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Logical reasons to let us help you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in Harold Wood

  • 1 Harold Wood lawyer are the key to a successful Harold Wood home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing
  • 2 Firms accustomed to conveyancing in Harold Wood are familiar with the local issues specific to Harold Wood and therefore you may benefit from better advice and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 3 The Harold Wood conveyancing practitioners that we work with are dedicated to supplying the most cost, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to home buyers, sellers and investors in Harold Wood
  • 4 The organisations listed on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 5 The accumulation of transactions means that Harold Wood conveyancer have established valuable connections with Harold Wood local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of undertaking your house sale or purchase in Harold Wood.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Harold Wood since January 2025*

Disposal

of semi-detached property, Woodlands Road, RM3 0QX completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £406,500. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, obtaining official copies of the title

Disposal

of semi-detached residence, Harwood Avenue, RM11 2NZ completing on 29/01/2025 at a price of £437,500. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges

Disposal

of semi-detached property, Hyland Close, RM11 1DX completing on 27/01/2025 at a price of £575,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

Sale

of detached residence premises, Mascalls Lane, CM14 5LR completing on 29/01/2025 at a price of £630,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: obtaining official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Harold Wood

Please could you vouch for a Aldermore sanctioned Harold Wood conveyancing lawyer who can have us moved in within two weeks? Am I best advised to go for a high street Harold Wood firm or an internet firm?

We can recommend some very good Harold Wood conveyancing firms. Another option is to visit the high street in Harold Wood. Go in to some well established law practices and request to see a conveyancing solicitor for a costs illustration. Mention your time frames together with the reasons and get an assurance on speed. Choose the one that genuine.

We wanted to use a property lawyer in Harold Wood for our house purchase. Our broker informed us that our bank Skipton Building Society won't deal with them. Surely this is unfair competition?

A decade ago most banks had a different appetite for risk. Almost all Harold Wood conveyancing firms would have been on many bank panels. The financial services regulator in 2010 conducted a thematic review into mortgage fraud which come to the conclusion: know the conveyancing solicitors dealt with. Consequently, lenders are increasingly seeing more data from law firms relating to their operations and the individuals who work for them as well as establishing certain criteria such a completing on a minimum amount of transactions. Many Harold Wood conveyancing firms that have been excluded from lender panels have a 100% healthy track record, no complaints and no claims and didn't just 'dabble' in conveyancing. Harold Wood is amongst the numerous locations where the lawyers we recommend are are authorised to act for Skipton Building Society.

I am the only recipient of my late mum's estate with all property in now in my sole name, including the house in Harold Wood. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in March. I want to move. I understand that there is a Mortgage Lenders six month 'rule', which means that my proprietorship will be treated the same way as if I'd bought the property in March. Do I have to wait half a year to sell?

The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook requires conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." Technically you may be impacted by that. many lenders would take a pragmatic view as this obligation is chiefly there to identify the purchase and immediately sell or the wholesaling and assigning of properties.

My husband and I are at the point of looking at flats in Harold Wood and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it premature to have a solicitor in place? I will be getting a mortgage with Principality.

It would be wise to commence your search sooner rather than later. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their contact information on to the selling agent. Given that you are getting a mortgage with Principality, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Principality conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.

I had an offer accepted on a house in Harold Wood on 7/3/2025, valuation was booked five days later, received a clean bill of health. Solicitor retained, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Lloyds and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?

Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Lloyds to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

I have todaydiscovered that Stirling Law have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Harold Wood for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 18 months ago. How can I be sure that the property is in my name in the name of the former proprietor?

The quickest way to check if the premises is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Harold Wood conveyancing specialists.

I am looking for a ground for flat up to £245,000 and identified one round the corner in Harold Wood I like with amenity areas and transport links nearby, however it's only got 52 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Harold Wood for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a lease with such few years left?

If you need a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will be a potential deal breaker. Discount the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you could request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer about this.

I purchased a house in Harold Wood last 20/3/2024 and to date it is still not registered with HM Land Registry. It was part of a development site and my conveyancing practitioner told me that it may take twelve months to register. I have spoken with HMLR directly and they say that the initial application was cancelled due to failure to reply to requisitions. What can I do?

Call your solicitor - if you are not getting sensible responses, find out about their firm’s complaints process and escalate your problem to a Complaints Manager. Registrations for Harold Wood conveyancing are not known to be particularly slow.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Harold Wood regulated by the SRA

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

  • Capstick Dale & Partners, 224 Main Road, Gidea Park, Romford, Essex, RM2 5HA
  • Just Ask Solicitors Limited, 109 Victoria Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 2LX
  • Sackvilles, 135 High Street, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 3YJ
  • Moss & Coleman, 170-180 High Street, Hornchurch, Essex, RM12 6JP
  • Hunt And Hunt Llp, Blackburn House, 22-26 Eastern Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 3LT

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Harold Wood regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Harold Wood specialising in commercial conveyancing in Harold Wood. This should include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • Capstick Dale & Partners, 224 Main Road, Gidea Park, Romford, Essex, RM2 5HA
  • Just Ask Solicitors Limited, 109 Victoria Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 2LX
  • Sackvilles, 135 High Street, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 3YJ
  • Moss & Coleman, 170-180 High Street, Hornchurch, Essex, RM12 6JP
  • Hunt And Hunt Llp, Blackburn House, 22-26 Eastern Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 3LT

Planning law solicitors in Harold Wood regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Harold Wood practicing in planning law. This should include advice on tree preservation orders
  • Mccorry Connolly Solicitors, 8 Holgate Court, 4 -10 Western Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 3JS
  • Kenneth Elliott & Rowe, Enterprise House, 18 Eastern Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 3PJ
  • Kenneth Elliott And Rowe Llp, Enterprise House, 18 Eastern Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 3PJ
  • Pure Law Llp, Lutea House, Warley Hill Business Park, The Drive, Great Warley, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3BE

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

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