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If you have reached us by Googling ‘Conveyancing in Paddock Wood’ follow your intuition — you will have a better house move where you instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Paddock Wood.

Reasons to use our Paddock Wood conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor generally results in a more personalised service. Sometimes when dealing with a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by reading from their computer screens.
  • 2 Paddock Wood conveyancer are the key to a successful Paddock Wood home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing
  • 3 Paddock Wood conveyancers have a crucial edge when it comes to Paddock Wood conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that will affect your home move
  • 4 Our site is the only site that enables you the facility to check that your conveyancing in Paddock Wood will be carried out by a solicitor on your mortgage lender’s member panel.
  • 5 The Paddock Wood conveyancing practitioners that are listed are committed to providing the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and remortgagors in Paddock Wood

Examples of recent conveyancing in Paddock Wood since January 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Paddock Wood

Is there a reason to instruct a Paddock Wood conveyancing solicitors firm when online alternatives are cheap by comparison?

Its a good idea to compare conveyancing costs in Paddock Wood and you should seek an affordable quote but don’t waste your energy looking for the cheapest Paddock Wood conveyancer. Finding the right conveyancer can mark the difference between a smooth and a distressing move. You need to ensure that you have expert advice from an experienced lawyer. Emails can't take the place of a phone discussion and are no substitute for a one to one consultation. Our partner firms will allocate you a qualified and trusted conveyancing solicitor that will handle your conveyancing from start to finish, giving the sort of personalised service that you will never get with an web based conveyancer. Our lawyers will inform you as to any developments and keep you informed. If you ever need to phone the office you will be sure who to ask for and they will be sure you are kept fully informed.

AssumingI were to acquire a straightforward propertyin Paddock Wood mortgage fee and dispense with a survey and no conveyancing searches how much would I expect to have to pay for conveyancing in Paddock Wood?

The only reduction in fees you would achieve is the Paddock Wood conveyancing searches. A conveyancing practitioner still be obliged to do everything else - money laundering, liaising with your sellers solicitor, stamp duty return, register the ownership etc. A marginal saving might be made by not needing to register a mortgage however it won't be a lot.

My husband and I are buying a 3 bedroom apartment in Paddock Wood with a loan from Halifax.We use our Paddock Wood conveyancing lawyer but Halifax informed us her practice is not on their approved list of firms. we are left little option but to use a Halifax panel firm or keep our high street solicitor and pay for one of their panel ones to represent them. We feel as though this is unjust; Can we not simply insist that Halifax use our lawyer?

Unfortunately,no. The mortgage issued to you is subject to its terms and conditions, one of which will be that lawyers will be on the Halifax approved list. in the past, most banks had large numbers of law firms on their panels: a borrower could find one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your lawyer to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Halifax

My wife and I are purchasing a house in Paddock Wood. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a solicitor? On completion day we will need to put funds into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our monies?

Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.

Forgive me if this question is silly but I am new to the home buying as FTB of a garden flat in Paddock Wood. Do I pick up the keys to the premises on the completion date from my lawyer? If so, I will find a local conveyancing solicitor in Paddock Wood?

There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Conveyancing lawyers for you will arrange to send the completion advance to the vendor’s solicitors, and once they have received this, you will be able to pick up the keys from the selling Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen early afternoon.

Kent Reliance have agreed my home loan in principle, my bid on a apartment in Paddock Wood has been accepted, what happens next?

The property agent will want to be informed of your conveyancing practitioner's details (ensure that the property lawyers are on the bank’s panel). Contact Kent Reliance or the broker and finalise any outstanding documentation. Kent Reliance will instruct a valuer who will get in touch with the selling agent or seller to book a slot for the valuation to occur. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes approximately a fortnight to get a mortgage offer. Kent Reliance will issue the offer to you and your lawyers. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Paddock Wood.

I have todaybeen informed that Wolstenholmes have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Paddock Wood for a purchase of a leasehold flat 10 months ago. How can I check that the property is not still registered in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest method to check if the property is in your name, you can carry out 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 Paddock Wood conveyancing specialists.

I need to consider quotes for conveyancing in Paddock Wood from various lawyer and decide on one. Do I tell them to sit tight until I a suitable house to buy.

We suggest that you wait to get your property lawyer to start work and submit searches after the sales memo has been sent by the selling agent particularly as Paddock Wood conveyancing searches are a couple of hundred pounds.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Paddock Wood regulated by the SRA

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

  • Burtons Solicitors Limited, Tyled House, 23a High Street, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PH
  • Bailey & Cogger, 139 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1DG
  • Warners Law Llp, Bank House, Bank Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BL
  • Sean O'connor & Co, 54 The Drive, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2LR
  • Cripps Llp, Wallside House, 12 Mount Ephraim Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1EG

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Paddock Wood

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Paddock Wood specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Claims for damages for illegal

  • Burtons Solicitors Limited, Tyled House, 23a High Street, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PH
  • Bailey & Cogger, 139 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1DG
  • Warners Law Llp, Bank House, Bank Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BL
  • Clarke Kiernan Llp, 2-4 Bradford Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1DU
  • Cripps Llp, Wallside House, 12 Mount Ephraim Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1EG

What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Paddock Wood?

Licensed Conveyancers assist with the transfer of the legal title of a property from one person to another and cover conveyancing throughout England and Wales as well as Paddock Wood. When instructing a Licensed Conveyancer governed by the CLC, you should:
  • Receive an honest and lawful service.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high standard of legal services.
  • Enjoy the benefit of your matters dealt with using care, skill and legal competence.
  • Receive a high quality of service due to your lawyer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Receive a service which is accessible and responsive to your individual needs.
  • Not feel discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • Not receive a service which is below the standard you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Ensure your individual needs taken into account should a complaint be made.
  • Have a timeous, objective and comprehensive service when if a complaint is made about your conveyancing in Paddock Wood.

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

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