Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Preston Park

Ready to buy a new home? Find a law firm approved by your lender.

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

Reasons to use our Preston Park conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Solicitors accustomed to conveyancing in Preston Park are familiar with the local issues peculiar to Preston Park and therefore you may benefit from better advice and speedier conveyancing.
  • 2 Preston Park conveyancers have a crucial edge when it comes to Preston Park conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can impact your conveyancing
  • 3 The firms identified on our directory have a variation of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 4 Experience means that Preston Park lawyer have established valuable working relationships with Preston Park local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your home move in Preston Park.
  • 5 There is a distinct possibility the the conveyancers for the other party have offices in Preston Park - if so both parties will be less confrontational

Examples of recent conveyancing in Preston Park since May 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Preston Park

Why would one use a Preston Park conveyancing firm when internet based alternatives are cheap by comparison?

Its a good idea to scrutinise conveyancing costs in Preston Park and you should seek an affordable estimate but don’t become consumed with searching for the cheapest Preston Park conveyancer. Locating the right conveyancer can mark the distinction between a seamless and a distressing home move. It is important that you ensure that you have expert advice from a specialist lawyer. An e-mail can never replace a telephone call and can never replicate a one to one appointment. Our partner firms will appoint you a qualified and top rated conveyancing solicitor who can tackle your conveyancing from beginning to end, giving the sort of hand holding that you will never get with an online conveyancer. Our lawyers will inform you on headway and keep you informed. Should you need to contact the firm you will be sure who you need to speak to and they will ensure you are in the know.

Our Preston Park lawyer has uncovered a discrepancy between the assumptions in the valuation survey and what is revealed within the conveyancing documents. My solicitor has advised that he must ensure that the lender is OK with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my conveyancer’s approach appropriate?

Your property lawyer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.

I used Wolstenholmes several years past for my conveyancing in Preston Park. Now, I need the files but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down 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 Preston Park of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

About to purchase a new build apartment in Preston Park. Conveyancing is a frightening process 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 is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Preston Park

    Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. 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. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier?

Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Preston Park prior to retaining solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. My surveyor advised that some mortgage companies may not grant a loan on this type of premises.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different instructions from Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can check with the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Preston Park. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Preston Park to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

How much experience do your Preston Park conveyancing solicitors have with Help To Buy, Shared Equity and similar schemes?

Preston Park conveyancing lawyers help thousands of people move home every year and helped lots of clients through the Help To Buy scheme. The chances are that whatever makes your case unique Preston Park conveyancers have worked on recent similar cases.

Last updated

Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Preston Park regulated by the SRA

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

  • La Law Limited, 7th Floor Telecom House, 125 - 135 Preston Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 6AF
  • Dean Wilson Llp, Ridgeland House, 165 Dyke Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN3 1TL
  • Dakers Solicitors, 11-12 Queens Place, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 4JY
  • James Mead, 61 Hanover Terrace, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 9SP
  • Mayo Wynne Baxter Llp, Century House, 15-19 Dyke Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 3FE

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Preston Park regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Preston Park with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Preston Park. This should include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Dean Wilson Llp, Ridgeland House, 165 Dyke Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN3 1TL
  • Dakers Solicitors, 11-12 Queens Place, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 4JY
  • Ashton Commercial Limited, Suite 3, First Floor, Sensor House, 10-12 Lewes Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 3HP
  • Bate & Co Limited, 2a Trafalgar Mews, Trafalgar Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 4EZ
  • Mayo Wynne Baxter Llp, Century House, 15-19 Dyke Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 3FE

Planning law solicitors in Preston Park regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The solicitors listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Preston Park practicing in planning law. This should include advice on special planning controls
  • Mayo Wynne Baxter Llp, Century House, 15-19 Dyke Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 3FE
  • M S Page, 3 The Rise, Portslade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN41 2PY

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

© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of Land Registry under delegated authority from the Controller of HMSO.