In the event thatI were to acquire a freehold homein Shefford mortgage fee and have no survey and no local authority searches how much should I expect to have to pay for conveyancing in Shefford?
The sole reduction in fees you would make on is the Shefford conveyancing searches. A lawyer is required to do the vast majority of work - money laundering, liaising with the sellers conveyancer, SDLT submission, register the title etc. A marginal saving might be made by not needing to register a mortgage however it won't be a lot.
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Shefford. My lender is Chelsea Building Society
Chelsea Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 27/10/2025, the requirements read as follows :
My friend suggested that where I am purchasing in Shefford I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your Shefford conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Shefford 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 Property Price, Crime statistics, Shefford Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Shefford.
I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in Shefford. I now require my file but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Shefford of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I need to find a conveyancing solicitor for freehold conveyancing in Shefford. I happened to land on a web site which appears to be the ideal answer If there is a chance to get all this stuff completed via phone that would be ideal. Do I need to be wary? What are the potential pitfalls?
As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?
Is there a reason that Shefford conveyancing fees are higher for leasehold and freehold properties?
If purchasing a leasehold property there is more work involved purely due to the fact that usually there are further parties involved in the form of the freeholder and/or Management Agents. As part of a lawyers enquiries they will check that all ground rent and service charges are paid up to date amongst other general leasehold matters. For this reason, the Sellers lawyers usually have to refer to the freeholder or Managing Agent for their replies to our questions. This may be time consuming and beyond the lawyers control