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Reasons to use our Shoreham By Sea conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 You can rest easier when select the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Shoreham By Sea has a number to select from, but for a truly dependable and dependable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.
  • 2 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Shoreham By Sea is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) often falls short of the high standards of professionalism you will expect.
  • 3 On the balance of probabilities the other side’s conveyancers are located in Shoreham By Sea - if so both parties will be on good working terms
  • 4 Shoreham By Sea property lawyers have a significant advantage when it comes to Shoreham By Sea conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will affect your conveyancing
  • 5 Using a high street Solicitor generally results in a more personal touch. Online forums bear testimony to the idea that in appointing a large conveyancing firm, 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 Shoreham By Sea since December 2025*

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Disposal

of terraced property, Eastern Avenue, BN43 6PE completing on 12/12/2025 at a price of £439,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

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Sale

of detached residence residence, Saffron Close, BN43 6JF completing on 15/12/2025 at a price of £400,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, obtaining official copies of the title

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Sale

of detached residence property, Overhill, BN42 4WH completing on 12/12/2025 at a price of £485,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, preparing statement detailing charges

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Sale

of semi-detached property, Overhill, BN42 4WJ completing on 18/12/2025 at a price of £422,250. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, obtaining official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea

Would the conveyancing lawyers identified via your search tool execute auction conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea?

We know of a number of auction solicitors we can put you in touch with those conducting auction conveyancing. Shoreham By Sea is one of the many locations where our lawyers have offices.

My colleague advised me that if I am buying in Shoreham By Sea I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Shoreham By Sea conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Shoreham By Sea around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Shoreham By Sea Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Shoreham By Sea Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Shoreham By Sea.

My wife and I own a terraced Edwardian house in Shoreham By Sea. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and The Royal Bank of Scotland. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw two entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold under the matching property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You need to read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Shoreham By Sea and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they remortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also enquire as to the situation with your conveyancing practitioner who conducted the conveyancing.

How does conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea differ for newly converted properties?

Most buyers of new build or newly converted property in Shoreham By Sea contact us having been asked by the seller to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the premises is constructed. This is because house builders in Shoreham By Sea usually buy the land, 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 conveyancing solicitors 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 Shoreham By Sea or who has acted in the same development.

I have been pointed in your direction by a few selling agents in Shoreham By Sea to select a conveyancer using your seach tool. What’s the financial inducement for Estate Agents to offer your lawyers rather than alternative conveyancing organisations?

We don’t make any referral fee for pointing buyers and sellers in our direction. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission as home movers will think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

All being well we will complete our sale of a £150,000 apartment in Shoreham By Sea in 10 days. The management company has quoted £312 for Certificate of Compliance, insurance certificate and previous years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge an administration fee for a flat conveyance in Shoreham By Sea?

For the majority of leasehold sales in Shoreham By Sea conveyancing will involve, questions about the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :

    Addressing pre-contract enquiries Where consent is required before sale in Shoreham By Sea Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Shoreham By Sea leasehold premises is £350. For Shoreham By Sea conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to supply the information.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea - A selection of Questions you should consider Prior to Purchasing

    For many Shoreham By Sea leaseholds the outlay for major works tend not to be incorporated into the service charges, although some managing agents in Shoreham By Sea obliged leaseholders to pay into a reserve fund and this is used to offset against larger repairs or maintenance. What is the annual service fee and ground rent? How is the lease structured?

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Shoreham By Sea regulated by the SRA

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

  • Robert Simon & Co, St Mary's House, St Mary's Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5ZA
  • M S Page, 3 The Rise, Portslade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN41 2PY
  • Norton Wagstaffe (west Sussex) Limited, 117 Brighton Road, Lancing, West Sussex, BN15 8HT
  • Engleharts, Vallance Hall, Hove Street, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2DE
  • Griffith Smith Conway, 154a Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2DL

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Shoreham By Sea

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Shoreham By Sea specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • 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

Shoreham By Sea commercial property solicitors provide expert offering advice on numerous aspects of commercial property law

    Granting a licence to assign, sublet or carry out works Telecommunications and broadcast mast sites Formation of commercial management companies Property finance transactions, including sale and leaseback General advice on title or other property issues Offices, shops, public houses, off licenses, factories, nursing homes and warehouses

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

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