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Reasons to use our Peacehaven conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The Peacehaven conveyancing practitioners that are identified are committed to providing value for money, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and investors in Peacehaven
  • 2 Notwithstanding what alternative lawyers inform you it could be necessary to pop into your lawyer to sign documents. There are various parties with engaged in a house sale without needing to include the postman into the mix.
  • 3 Peacehaven solicitor are the key to a successful Peacehaven home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing
  • 4 Peacehaven conveyancing lawyers will have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 5 Peacehaven property lawyers work in conjunction with Peacehaven estate agents, property finders, surveyors, banks and other professionals to ensure that a quality service is offered to buyers and sellers every step of the way, never losing sight of the time-critical nature behind your conveyancing transaction

Examples of recent conveyancing in Peacehaven since January 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Peacehaven

I am purchasing a new build flat in Peacehaven. Conveyancing solicitors are said to be ‘a necessary evil’ but can I do it myself?

Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Peacehaven you will have to appoint a solicitor on your lender's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Peacehaven.

A friend recommended that where I am buying in Peacehaven I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

This is a search is occasionally included in the estimate for your Peacehaven conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Peacehaven around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Peacehaven Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data about Peacehaven.

The deeds to our home can not be found. The lawyers who did the conveyancing in Peacehaven 10 years ago have long since closed. Will I be able to sell the house?

You no longer need to hold title official documentation to prove you are the owner of your registered land or premises, as the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.

Is it simple use the search tool to choose a conveyancing solicitor in Peacehaven on the authorised to act for my mortgage?

1st pick a bank such as Barclays , Barnsley Building Society or Britannia then type in your preferred area e.g. Peacehaven. Conveyancing organisations in Peacehaven and further afield will then be identified.

We're FTB’s - had an offer accepted, but the estate agent told us that the seller will only move forward if we use their preferred solicitors as they want an ‘expedited deal’. Our preferred option is to instruct a family solicitor accustomed to conveyancing in Peacehaven

It is highly unlikely the sellers are driving this. If they want ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a genuine buyer is likely to cause more damage than good. Speak to the owners direct and explain that (a)you are serious purchasers (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you have nothing to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you intend to use your own,trusted Peacehaven conveyancing lawyers - rather thanthose that will give the estate agent a kickback or achieve conveyancing targets pre-set by HQ.

Our conveyancer has advised that he intends to complete and exchange simultaneously on the sale of our £225,000 flat in Peacehaven next Monday. The management company has quoted £396 for Landlord’s certificate, building insurance schedule and previous years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge exorbitant fees for a leasehold conveyance in Peacehaven?

Peacehaven conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes usually results in fees being levied by freeholders :

    Answering conveyancing due diligence enquiries Where consent is required before sale in Peacehaven Supplying insurance information Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Peacehaven leasehold premises is £350. For Peacehaven conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are obliged to provide the information.

Peacehaven Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Questions you should consider Prior to buying

    Who takes responsibility for maintaining and repairing the building? Its a good idea to discover as much as you can concerning the managing agents as they can either make your living at the property much simpler or much more difficult. Being a leasehold owner you are frequently at the mercy of the managing agents from a financial perspective and when it comes to day to day issues like the tidiness of the communal areas. Enquire of prospective neighbours if they are happy with their management. In conclusion, investigate as to the dates that the service fees are due to the managing agents and precisely what it includes. The prefered form of lease arrangement is a share of the freehold. In this arrangement the lessees have control and notwithstanding that a managing agent is usually retained where it is larger than a house conversion, the managing agent employed by the leaseholders.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Peacehaven regulated by the SRA

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

  • Morgan Kelly Solicitors Limited, Castleworks, Westgate Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1YR
  • Chrismas Ogden Solicitors Limited, Howard Cottage, Broomans Lane, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2LT
  • Astburys, Lewes House, 32 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2LU
  • Lewes Smith, Albion House, Albion Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2NF
  • Adams & Remers Llp, Trinity House, School Hill, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2NN

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Peacehaven

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Peacehaven with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

  • Astburys, Lewes House, 32 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2LU
  • Adams & Remers Llp, Trinity House, School Hill, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2NN
  • James Mead, 61 Hanover Terrace, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 9SP
  • Gerard Maye Legal Limited, 176 Edward Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 0JB
  • Burt Brill & Cardens Limited, 30 Old Steine, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1FL

Peacehaven commercial property solicitors provide expert offering advice on a variety of issues across all aspects of commercial property law

    Comprehensive advice on planning issues Telecommunications and broadcast mast sites complex procedures concerning renewal, rent reviews, dilapidations and the many obligations encountered by Landlords and Tenants of commercial premises Property finance transactions, including sale and leaseback Creating and negotiating new leases Industrial and warehouse premises

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

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