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Top reasons to use our service to help you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in Towcester

  • 1 The practices identified on our directory have a variation of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 2 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these companies are often based many kilometers away with little understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Towcester
  • 3 The accumulation of transactions means that Towcester property lawyer have established valuable working relationships with Towcester 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 Towcester.
  • 4 Towcester solicitors will have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 5 Personal touch together with pure property local knowledge are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Towcester home moves can be made significantly more complicated due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers listed ensure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Towcester since November 2025*

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of flat Watling Street East NN12 6BT, purchased for £105,500. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries

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Purchase

of apartment Islington Road NN12 6AU, purchased for £152,500. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

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Sale

of semi-detached residence, Senna Drive, NN12 7AU completing on 17/11/2025 at a price of £690,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

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Disposal

of detached residence residence, Mansell Close, NN12 7AY completing on 28/11/2025 at a price of £445,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Towcester

My partner’s mother is a solicitor. I suspect that I will be offered friends and family pricing for conveyancing, However if that does not come through, what kind of fees should I be expecting for conveyancing in Towcester?

It’s sensible to seek 3 or more like-for-like conveyancing quotes. Make use of our comparison tool on this site. The quotes do vary but service levels do are distinct between solicitors as is the case with most professions.

My wife and I have recently appointed a conveyancing solicitor in Towcester. I need to find out if they are on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society approved list of lawyers. Could you assist?

The first thing to do is phone your solicitor and enquire whether they can act for the lender. Alternatively you can call Norwich and Peterborough Building Society who may be able to confirm.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Towcester. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Towcester

    Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? 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 Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I have offered on two weeks back in what should have been a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Towcester is where the house is located. Can you offer any guidance?

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

We are 18 days into a freehold purchase having been referred to conveyancers by the selling agent to execute conveyancing in Towcester. I am am extremely dissatisfied with the quality of service. Can you you assist me in finding new lawyers?

A conveyancer would have to be really bad in order to consider changing them. Has the loan offer been issued? If so you must advise them of the new conveyancer and have the offer are re-issued. Your new solicitor ideally needs to be on the mortgage company panel to avoid supplemental costs and complications. That should be your starting point. Our search tool should assist you in finding a lender approved conveyancer for your home move in Towcester

Our solicitor in Towcester has identified a a problem with the lease for the apartment we are buying in Towcester. The seller’s lawyers have suggested title insurance as a workaround. We are content with insurance and will cover the costs. Our lawyer says that as he is on the mortgage company conveyancing panel he must ensure that the lender is happy with this solution. Are we the client or is the mortgage company?

The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the potential for a conflict of interest, you and the mortgage company are the client. A precondition to being on the lender approved panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects will the lease so that the lender can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected . Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Towcester regulated by the SRA

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

  • Shepherd & Co, 184 Watling Street East, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 6DB
  • Guellec-digby &co Limited, Malsor House, Gayton Road, Milton Malsor, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN7 3AB

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Towcester regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Towcester with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Towcester. This should include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Shepherd & Co, 184 Watling Street East, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 6DB

Typically, Towcester conveyancing for a purchase has some of the following tasks

  • Obtaining instructions from parties involved
  • Investigating the title to the premises
  • Ordering Towcester conveyancing searches for the property
  • Assessing draft sale agreement and other papers collated by the seller’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Raising questions with the owner’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Negotiating the sale contract
  • Examining replies prepared by the seller to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Negotiating the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the buyer in respect of the mortgage offer: (if applicable)
  • Preparing and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Completing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct SDLT forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the purchase and the mortgage (if appropriate) at the HM Land Registry.

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

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