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Bideford Conveyancing Statistics*

  • 1 87% freehold and 13% leasehold conveyancing in Bideford for this year to date
  • 2 Percentage of cases in Bideford that are buy to let is 21%
  • 3 Average Stamp Duty Payable for this year to date was £3,737
  • 4 Average time frame of 54 days for registration of title in Bideford
  • 5 Average time from start to completion was 24 days for conveyancing in Bideford

Examples of recent conveyancing in Bideford since July 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Bideford

Are the Bideford conveyancing solicitors identified as being on the Santander conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by Santander?

Bideford conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Santander conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Santander directly.

I appreciate that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Am I compelled to have this when purchasing a property in Bideford? or Apparently there is a law dating back centuries that means some house owners residing in a parish church boundary may be liable to contribute towards repairs to the chancel within the church. Is this appropriate for conveyancing in Bideford?

Unless a previous purchase of the house completed post 12 October 2013 you can assume that conveyancing practitioners conducting conveyancing in Bideford to remain encouraging a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.

I used Stirling Law a few years past for my conveyancing in Bideford. Now, I need my files but the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing 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 Bideford of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a ground for flat up to £195,000 and found one close by in Bideford I like with a park and railway links in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 61 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Bideford suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a short lease?

If you need a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term may be a potential deal breaker. Reduce the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for at least twenty four months you can request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer regarding this matter.

We're novice buyers - agreed a price, but the selling agent told us that the owners will only issue a contract if we instruct the agent's chosen conveyancers as they need an ‘expedited deal’. Our preferred option is to instruct a family conveyancer accustomed to conveyancing in Bideford

It is highly unlikely the vendors are behind this. Should the vendor want ‘a quick sale', alienating a genuine buyer is likely to cause more damage than good. Avoid the agents and go straight to the sellers and make the point that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are unencumbered (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you will continue to instruct your own,trusted Bideford conveyancing firm - not the ones that will give the estate agent a referral fee or achieve conveyancing targets pre-set by senior management.

Online research suggests that Bideford solicitors are more costly than licensed conveyancers in Bideford when it comes to purchasing a property. Am I better off using a conveyancer or a solicitor where I am buying for my home move in Bideford.

When it comes to conveyancing in Bideford the costs are unlikely to vary dramatically depending on whether the legal expert is a licenced conveyancer or solicitor.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Bideford

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Bideford specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Terms and conditions of tenancy agreements

  • Seldons Llp, 18 The Quay, Bideford, Devon, EX39 2HF

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Bideford regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Bideford practicing in commercial conveyancing in Bideford. This will likely include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Seldons Llp, 18 The Quay, Bideford, Devon, EX39 2HF

What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Bideford?

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding acquiring and selling property and cover conveyancing throughout England and Wales as well as Bideford. If using a Licensed Conveyancer governed by the CLC, you can expect:
  • Enjoy the benefit of an honest and lawful service.
  • Have a high standard of legal services.
  • Be supplied with your transaction dealt with using care, skill and legal competence.
  • Receive a high standard of service due to your lawyer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Have a service which is accessible and responsive to your specific requirements.
  • Not feel discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • To receive the level you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Ensure your individual needs taken into account should you make a complaint.
  • Have a speedy, objective and comprehensive service when if a complaint is registered about your conveyancing in Bideford.

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

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