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Reasons to use our Marchington conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Marchington conveyancer are the key to a successful Marchington conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing
  • 2 Experience means that Marchington conveyancer have established very good links with Marchington local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of handling your home move in Marchington.
  • 3 Solicitor conveyancing firms have extremely good personal connections with Marchington estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 Marchington solicitors are likely to have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 5 On the balance of probabilities the the lawyers for the other party are based in Marchington - if so sets of solicitors are likely to be familiar

Examples of recent conveyancing in Marchington since November 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Marchington

A loan offer from NatWest for the refinancing of my 2 bedroom maisonette is coming imminently. Could you recommend a cheap conveyancing practitioner in Marchington?

This site is not designed to aid those in pursuit of the lowest fares for conveyancing in Marchington. Our aim is to provide excellent value conveyancing but we do not aim to work with the cheapest lawyers. Avoid the trap of appointing organisations seducing you with ninety nine pound conveyancing in Marchington. Optimistically, in deciding on low cost conveyancing, you will receive what you pay for and at worst you will end up invoiced for extras and still not receive the service expected.

We are buying a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in Marchington who is on the Bank of Ireland approved panel. Can you recommend a local conveyancing firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Bank of Ireland . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Marchington.

My wife and I purchasing a detached bungalow in Marchington. The intention is to convert the garage to a playroom at the house.Will legal due diligence on the property include checks to ascertain if these works were previously refused?

Your property lawyer should check the registered title as conveyancing in Marchington will occasionally reveal restrictions in the title deeds which prevent categories of works or require the permission of a 3rd party. Some works need local authority planning consent and approval in compliance with building regulations. Certain areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or affect extensions. You should check these things with a surveyor before you commit yourself to a purchase.

I'm spending time viewing apartments in Marchington and I am about to put in an offer. Should I already have a conveyancer in place at this stage? I am planning to take a mortgage with Clydesdale.

It would be prudent to start 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 pass their details on to the selling agent. Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with Clydesdale, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.

Planning on purchasing a maisonette in Marchington. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Marchington lawyer is on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel.

I used Action Conveyancing several years past for my conveyancing in Marchington. I now require my file however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Marchington of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I am buying a new build flat in Marchington. Conveyancing is daunting 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 selection of leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Marchington

    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. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. 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.

The lawyers conducting our conveyancing in Marchington has sent papers to review that state the property is unregistered with epitome documents. Surely all properties in Marchington are registered?

Almost all property in Marchington is registered. An 'epitome' is basically a dossier of photocopies of documents affecting an unregistered title. Many Marchington conveyancing practitioners will be familiar with this type of conveyancing but in the event that uncertainty prevails the standard proposition presently is for the seller to address the registration formalities first and then deal with the dispose of the property to the purchaser - this can though naturally cause a prolonged home move.

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

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding buying and selling property and cover conveyancing nationwide not just Marchington. If instructing a Licensed Conveyancer regulated by the CLC, you should:
  • Enjoy the benefit of an honest and lawful conveyancing.
  • Receive a high standard of legal services.
  • Have your conveyancing dealt with using care, skill and legal know-how.
  • Enjoy the benefit of 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 individual needs.
  • You should not consider yourself discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • Not receive a service which is below the level you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Ensure your specific needs taken into account should a complaint be made.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a swift, objective and comprehensive service when if a complaint is made about your conveyancing in Marchington.

Purchase in Marchington is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process.

  • Conveyancing practitioner instructed by the buyer once the offer has been accepted
  • Checking the title to the property
  • Ordering Marchington conveyancing searches with respect to the title
  • Reviewing draft sale agreement and other papers forwarded by the vendor’s lawyer
  • Submitting questions with the owner’s lawyer
  • Agreeing the wording of the sale agreement
  • Analysing replies supplied by the owner to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for a Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the buyer in respect of the mortgage offer: (where appropriate)
  • Preparing and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion of the purchase
  • Completing and submitting to HMRC the appropriate Land Tax forms and payment
  • Registering the transfer of ownership and the mortgage (if relevant) at the HM Land Registry.

Transfer of Equity conveyancing in Marchington almost always includes the following:

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Acting on behalf of the mortgage company (if relevant)
  • Agreeing the terms of the transaction
  • Drawing up Transfer or approving the Transfer deed
  • Negotiating adjustments to the draft Transfer
  • Corresponding with parties concerning the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and transferring funds to the appropriate parties
  • Completing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct SDLT forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the new ownership and the mortgage (where appropriate) at the Land Registry.

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

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