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Reasons to use our Sheffield conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Solicitor conveyancing solicitors have extremely good personal links with Sheffield estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 2 No matter what any other sites inform you it may be important to attend your conveyancer to execute documents. Too many 3rd parties are already involved in a homemove without needing to include Royal Mail into the equation.
  • 3 Sheffield solicitors will be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 4 You can rest easier when choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Sheffield has a number to choose from, but for a truly dependable and dependable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.
  • 5 Using a a family Solicitor on the whole means that you will receive 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 determining whether the ‘computers says no’.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Sheffield since November 2025*

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Transfer

of terraced property, Ballard Hall Chase, S10 3HY completing on 18/11/2025 at a price of £665,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

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Conveyance

of apartment Endcliffe Vale Road S10 3EW, at a price of £85,000. Leasehold conveyancing work included: sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in preparation for completion, securing official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

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Transfer

of terraced premises, Manchester Road, S10 5DL completing on 14/11/2025 at a price of £350,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

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Acquisition

of apartment Watt Lane S10 5RD, acquired for £373,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in preparation for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Sheffield

My IFA requires my Sheffield lawyer’ panel reference for the Santander conveyancing panel. How do I obtain this. I have tried my local Sheffield branch but they cant find it on their system.

The sensible thing to do is ask for this information from your Sheffield conveyancer . They keep a central record lender panel numbers.

It is a dozen years since I purchased my property in Sheffield. Conveyancing lawyers have just been appointed on the sale but I am unable to track down the title documents. Is this a major issue?

Don’t worry too much. First there is a chance that the deeds will be retained by your mortgage company or they may be in the possession of the conveyancers who oversaw your purchase. Secondly the chances are that the land will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you are the registered owner by your conveyancing solicitors procuring up to date copy of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Sheffield relates to registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is not registered it adds to the complexity but is not insurmountable.

Various online forums that I have come across warn that are a common cause of obstruction in Sheffield house deals. Is that correct?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published conclusions of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the most frequent causes of delays during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are unlikely to feature in any slowing down conveyancing in Sheffield.

Just bought a semi-detached house in Sheffield , What is the estimated time for the Land Registry to register the transfer to my name? My Sheffield conveyancing solicitor works at snail pace, so I want to be certain the registration formalities are dealt with.

There is nothing unique about conveyancing in Sheffield registration formalities. Rather than based on location, timescales can differ subject to the party submitting the application, whether there are errors and if the Land registry communicate with any interested persons or bodies. At present roughly three quarters of submission are fully dealt with in less than three weeks but some can be subject to extensive delays. Historically registration takes place after the purchaser has moved in to the property therefore 'speed' is not always an essential issue yet if there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your solicitor must contact the land registry and explain the circumstances.

How does conveyancing in Sheffield differ for new build properties?

Most buyers of new build property in Sheffield come to us having been asked by the seller to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the premises is finished. This is because developers in Sheffield usually purchase the site, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Sheffield or who has acted in the same development.

I am a sole trader hoping to take an assignment of a lease of a shop on a shopping parade. Can you recommend conveyancers offering fixed fees for non-domestic conveyancing in Sheffield for less than £1,200?

We are happy to recommend firms who host a wealth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Sheffield, including the disposal and acquisition of businesses as well as simply premises. Whether you are looking to buy or dispose of a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a complete business we will find you the right firm. As for the fees this will depend on the structure and heads of terms of the proposed transaction. Let us have your details or phone so as to enable us to provide you with a detailed commercial conveyancing calculation.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Sheffield regulated by the SRA

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

  • Nether Edge Law, 392a Psalter Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 8UW
  • Rosalind Watchorn, 10 Kenwood Park Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S7 1NF
  • F W Meggitt & Co, 2 Broad Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 4BT
  • Wake Smith Solicitors Limited, No 1 Velocity, 2 Tenter Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 4BY
  • Lewis Francis Blackburn Bray, 14-16 Paradise Square, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 2DE

Planning law solicitors in Sheffield regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The solicitors listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Sheffield specialising in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including compulsory purchases in Sheffield
  • Wake Smith Llp, 68 Clarkehouse Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 2LJ
  • Katharine Redford, John Gaunt & Partners, Omega Court, 372 Cemetery Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 8FT
  • John Gaunt, Omega Court, 372-374 Cemetery Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 8FT
  • John Gaunt & Partners, Omega Court, 372-374 Cemetery Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 8FT
  • Tim Shield, John Gaunt & Partners, Omega Court, 372 Cemetery Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 8FT

Typically, Sheffield conveyancing for a purchase has some of the following tasks

  • Conveyancer instructed by the purchaser once the offer has been accepted
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Carrying out Sheffield searches for the title
  • Considering the draft contract and other papers forwarded by the seller’s conveyancer
  • Raising questions with the owner’s conveyancer
  • Negotiating the sale contract
  • Reviewing replies given by the vendor to pre-contract enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Advising the purchasing in respect of the loan offer: (if appropriate)
  • Drafting and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; reporting to the purchaser on the contents of the contract pack, pre-contract enquiries and the result of the searches)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion formalities
  • Completing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Registering the change in ownership and the home loan (where appropriate) at the HM Land Registry.

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

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