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Reasons to use our Buckfastleigh and Dean conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 No matter what any other sites inform you it just might be important to visit your conveyancer to execute contracts. There are enough parties with an interest in a conveyancing transaction without having to add Royal Mail into the mix.
  • 2 This site is the only site that enables you the facility to check that your property ownership legalities in Buckfastleigh and Dean will be conducted by a property lawyer on your mortgage lender’s approved panel.
  • 3 Lawyer conveyancing solicitors have very good personal links with Buckfastleigh and Dean estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 Buckfastleigh and Dean conveyancing lawyers are likely to have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 5 Buckfastleigh and Dean property lawyer are the key to a successful Buckfastleigh and Dean conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your move

Examples of recent conveyancing in Buckfastleigh and Dean since September 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Buckfastleigh and Dean

Why is leasehold purchase conveyancing in Buckfastleigh and Dean is more expensive?

In short, leasehold conveyancing in Buckfastleigh and Dean and Devon usually warrants additional work compared to freehold conveyancing. This includes lease investigation, communicating with the landlord concerning serving required notices, obtaining current service charge and management information, obtaining the landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts. The obligations on both the landlord and the tenant in the lease need to be studied by the buyer’s conveyancing team and read from beginning to end – no matter how many different proprietor have owned the lease since it was first entered into.

Do commercial conveyancing searches disclose impending roadworks that could impact a commercial estate in Buckfastleigh and Dean?

Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Buckfastleigh and Dean will perform a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers spend in researching accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Buckfastleigh and Dean. The report provides definitive data on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Buckfastleigh and Dean.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Buckfastleigh and Dean it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately could result in delays to Buckfastleigh and Dean commercial conveyancing deals as well as pose a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not conducted for residential conveyancing in Buckfastleigh and Dean.

I'm buying a new build house in Buckfastleigh and Dean benefiting from help to buy. The builders refused to budge the amount so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The sale representative told me not disclose to my solicitor about the deal as it may put at risk my loan with Alliance & Leicester . Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a simple, no chain conveyancing. Buckfastleigh and Dean is where the house is located. What do you suggest?

Flying freeholds in Buckfastleigh and Dean are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Buckfastleigh and Dean you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Buckfastleigh and Dean 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.

What does commercial conveyancing in Buckfastleigh and Dean cover?

Commercial conveyancing in Buckfastleigh and Dean incorporates a broad range of services, provided by regulated solicitors, relating to business property. For instance, this area of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the assignment of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of tenancies.

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor for remortgage conveyancing in Buckfastleigh and Dean. I've land on a web site which seems to have the ideal answer If there is a chance to get all this stuff done via email that would be ideal. Do I need to be wary? What are the potential pitfalls?

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 Buckfastleigh and Dean regulated by the SRA

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

  • Windeatts, 19 High Street, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5NW
  • Bartons.co.uk.limited, 9 Town Quay, The Plains, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5DW

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Buckfastleigh and Dean regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Buckfastleigh and Dean specialising in commercial conveyancing in Buckfastleigh and Dean. This will likely include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • Windeatts, 19 High Street, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5NW
  • Bartons.co.uk.limited, 9 Town Quay, The Plains, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5DW

Whether you are going through a divorce or separation or simply wish to transfer your property to someone else, transfer of equity conveyancing in Buckfastleigh and Dean has some of the following tasks:

  • Obtaining instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Acting on behalf of the bank (where appropriate)
  • Negotiating the terms of the transaction
  • Drawing up Transfer or approving draft Transfer
  • Agreeing amendments to the the Transfer deed
  • Communicating with parties concerning the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and releasing monies to the appropriate parties
  • Preparing and submitting to HMRC the correct Land Tax forms and payment
  • Registering the transfer of ownership and the home loan (if appropriate) at the HMLR.

Neighboring Locations

Bovey Tracey
Buckfastleigh
Buckfastleigh and Dean
Totnes
Ivybridge
South Brent

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