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Top 5 reasons to let us help you find a high street conveyancing solicitor in Tonbridge

  • 1 This site is the only site that enables you the facility to check that your conveyancing in Tonbridge will be conducted by a law firm on your bank approved panel.
  • 2 You can gain comfort when you select the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Tonbridge has a number to pick from, but for a truly dependable and reliable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.
  • 3 Notwithstanding what alternative solicitors tell you it may be important to pop into your lawyer to sign documents. Too many 3rd parties are already involved in a conveyancing transaction without having to include Royal Mail into the mix.
  • 4 Personal touch together with a wealth of expertise are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Tonbridge conveyancing can become significantly more protracted as a result of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers we work with strive to make sure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.
  • 5 Chances are that the the conveyancers for the other party have offices in Tonbridge - if so sets of lawyers will have worked on conveyancing matters in the past

Examples of recent conveyancing in Tonbridge since November 2025*

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Transfer

of apartment Medway Wharf Road TN9 1GS, at purchase price of £106,500. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending the transfer to the seller for execution in readiness for completion, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

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Conveyance

of flat Lyons Crescent TN9 1FB, at a price of £187,500. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

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Sale

of flat Sovereign Way TN9 1FQ, at sale sum of £287,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in readiness for completion

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Acquisition

of flat Whitefriars Wharf TN9 1QR, purchased for £223,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in readiness for completion, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Tonbridge

My husband and I are purchasing a brand new apartment in Tonbridge and my conveyancer is telling me that she has to the bank to disclose incentives from the developer. I am on a tight deadline to exchange and I would rather not delay the conveyancing. is my lawyer playing by the book?

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

It is a dozen years since I bought my property in Tonbridge. Conveyancing solicitors have now been instructed on the sale but I can't locate my title documents. Is this a problem?

Don’t worry too much. First there is a chance that the deeds will be with the mortgage company or they could still be with the conveyancers who acted in the purchase. Secondly the likelihood is that the property will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to prove you own the property by your conveyancing solicitors obtaining up to date copy of the land registers. The vast majority of conveyancing in Tonbridge involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is not registered it is more of a problem but is resolvable.

Do the Building Society Association intend to launch a search tool with a view to list firms on the Darlington Building Society conveyancing panel for example in Tonbridge?

Lexsure has not been advised of any plans on the part of the BSA to promote such a register.

We are buying a property in Tonbridge. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a conveyancer? At some point we have to send funds into their account. What is the protection we have from them run away with our monies?

Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.

When it comes to mortgage companies such as Santander, do Tonbridge property lawyers face an annual charge to be on the list of approved solicitors?

We are unaware of any bank fees to register on their list of approved firms, although some do levy an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel submission.

I have paid off my mortgage with RBS. I assume I don't need a Tonbridge lawyer on the RBS panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.

If you have finished paying off your RBS mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the RBS mortgage from the register. RBS, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

  1. but are not moving to another property
  2. where RBS has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. RBS has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your RBS mortgage has been paid off.

I own a leasehold house in Tonbridge. Conveyancing and Santander mortgage went though with no issue. A letter has just been received from someone saying they have taken over the freehold. It included a demand for arrears of ground rent dating back to 1992. The conveyancing practitioner in Tonbridge who acted for me is not around. Do I pay?

First make enquiries of the Land Registry to be sure that the individual purporting to own the freehold is indeed the registered owner of the freehold reversion. You do not need to incur the fees of a Tonbridge conveyancing practitioner to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for less than a fiver. Rest assured that in any event, even if this is the rightful landlord, under the Limitation Act 1980 the limitation period for recovery of ground rent is six years.

I am the registered owner of a 2 bed flat in Tonbridge, conveyancing was carried out half a dozen years ago. Can you give me give me an indication of the likely cost of a lease extension? Corresponding properties in Tonbridge with an extended lease are worth £190,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £65 yearly. The lease comes to an end on 21st October 2087

With 61 years left to run we estimate the premium for your lease extension to be between £19,000 and £22,000 as well as legals.

The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to supply the actual costs in the absence of detailed due diligence. You should not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt other issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward based on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.

When it comes to my conveyancing in Tonbridge should I be paying VAT on the following: (1) Land reg fee on purchase (2) Pre - completion search fee (3) SDLT E submission on purchase (4) Bank TT fee

(1) Land reg fee on purchase - No (2) Pre - completion search fees -No, (such conveyancing searches are HMLR ones and means £4 and possibly £2 bankruptcy per name on your mortgage) (3) SDLT E submission on your purchase - There is no VAT on Stamp Duty. However if the firm is charging a stamp duty e-submission fee as part of their services - some Tonbridge conveyancers do - that will incur VAT(4) Bank transfer fee - Yes it is for the solicitor's time in submitting the funds this way.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Tonbridge regulated by the SRA

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

  • Bailey & Cogger, 139 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1DG
  • Warners Law Llp, Bank House, Bank Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BL
  • Sean O'connor & Co, 54 The Drive, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2LR
  • Burtons Solicitors Limited, Tyled House, 23a High Street, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PH
  • Cooperburnett Llp, Napier House, 14-16 Mount Ephraim Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1EE

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Tonbridge regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Tonbridge practicing in commercial conveyancing in Tonbridge. This will likely include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Bailey & Cogger, 139 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1DG
  • Warners Law Llp, Bank House, Bank Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BL
  • Burtons Solicitors Limited, Tyled House, 23a High Street, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PH
  • Cooperburnett Llp, Napier House, 14-16 Mount Ephraim Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1EE
  • Cripps Llp, Wallside House, 12 Mount Ephraim Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1EG

Typically, Tonbridge conveyancing for a sale includes some of the following tasks

  • Conveyancing practitioner instructed by the seller on acceptance of the offer
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Drafting contract and associated documents
  • Supplying draft papers to the conveyancer representing the purchaser
  • Negotiating contracts and answering additional questions from the purchaser’s conveyancer
  • Agreeing the transfer deed
  • Replying to requisitions submitted by the purchaser’s conveyancer
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Receiving sale proceeds and wiring funds to the vendor, the estate agent and redeeming the mortgage (where appropriate)

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

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