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Top reasons to use our service to assist you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in Great Sankey

  • 1 Solicitor conveyancing lawyers have valuable personal links with Great Sankey estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 2 Chances are that the the lawyers for the other party are located in Great Sankey - if so sets of conveyancers will be familiar
  • 3 Our site is the only site that enables you the ability to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Great Sankey will be carried out by a solicitor on your mortgage lender’s member panel.
  • 4 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Great Sankey is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 5 Personal touch and a wealth of local knowledge are key benefits that you should seek when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Great Sankey conveyancing can become significantly more stressful because of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers listed strive to make sure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Great Sankey since January 2025*

Purchase

of apartment Edgewater Place WA4 1BF, sold for £183,000. Leasehold conveyancing work included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Great Sankey

I am under pressure from the seller of a property in Great Sankey to exchange within four weeks. What can I do to speed up matters?

In the event that you are under pressure to exchange it is advisable to make sure that your solicitor is familiar with the area as they will benefit local contacts and know-how. It is even conceivable that they may have conducted previoushomes in the same road. You would be best advised to use a Great Sankey conveyancing lawyer. In addition, double check that the conveyancing firm is on the on the approved list for your mortgage company. It is estimated that just under twenty per cent of Great Sankey conveyancing transactions are held up or derailed after discovering a buyer’s solicitor was not on their banks list of approved solicitors. In many cases this discovery resulted in the buying process being delayed by as much as 21 days. It is believed that this issue impacts in the region of one hundred thousand home moves annually. Almost all Great Sankey conveyancing firms can not represent certain lenders so do check at the outset.

We see that you have a search directory identifying law firms on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a commission if I instruct them for our conveyancing in Great Sankey?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Lloyds conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Great Sankey.

Can you point me to a directory of Co-operative panel solicitors in Great Sankey on the Building Society Association’s Website?

Unfortunately not yet. There is no such directory service on the CML or Building Society Association sites. A small selection of lending institutions make their panel listings visible over the internet. Where you are looking for a Great Sankey conveyancer on the Co-operative please use our tool.

We have agreed to purchase a house in Great Sankey. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. RBS have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?

As you are obtaining a mortgage with RBS your lawyer must check the conveyancing requirements outlined in Section 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for RBS. The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook includes minimum requirements for solar panel roof-space leases, and property lawyers are required to report to RBS where a lease does not satisfy these conditions. The conditions relate to the installation of panels on properties in England and Wales and is not isolated to Great Sankey.

I have finally had an offer on a flat in Great Sankey accepted, the sellers do nevertheless have a tied purchase. The sellers have put an offer on a property, but it’s not been accepted yet, and have viewings of other properties booked. I have instructed a local conveyancing solicitor in Great Sankey. What do I do now? When should I get the mortgage application with Yorkshire BS started?

It is normal to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to incur expenses too early (home loan application is in the region of one thousand pounds, then survey, Great Sankey conveyancing search costs, etc). First, you must check that your conveyancing practitioner is on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. Regarding the next stages this very much dictated by the uniqueness of your transaction, desire for this property and on the state of the market. In a hot market many buyers would apply for a home loan with Yorkshire BS and pay for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they pay their property lawyer to proceed with searches.

About to purchase a new build apartment in Great Sankey. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Great Sankey

    Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Please supply a car parking plan.

I am four weeks into a residential purchase having been directed to solicitors by the high street agent to do our conveyancing in Great Sankey. I am am starting to be dissatisfied with the quality of service. Could you help me find new lawyers?

They would need to be really bad in order to consider changing them. Has the mortgage offer been issued? In the event that it has you need to make them aware of the replacement lawyer and have the mortgage documents are re-sent. Your solicitor ideally needs to be on the lenders panel to avoid added costs and complications. So that should be your first question of the new conveyancers. Our search tool will assist you in finding a lender approved solicitor for your home move in Great Sankey

To what extent are Great Sankey conveyancing solicitors under an obligation to the Law Society to supply clear conveyancing costs?

Inbuilt into the Solicitors Code of Conduct are specific rules and regulations as to how the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) allow solicitors to publicise their charges to clients.The Law Society have practice note giving advice on how to publicise transparent charges to avoid breaching any such rule. Practice notes are not legal advice issued by the Law Society and is not to be interpreted as the only standard of good practice a conveyancing solicitor should adhere to. The Practice Note does, nevertheless, constitute the Law Society’s perspective of acceptable practice for publicising conveyancing charges, and accordingly it’s a recommended read for any solicitor or conveyancer in Great Sankey or further afield.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Great Sankey regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Great Sankey practicing in commercial conveyancing in Great Sankey. This could include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Watsons Solicitors Warrington Llp, 13 Bold Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1DJ
  • Fdr Trustees Limited, 1-5 Palmyra Square South, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1BZ
  • Forshaws Davies Ridgway Llp, 1-5 Palmyra Square South, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1BZ
  • Three Legions Ltd, Warrington Business Park, Long Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 8TX
  • Steels Solicitors Limited, 1 Victoria Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2AL

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Great Sankey regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Great Sankey but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Holbrook & Co , 7 Palmyra Square South, WA1 1BL
  • Dickensons Property Lawyers, 23 Museum Street, WA1 1JA

Whether you are going through a divorce or separation or simply wish to transfer your property to someone else, transfer of equity conveyancing in Great Sankey includes some of the following tasks:

  • Taking instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Following instructions from the lender (if applicable)
  • Agreeing the terms of the transaction
  • Drawing up Transfer or approving draft Transfer
  • Agreeing adjustments to the draft Transfer
  • Corresponding with parties with regards to the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and releasing monies to the appropriate parties
  • Preparing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Registering the transfer of ownership and the home loan (where relevant) at the HM Land Registry.

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

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