before Purchasing

    Plenty Freshwater leasehold apartments will be liable to pay a service charge for the upkeep of the block levied on behalf of the freeholder. Where you acquire the property you will have to meet this liability, normally periodically throughout the year. This can be anything from several hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for buildings with lifts and large common areas. There will also be a ground rent to be met annual, this is usually not a exorbitant figure, say around £25-£75 but you should to check it because on occasion it could be many hundreds of pounds. It would be prudent to find out as much as possible regarding the company managing the block as they will affect your use and enjoyment of the property. Being a leasehold owner you will be at the mercy of the managing agents from a financial perspective and when it comes to every day issues such as the cleanliness of the common parts. Enquire of prospective neighbours what they think of their management. In conclusion, investigate as to the dates that you are obliged pay the maintenance charge to the managing agents and precisely how they are spending that money. What is the name of the managing agents?

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Freshwater regulated by the SRA

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

  • Hugh Whitlock Solicitors, 44 High Street, Milford On Sea, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 0QD
  • Scott Bailey Llp, 63 High Street, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9ZT
  • Clive Sutton Solicitor, 3 The Old Print Works, 85b High Street, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9AN

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Freshwater

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Freshwater practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • Hugh Whitlock Solicitors, 44 High Street, Milford On Sea, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 0QD
  • Scott Bailey Llp, 63 High Street, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9ZT
  • Clive Sutton Solicitor, 3 The Old Print Works, 85b High Street, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9AN

Residential conveyancing in Freshwater almost always includes the following:

  • Conveyancing practitioner instructed by the seller once the offer has been accepted
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Drawing up the contract and related papers
  • Forwarding draft papers to the property lawyer acting for the purchaser
  • Negotiating contracts and replying to further questions from the purchaser’s property lawyer
  • Negotiating the transfer document
  • Responding to requisitions raised by the purchaser’s property lawyer
  • 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 (where appropriate)

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

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