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Logical reasons to use our service to assist you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in Silverton

  • 1 No matter what any alternative sites advise it could be necessary to attend your solicitor to execute legal papers. There are enough parties engaged in a homemove without having to include Royal Mail into the mix.
  • 2 We are the UKs largest domestic conveyancing directory listing mortgage company approved law firms delivering conveyancing in Silverton regulated and authorised by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 3 Silverton solicitor are the key to a successful Silverton home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing
  • 4 Conveyancer conveyancing solicitors have valuable personal links with Silverton estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these firms are often located many miles away with limited appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Silverton

Examples of recent conveyancing in Silverton since February 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Silverton

I am selling my house in Silverton and the EA has just called to advise that the buyers are swapping law firm. The reason given is that the lender will only engage with property lawyers on their approved list. Why would a leading mortgage company only engage with specific lawyers rather the firm that they want to appoint for their conveyancing in Silverton ?

Banks have always had panels of law firms they are content to work with, but in the past few years big names such as Yorkshire Building Society, have reviewed and reduced their conveyancing panel– in some cases removing conveyancing firms who have represented them for more than 15 years.

Mortgage companies point to the increase in fraud as the reason for the reduction – criteria have been stiffened as a smaller panel is easier to oversee. No lender will say how many solicitors have been dropped, claiming the information is commercially sensitive, but the Law Society says it is being contacted daily by practices that have been removed from panels. Plenty of firms are unaware that they have been dropped until contacted by a borrower who has instructed them as might be the situation in your buyers' case. The purchasers are unlikely to have any impact on this.

We are buying a newly constructed duplex in Silverton and my solicitor is advising me that she is duty bound to the lender to reveal incentives from the seller. I am nearing the developer’s deadline to exchange and my preference is not to prolong the conveyancing. Is my lawyer right?

You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your conveyancer. A precondition to being on a lender panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.

I am the registered owner of a freehold premises in Silverton yet charged rent, why is this and what is this?

It’s unusual for properties in Silverton and has limited impact for conveyancing in Silverton but some freehold properties in England (particularly common in North West England) pay an annual sum known as a Chief Rent or a Rentcharge to a third party who has no other legal interest in the land.

Rentcharge payments are usually between £2.00 and £5.00 per year. Rentcharges have existed for many centuries, but the Rent Charge Act 1977 barred the creation of new rentcharges post 1977.

Old rentcharges can now be extinguished by making a one off payment under the Act. Any rentcharges that are still in existence in 2037 is to be extinguished.

My apartment in Silverton is up for sale and I have a purchaser. Will my property lawyer need to be required to be on the Barclays conveyancing panel in order to deal with redeeming my mortgage?

Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Barclays conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their conditions fairly frequently in recent years.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build flat in Silverton. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Here are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Silverton

    Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore.

Is it necessary during the course of the conveyancing process to pop into the offices of the lender conveyancing panel solicitor to execute the mortgage deed? If so, I will instruct a firm who offer conveyancing in Silverton so that I can pop in to their offices if necessary.

Most conveyancing panel lawyers for the bank undertake conveyancing via the post, internet or over the phone. This means that they can undertake your Conveyancing Transaction no matter where you live in England or Wales. YOu dont have to use a conveyancing solicitor in Silverton. However you should check if you can still book an appointment to go into appointed conveyancing lawyer if you prefer.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Silverton

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Silverton specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Hole & Pugsley, 6 St. Peter Street, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6NX

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Silverton regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Silverton practicing in commercial conveyancing in Silverton. This may include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Hole & Pugsley, 6 St. Peter Street, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6NX

What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Silverton?

Licensed Conveyancers deal with the transfer of ownership of a property from one person to another and cover conveyancing countrywide not just Silverton. When instructing a Licensed Conveyancer governed by the CLC, you can expect:
  • Enjoy the benefit of an honest and lawful conveyancing.
  • Receive a high standard of legal services.
  • Be supplied with your transaction dealt with using care, skill and legal competence.
  • Receive a high standard of service due to your conveyancer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Receive a service which is accessible and responsive to your individual needs.
  • Not feel discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • To receive the level you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Have your specific needs taken into account should a complaint be necessary.
  • Receive a speedy, independent and comprehensive service when if a complaint is registered about your conveyancing in Silverton.

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