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

  • 1 You can rest easier when choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Great Sankey has a number to choose from, but for a truly professional and reliable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.
  • 2 Excellent communication together with pure property local knowledge are key benefits that you should look for when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Great Sankey home moves can become a lot more complicated because of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.
  • 3 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these firms are often based hundreds of miles away with limited understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Great Sankey
  • 4 Great Sankey solicitors work in partnership with Great Sankey estate agents, property finders, surveyors, lenders and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is offered to home movers every step of the way, to ensure you’re kept informed as to progress all the way along
  • 5 No matter what any alternative companies tell you it just might be important to visit your solicitor to sign legal papers. There are enough parties with an interest in a homemove without needing to include the postman into the equation.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Great Sankey since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Great Sankey

Finally, a mortgage offer from Nationwide for the remortgage of my single room maisonette is expected by the end of next week. Could you suggest a low cost conveyancing law firm in Great Sankey?

You have come to the wrong place to search for cut-price fees for conveyancing solicitors in Great Sankey. Our aim is to provide affordable conveyancing but we do not work with the cheapest lawyers. Do not be fooled by organisations offering the bait of ninety nine pound conveyancing in Great Sankey. In your best case scenario, in choosing a lawyer for cheap conveyancing, you will earn what you pay for and at worst you will end up being stung for extras and still not receive the service expected.

Completed the sale of my flat in Great Sankey last June but the buyer keeps whats apping every few hours to moan that his solicitor needs to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?

Post completion of your disposal your lawyer is committed to send the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. If applicable, your lawyer should also confirm that the mortgage has been discharged to the purchasers lawyers. There are no post completion formalities peculiar conveyancing in Great Sankey.

I am mortgaging my property in Great Sankey, does my lawyer have to be on the Virgin Money Solicitor panel?

In theory, you could use a solicitor that is not on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel, but Virgin Money would require one of their panel solicitors to be instructed to act in their interests, and you'd have to pay for this - so most people instruct a panel solicitor. It's also easier, as otherwise you'd have to deal with two solicitors for the same conveyancing matter.

My bid for a property was accepted at auction in Great Sankey. Conveyancing is needed. What is next?

Now that you have to all intents and purposes signed on the dotted line you should appoint a conveyancing practitioner soon as you are facing a tight a fixed date to complete the deal. All auction property will have an associated auction pack. This will include the copy title deeds, local authority and drainage searches. If you have purchased leasehold property the legal pack should include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing documentation relating to leasehold premises. You need to hand this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor at the earliest opportunity. You also need to ensure that your finances are in order to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

Is there a list of Bank of Ireland panel conveyancers in Great Sankey on the Council of Mortgage Lender’s Website?

No. There is no such tool on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association websites. Very few lenders make their panel listings viewable over the internet. If you are seeking to appoint a Great Sankey property lawyer on the Bank of Ireland please use our facility.

We previously instructed conveyancing lawyers locally in Great Sankey on the Leeds Building Society solicitor approved list. They are now charging me an additional fee for dealing with the Leeds Building Society mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee set by Leeds Building Society?

As unfair as it may appear, as long as it’s in their Terms and Conditions or estimate then yes your conveyancing practitioner can charge a fee for this. The fee is not set by Leeds Building Society but by your Great Sankey conveyancer. Some firms on the Leeds Building Society panel will levy ’dealing with mortgage’ fee and others do not.

How does conveyancing in Great Sankey differ for newly converted properties?

Most buyers of new build property in Great Sankey approach us having been asked by the builder to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the premises is completed. This is because new home sellers in Great Sankey tend to buy the real estate, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancing solicitors as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Great Sankey or who has acted in the same development.

After what feels like an age I have had an offer on an flat in Great Sankey accepted, the seller does nevertheless have a connected purchase. The owners have submitted an offer on a flat, but it’s not yet tied up, and has viewings of other flats in the pipeline. I have instructed a local conveyancing lawyer in Great Sankey. What should be my next step? When do I get the mortgage application with Virgin Money started with Virgin Money?

It is standard to have concerns where there is a chain given your reluctance to be too out of pocket too early (mortgage application is in the region of £1k, then valuation, Great Sankey conveyancing search fees, etc). The first course of action is to check that your conveyancer is on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. As to the subsequent stages this very much dictated by the uniqueness of your transaction, desire for the property and on the state of the market. In a rising market some home buyers will apply for the mortgage with Virgin Money and arrange for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they ask their conveyancer to move forward with the conveyancing in Great Sankey.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Great Sankey regulated by the SRA

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

  • Watsons Solicitors Warrington Llp, 13 Bold Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1DJ
  • Forshaws Davies Ridgway Llp, 1-5 Palmyra Square South, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1BZ
  • Dalgarno Solicitors, 11, Suez Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1EF
  • Canning & Company, Stanley Chambers, 27 Stanley Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1EZ
  • Kls Law, Lawshield House, Ibis Court, Lakeside Drive, Centre Park, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1RL

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Great Sankey regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Great Sankey specialising in commercial conveyancing in Great Sankey. This will likely 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

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

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

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