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If you have reached us by Googling ‘Conveyancing in St Albans’ follow your intuition — you will have a better house move where you instruct a conveyancing solicitor in St Albans.

Reasons to use our St Albans conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Personal touch together with pure property expertise are key benefits that you should value when choosing conveyancing solicitors. St Albans property deals can become a lot more protracted 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.
  • 2 St Albans solicitors have a crucial advantage when it comes to St Albans conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can impact your sale or purchase
  • 3 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often located hundreds of kilometers away with limited appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in St Albans
  • 4 The practices listed on our directory have a mix of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 5 Over the years St Albans property lawyer have established excellent working relationships with St Albans 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 conveyancing in St Albans.

Examples of recent conveyancing in St Albans since September 2023*

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Sale

of terraced property, Kimberley Road, AL3 5PX completing on 07/09/2023 at a price of £697,500. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, securing official copies of the title

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Disposal

of detached residence property, Boundary Road, AL1 4DH completing on 08/09/2023 at a price of £850,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various 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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Transfer

of apartment Batchwood Drive AL3 5SA, at purchase consideration of £370,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

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Sale

of semi property, Hatfield Road, AL4 0DH completing on 11/09/2023 at a price of £940,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, securing official copies of the title, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s solicitor

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in St Albans

The St Albans conveyancing firm handling our St Albans conveyancing has discovered an inconsistency when comparing the surveyor’s assumptions in the valuation survey and what is in the legal papers for the property. My solicitor informs me that he needs to check that the lender is OK with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my lawyer’s approach right?

Your solicitor must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook specifications which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.

We are buying a property and need a conveyancing solicitor in St Albans who is on the Bank of Ireland solicitor panel. Can you recommend a local firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Bank of Ireland . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in St Albans.

I am purchasing a garden flat in St Albans. Conveyancing solicitors are said to be ‘a necessary evil’ but can I do it myself?

Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in St Albans you will have to appoint a solicitor on your lender's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in St Albans.

My wife and I buying a 4 bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans. The intention is to carry out an extension to the side at the property.Will the conveyancing process include enquiries to see if these works are prohibited?

Your property lawyer should check the registered title as conveyancing in St Albans will occasionally reveal restrictions in the title documents which prohibit categories of works or need the permission of a 3rd party. Some works require local authority planning permissions and approval in compliance with building regulations. Some areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or impact extensions. It would be wise to check these things with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.

Is it the case that all St Albans solicitors on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel are governed by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?

As solicitors, in order to be on the Leeds Building Society approved list of solicitors they would need to be governed by the SRA. Some lenders do permit licenced conveyancers on their panel and in such a situation the firms would be overseen by the CLC.

My wife and I have arranged the release of further funds on our home loan from HSBC as we want to conduct improvements to our home in St Albans. Do we need to appoint a bricks and mortar St Albans solicitor on the HSBC conveyancing panel to deal with the paperwork?

HSBC would not normally require firms on their conveyancing panel to handle the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the HSBC conveyancing panel.

Do commercial conveyancing searches reveal impending roadworks that could affect a commercial estate in St Albans?

Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in St Albans will execute a SiteSolutions Highways report as it dramatically cuts the time that conveyancers spend in researching accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in St Albans. The search result provides definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in St Albans.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in St Albans it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately may cause delays to St Albans commercial conveyancing deals as well as pose a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not ordered for residential conveyancing in St Albans.

I opted to have a survey completed on a house in St Albans before instructing conveyancers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. The surveyor advised that some lenders may refuse to issue a loan on this type of home.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different requirements for example to Nationwide. Should you wish to call us we can look into this further via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in St Albans. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in St Albans

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in St Albans practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • Sa Law Llp, Gladstone Place, 36-38 Upper Marlborough Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3UU
  • Debenhams Ottaway Llp, Ivy House, 107 St. Peters Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3EW
  • Sherrards Solicitors Llp, 45 Grosvenor Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3AW
  • Radius Law Limited, 5 The Old Dairy Mews, Castle Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 5FJ
  • Rexton Legal Services Limited, 38 South Riding, Bricket Wood, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL2 3NE

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in St Albans regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in St Albans practicing in commercial conveyancing in St Albans. This could include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • Bretherton Law Ltd, Alban Row, 27-31 Verulam Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 4DG
  • Sony Sadaf Haroon Solicitors, 1st and 2nd Floor, 6 Victoria Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3JB
  • Photiades Solicitors Ltd, Longmire House, 36-38 London Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 1NG
  • Sa Law Llp, Gladstone Place, 36-38 Upper Marlborough Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3UU
  • Debenhams Ottaway Llp, Ivy House, 107 St. Peters Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3EW

Planning law solicitors in St Albans regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in St Albans specialising in planning law. This could include advice on planning applications and appeals
  • Debenhams Ottaway Llp, Ivy House, 107 St. Peters Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3EW
  • Perrins Solicitors Llp, 10 Waterside, Station Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4US
  • Alban Perrin Limited, 10 Waterside, Station Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4US

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

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