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Reasons to use our St Helens conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Our site offers most comprehensive residential conveyancing directory listing mortgage company approved property lawyers conducting conveyancing in St Helens regulated and authorised by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 2 Our site is the first site offering you the ability to check that your property ownership legalities in St Helens will be carried out by a property lawyer on your mortgage lender’s authorised panel.
  • 3 Retaining the services of a a family 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 determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 4 The organisations identified on our directory have a mix of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 5 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these companies are often based many kilometers away with little understanding of the factors that affect property transactions in St Helens

Examples of recent conveyancing in St Helens since January 2025*

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Sale

of apartment Creswell Street WA10 2PN, at the agreed consideration of £65,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

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Transfer

of apartment Drake Street WA10 4JG, at buying sum of £107,500. Leasehold conveyancing included: ordering official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

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Purchase

of flat Litherland Crescent WA11 9AR, purchased for £150,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

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Purchase

of flat Chelford Road WA10 5PL, purchased for £215,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in St Helens

How do I check that the solicitor conducting my conveyancing in St Helens is on the bank’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Bank of Scotland thus paying £175.00 in another set of legal costs.

Please do make use of the search tool on this site. Please choose the mortgage company and type ‘St Helens’ or your preferred area and you will discover numerous solicitors offices in St Helens or nearest you.

A friend advised me that if I am buying in St Helens I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your St Helens conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about St Helens around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the St Helens Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, St Helens Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning St Helens.

I have recentlybeen informed that Wolstenholmes have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in St Helens for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 18 months ago. How can I be sure that my home is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?

The easiest way to check if the premises is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of St Helens conveyancing specialists.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. St Helens is the location of the property. What do you suggest?

Flying freeholds in St Helens are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside St Helens you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in St Helens 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.

I am using a search engine for the term on line conveyancing in St Helens it brings up numerous property lawyerslocally. With so much choice what is the best way to find the suitable conveyancer for the sale of my house?

The preferential way of seeking the right conveyancer is via trusted recommendation, so ask colleagues and family who have acquired a property in St Helens or the respected estate agent or financial adviser. Charges for conveyancing in St Helens differ, so it's advisable to secure at least three fee calculations from different conveyancers. Be sure to secure confirmation that the fees are fixed.

How much experience do your St Helens conveyancing solicitors have with Help To Buy, Shared Equity and similar schemes?

St Helens conveyancing lawyers help thousands of people move home every year and assisted lots of clients through the Help To Buy scheme. The chances are that whatever makes your case unique St Helens conveyancers have worked on recent similar cases.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in St Helens regulated by the SRA

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

  • Haygarth Jones, 109-111 Corporation Street, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1SX
  • Barrow And Cook Solicitors Limited, 5-7 Victoria Square, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1HH
  • Tickle Hall Cross, Carlton Chambers, 25 Hardshaw Street, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1RP
  • J Keith Park Solicitors, Claughton House, 39 Barrow Street, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1RX
  • Nicholas John Hall Limited, Barrow House, 26 Barrow Street, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1RX

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in St Helens

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in St Helens practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • Haygarth Jones, 109-111 Corporation Street, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1SX
  • Tickle Hall Cross, Carlton Chambers, 25 Hardshaw Street, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1RP
  • Frodshams Solicitors Limited, 17/19 Hardshaw Street, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1RB
  • St Helens Law Limited, 19-27 Shaw Street, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1DF
  • Barrington Lewis Law Ltd, Allied Business Centre, 1 Potter Place, Pimbo, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 9PW

What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in St Helens?

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding purchasing and selling property and cover conveyancing countrywide not just St Helens. If using a Licensed Conveyancer regulated by the CLC, you can expect:
  • Enjoy the benefit of an honest and lawful service.
  • Receive a high standard of legal services.
  • Receive your transaction dealt with using care, skill and legal competence.
  • Receive a high standard of service due to your lawyer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Have a service which is accessible and responsive to your specific requirements.
  • You should not consider yourself discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • To receive the standard you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Have your individual needs taken into account should a complaint be necessary.
  • Receive a swift, impartial and comprehensive service when making a complaint about your conveyancing in St Helens about your conveyancing in St Helens.

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

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