Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Great Missenden

Ready to buy a new home? Find a law firm approved by your lender.

Follow your intuition—you will have a better move where you instruct a high street solicitor in Great Missenden

Top 5 reasons to use our service to assist you find a local conveyancing solicitor in Great Missenden

  • 1 Our site offers most comprehensive domestic conveyancing directory listing lender approved law practices carrying out conveyancing in Great Missenden governed by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 2 Firms accustomed to conveyancing in Great Missenden regularly deal withlocal concerns specific to Great Missenden and therefore you may benefit from better advice and speedier conveyancing.
  • 3 Conveyancer conveyancing firms have extremely good personal connections with Great Missenden selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor generally means that you will receive a more personal touch. Online forums bear testimony to the idea that in selecting a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 5 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these companies are often located many miles away with limited understanding of the factors that affect property transactions in Great Missenden

Examples of recent conveyancing in Great Missenden since December 2023*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Great Missenden

Why is leasehold purchase conveyancing in Great Missenden costs more?

Great Missenden leasehold properties involve far more paperwork than a freehold purchase, and therefore takes more time to examine and advise upon.Conveyancing will involve the lease having to be checked which is usually a lengthy document, queries raised to ensure that the covenants and conditions have been observed. If it is a flat there will be a management company in existence and the accounts of this will need to be checked and enquiries raised to ensure it is operating efficiently and that all monies due have been paid by the Seller to the company and if not ensuring that money is paid up to date or the appropriate undertakings obtained.

We just had an offer accepted to buy with Melton Mowbray Building Society. I visited a couple of local solicitors yet am unable to find a Great Missenden conveyancing firm on the Melton Mowbray Building Society approved list. Please you assist?

Feel free to take advantage of the search tool on this site. Pick the building society and type Great Missenden or your preferred area and you will see numerous conveyancers offices in Great Missenden or by proximity to you.

I am helping my aunt sell her property in Great Missenden. Does the solicitor arrange an EPC or it is for me to coordinate?

Following the abolition of HIPs, energy performance certificates was retained a compulsory element of selling a house. An energy assessment should be to hand prior to the property being put on the market. This is not as aspect of the sale process that lawyers normally organise. Where you are instructing a Great Missenden conveyancing lawyer they may be able to arrange energy assessments due to their contacts with long established Great Missenden accredited person

My bid for a property was accepted at auction in Great Missenden. Conveyancing is needed. What happens now?

Given that you have now legally committed yourself to purchase you must appoint a conveyancing lawyer quickly as you are faced with a tight deadline in which to complete the transaction. Every auction property should have an associated legal set of papers. This will include evidence of title and search results. In the case of leasehold premises the conveyancing papers should include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation specific to leasehold premises. You need to give this to the lawyer instructed by you as soon as possible. Do make sure that your finances are in place to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

We have a mortgage agreed in principle with HSBC. Great Missenden conveyancing lawyers have been chosen. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from HSBC?

There is no definitive answer here. Have HSBC done the valuation? Have you informed HSBC as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the HSBC conveyancing panel? Sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued.

I am a fortnight into a freehold purchase having been recommend to solicitors by the high street agent to carry out the conveyancing in Great Missenden. I am am extremely frustrated with the quality of service. Can you help me find new solicitors?

A conveyancer would have to be very bad in order to consider changing them. Has the mortgage been generated? In the event that it has you will need to advise them of the new lawyer and ensure the loan are issued to the new lawyers. The conveyancer should be on the lenders panel to avoid supplemental expenses and complications. That should be your starting point. The search tool should help you find a bank approved conveyancer for your home move in Great Missenden

There are only Seventy years remaining on my flat in Great Missenden. I am keen to extend my lease but my freeholder is can not be found. What are my options?

On the basis that you meet the appropriate requirements, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the County Court for an order to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will enable the lease to be lengthened by the Court. You will be obliged to prove that you have done all that could be expected to track down the lessor. In some cases a specialist should be helpful to carry out a search and to produce an expert document which can be accepted by the court as proof that the freeholder can not be located. It is advisable to get professional help from a property lawyer in relation to devolving into the landlord’s absence and the vesting order request to the County Court overseeing Great Missenden.

I bought a leasehold flat in Great Missenden, conveyancing was carried out June 1997. How much will my lease extension cost? Equivalent properties in Great Missenden with over 90 years remaining are worth £190,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £65 per annum. The lease runs out on 21st October 2085

With only 61 years unexpired we estimate the price of your lease extension to be between £19,000 and £22,000 plus costs.

The figure above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to provide a more accurate figure in the absence of comprehensive investigations. You should not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be additional concerns that need to be taken into account and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not take any other action based on this information without first getting professional advice.

How easy is it to change a solicitor as I need to find a Great Missenden based one who is on the mortgage company conveyancing panel. How simple is it to change conveyancer?

If you haven't yet appointed a solicitor to do anything for you and at this stage simply received an estimate as to costs, you're perfectly free to choose a different solicitor to carry out your work for you. The best way is to get recommendations from friends or family who have actually used the solicitor or conveyancer in Great Missenden that you're thinking of instructing.

Last updated

Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Great Missenden regulated by the SRA

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

  • Timothy Kench & Co, 6 Chequers Parade, Wycombe Road, Prestwood, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, HP16 0PN
  • Dc Kaye Solicitors Limited, Old Bank Chambers, 2 Wycombe Road, Prestwood, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, HP16 0PW
  • Lennons Solicitors Limited, Chess Chambers, 2 Broadway Court, High Street, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 1EG
  • Sheratons Solicitors Ltd, 4 Broadway Court, High Street, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 1EG
  • Bps Solicitors, 85 High Street, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 1DE

Planning law solicitors in Great Missenden regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Great Missenden practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including special planning controls
  • Bps Solicitors, 85 High Street, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 1DE
  • Reynolds Parry Jones Llp, 10 Easton Street, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1NP

Residential conveyancing in Great Missenden ordinarily comprises the following:

  • Lawyer instructed by the vendor on acceptance of the offer
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and related papers
  • Submitting draft papers to the conveyancing practitioner retained by the buyer
  • Negotiating contracts and responding to additional enquires from the purchaser’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Negotiating the transfer deed
  • Answering requisitions submitted by the buyer’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion of the sale
  • Receiving sale proceeds and transferring funds to the owner, the estate agent and other relevant parties (if appropriate)

Neighboring Locations

Wendover
Chesham
Great Missenden
Booker
High Wycombe
Hazlemere

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

© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of Land Registry under delegated authority from the Controller of HMSO.