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5 reasons to let us assist you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in Locks Heath

  • 1 Solicitors that specialise in conveyancing in Locks Heath regularly deal withlocal concerns peculiar to Locks Heath and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 2 Excellent communication and pure property experience are key benefits that you should look for when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Locks Heath conveyancing can become a lot more protracted due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 3 Locks Heath solicitors are likely to have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 4 This site is the only site that enables you the facility to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Locks Heath will be conducted by a conveyancer on your lender’s authorised panel.
  • 5 Locks Heath property lawyer are the linchpin to a successful Locks Heath conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing

Examples of recent conveyancing in Locks Heath since January 2025*

Purchase

of flat Old Common Gardens SO31 6AX, at a price of £147,500. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties

Transfer

of flat Old Common Gardens SO31 6AX, at sale sum of £250,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

Disposal

of apartment Station Road SO31 7HR, at buying amount of £157,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, preparing statement detailing charges

Transfer

of semi residence, Orwell Crescent, PO14 4JR completing on 16/01/2025 at a price of £620,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, ordering official copies of the title, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s lawyers

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Locks Heath

My wife and I are planning to purchase a property in Locks Heath and are in fact using a Locks Heath conveyancing firm. Within the past 48 hours our conveyancer has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through in anticipation of exchanging contracts shortly. The Royal Bank of Scotland have this afternoon contacted us to inform me that there is now an issue as our Locks Heath solicitor is not on their approved list of lawyers. Is this a problem?

When purchasing a property with mortgage finance it is usual for the purchasers' lawyers to also represent the purchaser's lender. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your property lawyer should contact your bank and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the lender’s conveyancing panel and you may continue to use your own Locks Heath solicitors, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it will likely delay the transaction as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.

At what point will exchange of contracts take place for sale conveyancing in Locks Heath and am I required to be at the lawyers office?

If you are in close proximity to one of the conveyancing solicitors in Locks Heath you are invited in to sign the paperwork. That being said, the law practices we work with supply a nationwide conveyancing service and provide just as diligent and professional a job for you when communicating with you by post or email. The signing of the property agreement is not the point of no return. A signed contract simply enables the solicitor to address the formalities at the appropriate time, which will usually be very shortly after signing. The exchange process is is usually a five minute process, although where a lengthy "chain" is in play, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Locks Heath)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

I have been told that property searches are a common cause of delay in Locks Heath house deals. Is that correct?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published determinations of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the most frequent causes of delays during the legal transfer of property. Searches are not likely to be the root cause of delay in conveyancing in Locks Heath.

five months have gone by following my purchase conveyancing in Locks Heath took place. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £160,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the residence from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Locks Heath is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Locks Heath are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Locks Heath you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Locks Heath may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.

As co-executor for the will of my aunt I am disposing of a property in Neath but live in Locks Heath. My conveyancer (based 260 kilometers awayneeds me to execute a stat dec prior to the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Locks Heath to witness this legal document for me?

Technically speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Locks Heath based

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Locks Heath

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Locks Heath practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Rochford & Co, Ferryside, The Green, Green Lane, Hamble, Southampton, Hampshire, SO31 4JB
  • Brutton & Co, 288 West Street, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 0AJ
  • Cw&c No 2 Nominees, Burlington House, Botleigh Grange Business Park, Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 2DF
  • Warner Goodman Llp, Portland Chambers, 66 West Street, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 0JR
  • Churchers Bolitho Way, 12 High Street, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 7BL

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Locks Heath regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Locks Heath specialising in commercial conveyancing in Locks Heath. This will likely include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Placidi Law Company Limited, 27 Middle Road, Park Gate, Southampton, Hampshire, SO31 7GH
  • Now Legal Llp, 4 Brunel Way, Segensworth East, Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 5TX
  • Brutton & Co, 288 West Street, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 0AJ
  • Starbuck And Mack, 227 West Street, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 0HA
  • Starbuck & Mack, 227 West Street, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 0HA

Transfer of Equity conveyancing in Locks Heath is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process:

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Representing bank (if appropriate)
  • Negotiating the terms of the transaction
  • Drawing up Transfer or approving the Transfer deed
  • Agreeing amendments to the the Transfer deed
  • Corresponding with parties with regards to the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and releasing funds to relevant parties
  • Completing and submitting to HMRC the appropriate SDLT forms and payment
  • Registering the change in proprietorship and the mortgage (if applicable) 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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