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Reasons to use our Ampthill conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Ampthill solicitors have a significant advantage when it comes to Ampthill conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your conveyancing
  • 2 Using a high street Solicitor in the main results in a more personal touch. When using a an online conveyancing factory, your matter is handled by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.
  • 3 No matter what any other on-line conveyancers inform you it could be necessary to visit your lawyer to execute legal papers. There are enough parties engaged in a house sale without needing to include Royal Mail into the equation.
  • 4 Ampthill conveyancing lawyers are likely to be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 5 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Ampthill is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) often falls short of the level of professionalism you will expect.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Ampthill since February 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Ampthill

Souldretaining a Ampthill conveyancing firm make my purchase more efficient?

On the whole conveyancing lawyers in your neck of the woods will enjoy strong alliances with your local authority, which could help with your Ampthill conveyancing searches that your conveyancer will require on your transaction. It also helps if they have strong relationships with the Land Registry covering your area Ampthill, other lawyers in the location and Ampthill Estate Agents.

The Ampthill conveyancing firm handling our Ampthill conveyancing has discovered an inconsistency between the surveyor’s assumptions in the home valuation survey and what is revealed within the legal papers for the property. My lawyer says that he is obliged to check that the lender is happy with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my conveyancer’s course or action appropriate?

Your lawyer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions 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 you.

My wife and I are purchasing a property in Ampthill. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a solicitor? On completion day we have to send funds into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our money?

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.

I am helping my step-mother sell her flat in Ampthill. Will the conveyancer order an energy performance certificate or it is for the owner to see to?

After the abolition of Home Information Packs, EPC’s became a required part of moving house. An EPC must be to hand prior to the property being marketed. This is not something that law firms ordinarily arrange. If you are using a Ampthill conveyancing practitioner they might be able to arrange EPC’s due to their contacts with long established Ampthill providers

Completion of my remortgage has taken place for my property in Ampthill. Conveyancing was a necessary evil but I feel I should register my dissatisfaction about the lender. How do I make a complaint?

Almost all banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Services Department at head office. In most cases complaints to a lender are sorted out very quickly. However if you are not satisfied that the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service, South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR who will take matters further.

It has been 2 months following my purchase conveyancing in Ampthill completed. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £215,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the premises from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

I have been on the look out for a leasehold apartment up to £305k and identified one round the corner in Ampthill I like with amenity areas and station nearby, however it only has 51 years on the lease. There is not much else in Ampthill in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a short lease?

If you require a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term will likely be a potential deal breaker. Discount the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you may request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer about this.

I need to find a conveyancing solicitor for residential conveyancing in Ampthill. I have land on a web site which appears to be the ideal answer If there is a chance to get all the legals done via web that would be preferable. Do I need to be wary? What should out be looking out for?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Ampthill regulated by the SRA

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

  • Rebecca L Faret Solicitors, 1the Avenue, Flitwick, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK45 1BP

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Ampthill regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Ampthill but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Mid Beds Conveyancing Services Ltd, 5 & 6 Station Square, MK45 1DP

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

  • Solicitor instructed by the buyer on acceptance of the offer
  • Checking the title to the property
  • Ordering Ampthill property searches with respect to the title
  • Reviewing draft contract and other papers received from the vendor’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Submitting queries with the vendor’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Negotiating the sale contract
  • Analysing replies given by the seller to pre-contract enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for the Transfer document
  • Guiding the purchasing in respect of the loan offer: (if appropriate)
  • Drawing up and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion formalities
  • Completing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct Land Tax forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the change in ownership and the mortgage (where appropriate) at the Land Registry.

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

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