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Reasons to use our Beaminster conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The firms shown on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 2 Over the years Beaminster solicitor have developed valuable links with Beaminster local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of dealing with your conveyancing in Beaminster.
  • 3 There is a strong possibility the the solicitors for the other party are based in Beaminster - if so sets of solicitors are likely to have worked on conveyancing matters in the past
  • 4 Beaminster solicitors will have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 5 Beaminster lawyers have a crucial edge when it comes to Beaminster conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that will affect your home move

Examples of recent conveyancing in Beaminster since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Beaminster

What is the first thing I need to know about purchase conveyancing in Beaminster?

You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Beaminster and elsewhere in England and Wales is often a confrontational process. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there exists plenty of opportunity for confrontation between you and others involved in the legal transfer of property. For instance, the vendor, estate agent and even potentially the mortgage company. Selecting a solicitor for your conveyancing in Beaminster an important selection as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONLY person in the process whose responsibility is to protect your best interests and to protect you.

Sometimes a potential adversary will attempt to persuade you that it is in your interests to do things their way. For instance, the selling agent may claim to be helping by suggesting your solicitor is wrong. Or your financial adviser may try to convince you to do take action that is against your lawyers recommendation. You should always trust your lawyer above all other parties in the conveyancing process.

I am buying a garden flat in Beaminster. Conveyancing solicitors are said to be ‘a necessary evil’ but can I do it myself?

Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Beaminster you will have to appoint a solicitor on your mortgage company's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Beaminster.

I had a mortgage agreed in principle with Principality. Beaminster conveyancing lawyers have been instructed. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Principality?

Some lenders take longer than others. Have Principality completed the valuation? Have you informed Principality as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Principality conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Barclays. I assume I don't need a Beaminster property lawyer on the Barclays panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Barclays 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 Barclays mortgage from the register. Barclays, 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 Barclays has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. Barclays has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Barclays mortgage has been paid off.

My offer was accepted on a house in Beaminster on 14/5/2025, valuation was booked 3 days later, all came back fine. Property lawyer appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Skipton and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Skipton conveyancing panel. Are Skipton entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?

Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Skipton to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Skipton conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

I used Action Conveyancing several years ago for my conveyancing in Beaminster. I now require my papers however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Beaminster of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Is it simple use your search tool to find a conveyancing practitioner in Beaminster on the authorised to act for my lender?

1st pick a bank such as National Westminster Bank, Leeds Building Society or TSB then choose your preferred area such as Beaminster. Conveyancing practices in Beaminster and further afield should be listed.

In my capacity as executor for the will of my aunt I am disposing of a house in Cardiff but live in Beaminster. My lawyer (approximately 300 kilometers awayrequires that I sign a statutory declaration prior to completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Beaminster who can witness and place their company stamp on the document?

strictly speaking you should not be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Beaminster based

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Beaminster regulated by the SRA

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

  • Kitson & Trotman, The Champions, Hogsill Street, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3AN
  • Nantes Solicitors Limited, 36 East Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3LH
  • Mrw Law Limited, 2 Church Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7HR
  • Stokes Partners Llp, Kingfisher House, Market Square, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7LH

Whether you are going through a divorce or breakup or simply wish to transfer your property to someone else, transfer of equity conveyancing in Beaminster includes some of the following tasks:

  • Obtaining instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Representing mortgage company (if relevant)
  • Negotiating the terms of the transaction
  • Preparing the Transfer or approving the Transfer deed
  • Negotiating adjustments to the the Transfer deed
  • Corresponding with parties concerning the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and releasing monies to the appropriate parties
  • Preparing and submitting to HMRC the appropriate stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the buyer and the home loan (if appropriate) at the HM Land Registry.

Beaminster commercial property solicitors provide expert offering advice on numerous aspects of commercial property law

    Property realisations and advice for insolvency practitioners Land use planning and environmental matters Subletting, licences and sharing occupation Advising landlords and tenants in respect of ancillary documentation e.g. licences to alter, assign underlet etc Buying, selling and leasing land for registered charities Formation of commercial management companies

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

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