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Reasons to use our St Helens conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 No matter what any other lawyers advise it may be necessary to pop into your solicitor to sign legal papers. There are various parties with involved in a house sale without having to include the postman into the mix.
  • 2 Over the years St Helens lawyer have established valuable working relationships with St Helens local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of undertaking your home move in St Helens.
  • 3 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these companies are often based hundreds of kilometers away with little understanding of the factors that affect property transactions in St Helens
  • 4 St Helens conveyancers will have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 5 Lawyer conveyancing firms have very good personal connections with St Helens estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in St Helens since February 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in St Helens

My wife and I swapping mortgage lender for our penthouse in St Helens with Clydesdale. We have a son 19 who lives with us. Our solicitor requested us to identify any adults other than ourselves who reside at the property. The solicitor has now sent a form for our son to sign, waiving any legal rights in the event that the apartment is forfeited by the lender. I have a couple of concerns (1) Is this document specific to the Clydesdale conveyancing panel as he did not need to sign this form when we purchased 4 years ago (2) Does our son by signing this compromise his rights to inherit the property?

On the face of it your lawyer has done nothing wrong as it is established procedure for any occupier who is aged 17 or over to sign the necessary Consent Form, which is purely to state that any rights he has in the property are postponed and secondary to Clydesdale. This is solely used to protect Clydesdale if the property were re-possessed so that in such circumstances, your son would be legally obliged to leave. It does not impact your son’s right to inherit the apartment. Please note that if your son were to inherit and the mortgage in favour of Clydesdale had not been discharged, he would be liable to take over the loan or pay it off, but other than that, there is nothing stopping him from keeping the property in accordance with your will or the rules of intestacy.

We are expecting a mortgage offer soon. The bank mentioned the loan came with free conveyancing. Does this mean I have to appoint their panel lawyer as I would prefer to instruct a St Helens based conveyancing firm?

You should check but the the probability is that appoint one of their panel conveyancers should you take up the "fee-free" incentive. Call the lender and check if they make available a monetary alternative. It is not unheard for a lender to give a £250 cashback as an alternative in which case you could put that amount towards your preferred conveyancing solicitor in St Helens.

I am expecting a OIP from Aldermore this week so we can work out what to offer on a property we like as otherwise we are dependent on web based calculators (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc). Do Aldermore recommend any St Helens solicitors on the Aldermore conveyancing panel, or is it better to find our own lawyer?

You will need to appoint St Helens solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the Aldermore conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and Aldermore through the process.

I'm in the throws of viewing houses in St Helens and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it wise to have a solicitor on ‘stand by’? I intend to finance via a home loan with TSB.

You should start requesting conveyancing quotes from solicitors ASAP. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their details on to the estate agent. Given that you are seeking a mortgage with TSB, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the TSB conveyancing panel.

Completion of my remortgage has taken place for my property in St Helens. Conveyancing was of an acceptable standard but I feel I should register my dissatisfaction about the lender. Who do I contact should I wish to lodge a complaint?

Almost all banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first point of contact should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Services Department at head office. We understand that complaints to a lender are resolved effectively and efficiently. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service with full details of your complaint.

I am looking for a flat up to £245,000 and found one near me in St Helens I like with amenity areas and station in the vicinity, the downside is that it's only got 49 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in St Helens suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a lease with such few years left?

Should you require a home loan that many years will likely be problematic. Reduce the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing owner has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you can ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer concerning this matter.

We're FTB’s - agreed a price, yet the selling agent has warned us that the seller will only go ahead if we use their recommended lawyers as they want a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a local conveyancer with experience of conveyancing in St Helens

We suspect that the seller is not behind this ultimatum. If they require ‘a quick sale', alienating a motivated purchaser is likely to cause more damage than good. Avoid the agents and go straight to the sellers and explain that (a)you are serious buyers (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are unencumbered (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you will continue to instruct your preferred St Helens conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will earn the negotiator at the agency a commission or hit his conveyancing thresholds demanded by corporate headquarters.

My sister purchased her house in St Helens Six years past. She has since got married, divorced and has recently remarried. She now intends to dispose of the St Helens property. I believe she will just be asked to supply copies of the marriage papers to the property lawyer but she is worried it will frustrate the sale of the property. Should she appoint a lawyer to update the Land Registry details for the house?

You are not required to bring up to date the register on the basis that you have the evidence needed to demonstrate how the name change has come about.

Any purchaser’s lawyer should review the registered entries and require evidence to prove the change of name e.g. marriage documentation.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in St Helens regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in St Helens with expertise in commercial conveyancing in St Helens. This will likely include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • 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
  • 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

Residential conveyancing in St Helens almost always consists of the following:

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Drafting contract and associated papers
  • Submitting draft papers to the conveyancer retained by the buyer
  • Negotiating contracts and answering supplemental queries from the buyer’s conveyancer
  • Finalising the transfer document
  • Responding to requisitions prepared by the purchaser’s conveyancer
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion of the sale
  • Receiving sale proceeds and transferring funds to the vendor, the estate agent and redeeming the mortgage (if applicable)

St Helens commercial property solicitors draw on a full range of commercial expertise offering advice on a variety of aspects of commercial property law

    Buying, selling and leasing land for registered charities Commercial development (from overage and options through to site acquisitions and construction) Options and guarantees Formation of commercial management companies High street shops, agricultural or development land to hotels and office blocks.

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

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