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

  • 1 Hailsham property lawyer are the linchpin to a successful Hailsham conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your move
  • 2 Hailsham solicitors will be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 3 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor usually results in a more personal touch. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 4 The practices identified on our directory have a mix of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases each year.
  • 5 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Hailsham is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) often falls short of the high standards of professionalism you would hope for.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Hailsham since January 2025*

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of house residence, Observatory View, BN27 2PR completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £265,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, ordering official copies of the title

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Sale

of terraced property, Park Road, BN27 1PA completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £530,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

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Sale

of terraced property, Dover Road, BN26 6LF completing on 30/01/2025 at a price of £385,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, securing official copies of the title

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Transfer

of semi-detached property, Bramley Road, BN26 6JS completing on 30/01/2025 at a price of £288,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, obtaining official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Hailsham

Some advice if I may. My Hailsham lawyer is advising me that he is legally obliged toorder Hailsham conveyancing searches becausethe firm are on the HSBCapproved lawyer panel. Do I not have any say here?

Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. Given that you are taking out a loan with a lender your conveyancing practitioner has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your solicitor would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your bank’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook conditions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Hailsham conveyancing searches.

Why do I have to pay up front for my conveyancing in Hailsham?

If you are buying a property in Hailsham your lawyer will request that you to provide them with monies to cover the search fees. This will be the total of the cost of the conveyancing searches. When the down payment is payable against the sale price then this should be asked for immediately before contracts are exchanged. The closing balance that is needed should be transferred a few days prior to the day of completion.

We are due to move house in July. Does my conveyancing solicitor update the removal company on the completion day. On a separate note, can you recommend a removal company in Hailsham. Conveyancing lawyer was chosen before I stumbled across your site.

On the afternoon of completion you will need to pick up the house keys from your selling agent but this should only happen after the previous owners conveyancers advise the agent that they acknowledge receipt of the completion payment and the keys can be collected. Subsequently you will need to advise the removal men that they can start moving you in. We do not suggest a particular removal organisation but can assist you in choosing a residential property solicitor in Hailsham or a lawyer that specialises in conveyancing in Hailsham.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Leeds Building Society. I assume I don't need a Hailsham property lawyer on the Leeds Building Society panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Leeds Building Society mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Leeds Building Society mortgage from the register. Leeds Building Society, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

  1. but are not moving to another property
  2. where Leeds Building Society has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. Leeds Building Society has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Leeds Building Society mortgage has been paid off.

Skipton have agreed my mortgage in principle, my offer on a apartment in Hailsham has been agreed to, what happens next?

Your estate agent will wish to be advised as to your property lawyer's details (ensure that the lawyers are on the lender’s panel). Contact Skipton or the financial adviser and finish off any appropriate documentation. Skipton will instruct a valuer who will get in contact with the selling agent or seller to schedule a time for the valuation to take place. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes approximately ten days for the mortgage offer to be issued. Skipton will send the offer to you and your property lawyers. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Hailsham.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Hailsham. 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 conveyancing.

Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Hailsham

    There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. 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. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. 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. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company?

Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Hailsham prior to instructing lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. The surveyor advised that some lenders tend refuse to give a mortgage on a flying freehold premises.

It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different requirements from Halifax. If you contact us we can check via the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Hailsham. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Hailsham especially if they are accustomed to such properties in Hailsham.

Am I better off to choose a Hailsham conveyancing practitioner who is local to the property I am purchasing? We have a good friend who can perform the legal formalities but they are based a couple of hundredkilometers away.

The primary upside of using a local Hailsham conveyancing firm is that you can drop in to sign documents, deliver your ID and pester them where appropriate. Having local Hailsham know how is a plus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If other friends have instructed your friend and in the main were happy that should surpass using an unknown Hailsham conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being Hailsham based.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Hailsham regulated by the SRA

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

  • Lycett Conveyancing Solicitors, P O Box 102, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 3FS
  • Barry & Co, Bay Terrace, Pevensey Bay, Pevensey, East Sussex, BN24 6EE

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Hailsham regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Hailsham specialising in commercial conveyancing in Hailsham. This will likely include advice on commercial leases including all matters relating to landlord and tenant law
  • Lycett Conveyancing Solicitors, P O Box 102, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 3FS
  • Barry & Co, Bay Terrace, Pevensey Bay, Pevensey, East Sussex, BN24 6EE

What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Hailsham?

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding buying and selling property and cover conveyancing throughout England and Wales not just Hailsham. When using a Licensed Conveyancer governed by the CLC, you are entitled to:
  • Have an honest and lawful conveyancing.
  • Receive a high standard of legal services.
  • Enjoy the benefit of your transaction dealt with using care, skill and legal competence.
  • Receive a high standard of service due to your conveyancer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Receive a service which is accessible and responsive to your specific requirements.
  • You should not consider yourself discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • To receive the level you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Have your individual needs taken into account should a complaint be necessary.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a speedy, objective and comprehensive service where making a complaint about your conveyancing in Hailsham about your conveyancing in Hailsham.

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

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