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Reasons to use our Shenley conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Experience means that Shenley property lawyer have established very good connections with Shenley 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 house sale or purchase in Shenley.
  • 2 Our site is the first site that enables you the ability to ensure that your conveyancing in Shenley will be carried out by a solicitor on your mortgage lender’s approved panel.
  • 3 The organisations shown on our directory have a variation of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 4 Using a local Solicitor in the main results in a more personal touch. When using a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who progress matters by reading from their computer screens.
  • 5 Firms accustomed to conveyancing in Shenley regularly deal withlocal concerns peculiar to Shenley and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and expeditious conveyancing.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Shenley since December 2022*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Shenley

Completed the sale of my flat in Shenley last May but our buyer keeps Skype messaging daily to say her conveyancer is waiting to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?

After completion of your disposal your lawyer should deliver the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. If applicable, your conveyancer should also evidence that the home loan has been paid off to the purchasers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion formalities specific conveyancing in Shenley.

Should our solicitor be raising questions regarding flooding during the conveyancing in Shenley.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for lawyers dealing with homes in Shenley. There are those who acquire a house in Shenley, fully aware that at some time, it may be flooded. However, aside from the physical damage, if a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, adequate building insurance, or dispose of the property. Steps can be carried out as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the purchaser.

Conveyancers are not qualified to impart advice on flood risk, but there are a number of searches that can be undertaken by the purchaser or by their lawyers which will figure out the risks in Shenley. The standard property information forms sent to a buyer’s solicitor (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) contains a usual inquiry of the vendor to determine whether the premises has historically flooded. If the premises has been flooded in past and is not notified by the owner, then a buyer could bring a legal claim for losses as a result of such an incorrect response. A purchaser’s conveyancers should also conduct an environmental report. This will indicate if there is a recorded flood risk. If so, further investigations will need to be initiated.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my property can not be found. The solicitors who dealt with the conveyancing in Shenley 4 years ago are no longer around. What are my options?

Assuming you have a registered title the details of your proprietorship will be recorded by the Land Registry under a Title Number. It is easy to conduct a search at the Land Registry, identify your property and order up to date copies of the Registered Entries for less than a fiver. If the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will usually hold a file copy of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be obtained for a small fee.

How does conveyancing in Shenley differ for new build properties?

Most buyers of new build residence in Shenley come to us having been asked by the developer to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the property is constructed. This is because developers in Shenley tend to acquire 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 property lawyers 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 Shenley or who has acted in the same development.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Shenley is the location of the property. Is there any advice you can give?

Flying freeholds in Shenley are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Shenley you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Shenley may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.

My business partner and I are planning to take an assignment of a lease of a shop on a shopping parade. Can you recommend conveyancers offering fixed charges for non-domestic conveyancing in Shenley for under £2000?

We can recommend firms who host a wealth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Shenley, including the sale and purchase of businesses as well as simply property. If you are intending to acquire or sell a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit or a complete business we will find you the right firm. Regarding the charges this will depend on the structure and nuances of the proposed transaction. Let us have your details or call us so that we can provide you with a detailed commercial conveyancing quote.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Shenley regulated by the SRA

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

  • Spalter Fisher Llp, 1 Theobald Court, Theobald Street, Elstree, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 4RN
  • Martin Smith & Co, Majestic House, 18 Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 1DL
  • Landau & Cohen, Medburn Lodge, Butterfly Lane, Elstree, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 3AD
  • Brightstone Law Llp, Brightstone House, 511 Centennial Park, Centennial Avenue, Elstree, Hertfordshire, WD6 3FG
  • Shahin & Co, 7th Floor Suite 15, Metropolitan House, 3 Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 1AG

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Shenley

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Shenley specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Terms and conditions of tenancy agreements

  • Spalter Fisher Llp, 1 Theobald Court, Theobald Street, Elstree, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 4RN
  • Martin Smith & Co, Majestic House, 18 Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 1DL
  • Landau & Cohen, Medburn Lodge, Butterfly Lane, Elstree, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 3AD
  • Brightstone Law Llp, Brightstone House, 511 Centennial Park, Centennial Avenue, Elstree, Hertfordshire, WD6 3FG
  • Stanley De Leon Solicitors, 45 Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 1BJ

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Shenley regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Shenley but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Horizon Law Limited, 214 High Street, EN5 5SZ
  • Graham Smith Property Lawyers , St Johns House, WD24 6PW
  • Horizon Law Limited, 12 Market Place, AL10 0LN
  • St John's Property Lawyers, 22a The Avenue, WD17 4NS

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

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