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Reasons to use our Shoreham By Sea conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Shoreham By Sea conveyancers will acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 2 The accumulation of transactions means that Shoreham By Sea solicitor have established excellent working relationships with Shoreham By Sea local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of handling your house sale or purchase in Shoreham By Sea.
  • 3 Chances are that the other side’s solicitors are based in Shoreham By Sea - if so sets of solicitors will be familiar
  • 4 Using a a family Solicitor on the whole means that you will receive a more personal touch. When using a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who progress matters by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 5 Personal touch and a wealth of expertise are key benefits that you should look for when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Shoreham By Sea property deals can become a lot more complicated due to poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea since June 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea

My IFA requires my Shoreham By Sea solicitor’s panel reference for the Nationwide conveyancing panel. How do I discover this. I have tried my local Shoreham By Sea office but they have not responded to me.

Have you tried calling your Shoreham By Sea lawyer about this?. They keep a central record lender panel numbers.

We note that you have a post code search directory listing law firms on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for our conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Barclays conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on last month in what should have been a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Shoreham By Sea is the location of the property. What do you suggest?

Flying freeholds in Shoreham By Sea are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Shoreham By Sea you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Shoreham By Sea 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 property.

What tools are available to identify a Shoreham By Sea solicitor on the Coventry Building Society conveyancing panel? I have wheels and am prepared to travel upto 10miles to meet the lawyer.

Feel free to make use of the tool on this page. Please pick a lender and your location and you will see a number of Shoreham By Sea conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have listed some Shoreham By Sea conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can ring them to check if they are on the Coventry Building Society approved list

I own a leasehold house in Shoreham By Sea. Conveyancing and Skipton Building Society mortgage are in place. A letter has just been received from someone claiming to own the freehold. Attached was a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1993. The conveyancing practitioner in Shoreham By Sea who acted for me is not around. Do I pay?

First make enquiries of the Land Registry to be sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is in fact the new freeholder. There is no need to instruct a Shoreham By Sea conveyancing firm to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for £3. You should note that in any event, even if this is the rightful landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.

I purchased a split level flat in Shoreham By Sea, conveyancing formalities finalised in 2012. Can you let me have an estimated range of the fair premium for a lease extension? Equivalent properties in Shoreham By Sea with a long lease are worth £206,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £45 invoiced every year. The lease ends on 21st October 2091

With just 66 years remaining on your lease the likely cost is going to range between £11,400 and £13,200 plus costs.

The figure above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to advice on the actual costs in the absence of comprehensive due diligence. Do not use the figures in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt other issues that need to be considered and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward based on this information before getting professional advice.

We own a leasehold flat in Shoreham By Sea. Conveyancing was completed in 2010. I have read on numerous advice forums that I mustn’t allow the lease length get too low. Is this correct?

Shoreham By Sea residential long term leases are for a set period - usually just under one hundred years when they commenced. However many flats in Shoreham By Sea were built or converted 35 or more years ago and so these leases now have fewer than eighty years left to run. That may sound like plenty of time but Banks, Building Societies and other mortgage institutions tend to need leases to have a minimum of 75 years remaining to adequate security. This means that when you come to sell the property you will need to extend the term of your lease if you are getting close to seventy five years. To maximise the saleability of your property you should be thinking about whether or not to extend your lease well in advance of selling the property. There are also significant benefits to taking action before the lease reaches even eighty years as when the lease is less than eighty years the premium you have to pay to extend starts to increase.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Shoreham By Sea

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Shoreham By Sea with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Hightrees Law, 26 Brighton Road, Shoreham, West Sussex, BN43 6RG
  • Engleharts, Vallance Hall, Hove Street, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2DE
  • Griffith Smith Conway, 154a Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2DL
  • Bennett Griffin Llp, Shelley House, 23 Warwick Street, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3DG
  • Goodlaw Solicitors, 6 The Drive, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 3JA

Planning law solicitors in Shoreham By Sea regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Shoreham By Sea with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including special planning controls
  • M S Page, 3 The Rise, Portslade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN41 2PY
  • Bennett Griffin Llp, Shelley House, 23 Warwick Street, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3DG
  • Mayo Wynne Baxter Llp, Century House, 15-19 Dyke Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 3FE

Typically, Shoreham By Sea conveyancing for a sale has some of the following tasks

  • Lawyer instructed by the owners once the offer has been accepted
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Drafting contract and associated documents
  • Supplying draft papers to the conveyancing practitioner retained by the purchaser
  • Finalising the wording for contracts and replying to supplemental questions from the buyer’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Agreeing the transfer document
  • Answering requisitions submitted by the buyer’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion formalities
  • Accepting the sale proceeds and wiring funds to the vendor, the estate agent and other relevant parties (where relevant)

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

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