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Top 5 reasons to let us help you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in North Ockendon

  • 1 Over the years North Ockendon conveyancer have established excellent connections with North Ockendon local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of undertaking your house sale or purchase in North Ockendon.
  • 2 Firms accustomed to conveyancing in North Ockendon are familiar with the local issues specific to North Ockendon and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 3 Regardless other on-line conveyancers advise it just might be necessary to attend your solicitor to sign legal papers. There are enough parties engaged in a house sale without needing to add the postman into the equation.
  • 4 Chances are that the the lawyers for the other party are based in North Ockendon - if so sets of lawyers are likely to be less confrontational
  • 5 The North Ockendon conveyancing firms that are listed are committed to supplying value for money, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and investors in North Ockendon

Examples of recent conveyancing in North Ockendon since December 2024*

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Transfer

of semi-detached residence, Limerick Gardens, RM14 1HZ completing on 19/12/2024 at a price of £438,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, obtaining official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

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Sale

of house residence, The Meads, RM14 3YP completing on 16/12/2024 at a price of £675,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s conveyancer

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Disposal

of detached residence property, Lime Close, RM15 6NW completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £295,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties

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Disposal

of terraced property, Larkspur Close, RM15 6JQ completing on 18/12/2024 at a price of £300,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in readiness for completion, securing official copies of the title

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in North Ockendon

AssumingI were to acquire a simple residential homein North Ockendon mortgage fee and dispense with a survey and no local authority searches how much would I expect to to save on my conveyancing in North Ockendon?

Any savings you would achieve will be isolated to the costs for searches. Your conveyancing practitioner still be obliged to do everything else - money laundering, liaising with your sellers lawyer, stamp duty return, register the ownership etc. You might save a bit for them not needing to register a mortgage however it will not be a lot.

My bid for a property was accepted at auction in North Ockendon. Conveyancing is required. What happens now?

Now that you are exchanged you must hire the services of a conveyancing lawyer soon as you are faced with a tight deadline in which to complete the property. All auction property will ordinarily have a corresponding auction pack. This will likely include evidence of title and search results. Where you are dealing with leasehold premises the legal papers may contain a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation pertinent to a leasehold property. You should give this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor at the earliest opportunity. Do make sure that you have funds in order to complete on the on the contractual date .

I have been advised by my conveyancer that restrictive coveneant insurance is required on my purchase. What is the level of cover for North Ockendon conveyancing?

The right level of restrictive coveneant indemnity insurance depends on who your lender is. It would differ for example between Birmingham Midshires and The Royal Bank of Scotland. Conveyancing practitioners as opposed to borrowers take out such insurances.

I recently had an offer accepted on an apartment in North Ockendon. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their conveyancing practitioner. I paid an upfront payment of £200. A couple of days later, the conveyancer called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Barclays panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

4 months have elapsed following my purchase conveyancing in North Ockendon completed. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £180,000. 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.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in North Ockendon. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in North Ockendon

    Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Please supply a car parking plan. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal.

We're first time buyers - had an offer accepted, but the estate agent advised that the owners will only move forward if we instruct the agent's chosen lawyers as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. Our preferred option is to instruct a family solicitor accustomed to conveyancing in North Ockendon

We suspect that the seller is not behind this ultimatum. Should the vendor desire ‘a quick sale', turning down a motivated purchaser is going to damage their objectives. Avoid the agents and go straight to the owners and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to go, with finances arranged © you do not need to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you are going to use your own,trusted North Ockendon conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will earn the negotiator at the agency a commission or achieve conveyancing thresholds pre-set by corporate headquarters.

My step-son is embarking on her first house purchase, the home loan was agreed last week in principle. One the seller agreed the offer on the house we telephoned the building society to issue the formal offer. We were shocked to discover that banks do not accept all solicitor, they need to be on their approved list, is this legal?

Mortgage Companies ordinarily imposes restrictions either the type or the number of conveyancing firms on their panel. A common example of such restriction(s) being that a firm must have two or more partners. In addition to restricting the type of firm, some have decided to limit the number of firms they use to represent them. You should note that lenders have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any North Ockendon conveyancer on their panel. Mortgage fraud was a key driver in the rationalisation of conveyancing panels a few years ago and whilst there are differing views about the extent of solicitor involvement in some of that fraud. Statistics from the Land Registry reveal that thousands of law firms only carry out one or two conveyances a year. Those supporting conveyancing panel cuts ask why law firms should have the right to be on a Lender panel when clearly, conveyancing is not their speciality. To put it another way; would you want a conveyancing solicitor to represent you if you were charged with a crime? Unlikely.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in North Ockendon regulated by the SRA

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

  • Johnson Crilly Solicitors Llp, 26 Grosvenor Gardens, Upminster, Essex, RM14 1DJ
  • Stanton & Doran, 79 Corbets Tey Road, Upminster, Essex, RM14 2AJ
  • Pinney Talfourd Llp, 54 Station Road, Upminster, Essex, RM14 2TU
  • Moss & Coleman, 170-180 High Street, Hornchurch, Essex, RM12 6JP
  • Sackvilles, 135 High Street, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 3YJ

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in North Ockendon regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in North Ockendon specialising in commercial conveyancing in North Ockendon. This will likely include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Johnson Crilly Solicitors Llp, 26 Grosvenor Gardens, Upminster, Essex, RM14 1DJ
  • Stanton & Doran, 79 Corbets Tey Road, Upminster, Essex, RM14 2AJ
  • Pinney Talfourd Llp, 54 Station Road, Upminster, Essex, RM14 2TU
  • Moss & Coleman, 170-180 High Street, Hornchurch, Essex, RM12 6JP
  • Sackvilles, 135 High Street, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 3YJ

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in North Ockendon regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in North Ockendon but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Legal Business Property Lawyers Ltd, 16 St Thomas Road, CM14 4DB

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

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