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Reasons to use our Burnham On Crouch conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The companies shown on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 2 Burnham On Crouch solicitors have a significant advantage when it comes to Burnham On Crouch conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that can affect your conveyancing
  • 3 The Burnham On Crouch conveyancing firms that are listed are committed to supplying the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and investors in Burnham On Crouch
  • 4 Lawyer conveyancing solicitors have extremely good personal connections with Burnham On Crouch selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these firms are often located many kilometers away with little appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Burnham On Crouch

Examples of recent conveyancing in Burnham On Crouch since July 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Burnham On Crouch

I am getting a offer of a home loan from Lloyds. I would like to use a Licensed Conveyancer in Burnham On Crouch. Does the Lloyds Conveyancing panel include Licensed Conveyancers?

The Lloyds approved solicitor list is, like many other lenders, represented by the Council or Mortgage Lenders or BSA, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

Will lawyers request money on account for my conveyancing in Burnham On Crouch?

If you are buying a property in Burnham On Crouch your solicitor will request that you put them with funds to cover the the cost of the conveyancing searches. This will be the total of the cost of the Local Authority Search. If any deposit is payable against the purchase price then this should be needed shortly in advance of contracts are exchanged. The closing balance that is needed should be sent to your lawyer a few days prior to the day of completion.

The Burnham On Crouch conveyancing lawyers that I recently instructed on my house acquisition in Burnham On Crouch have without warning shut down. I only went with them because I needed a lawyer on the Barclays conveyancing panel and my previous Burnham On Crouch lawyer was not. I paid them 275 plus VAT on account. What should be my next steps?

Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then inform them immediately so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Barclays conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors may be able to assist.

Will commercial conveyancing searches reveal impending roadworks that may affect a commercial estate in Burnham On Crouch?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Burnham On Crouch will execute a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers expend in researching accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Burnham On Crouch. The search result sets out definitive information 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 Burnham On Crouch.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Burnham On Crouch it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. The absence of identifying developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately may cause delays to Burnham On Crouch commercial conveyancing deals as well as pose a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not conducted for domestic conveyancing in Burnham On Crouch.

In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandfather I am selling a residence in Newport but live in Burnham On Crouch. My solicitor (approximately 235 kilometers from mehas requested that I execute a stat dec before completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Burnham On Crouch to attest and place their company stamp on the document?

Technically speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are located in Burnham On Crouch

We are in the midst of selling our flat in Burnham On Crouch. Conveyancing lawyers are doing their job but we have been asked to pay an extortionate amount from the freeholder. So far we have forked out £250 for a leasehold management pack and then a further £117.20 for answers to queries supplied by the purchaser's property lawyer.

You will not have control over the extent of the charges for this information however the average fee for the information for Burnham On Crouch leasehold premises is £360. For Burnham On Crouch conveyancing transactions it is conventional for the owner to cover the charges. The freeholder or their agents are under no statutory obligation to address these questions although many will be content to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices out of proportion to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no statute that requires fixed fees for administrative tasks. There is no set time frame by which they are obliged to provide the information.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Burnham On Crouch regulated by the SRA

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

  • Reids Plant Solicitors, Bank House, 10 Station Road, Southminster, Essex, CM0 7EW

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Burnham On Crouch regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Burnham On Crouch specialising in commercial conveyancing in Burnham On Crouch. This may include advice on commercial leases including all matters relating to landlord and tenant law
  • Reids Plant Solicitors, Bank House, 10 Station Road, Southminster, Essex, CM0 7EW

Transfer of Equity conveyancing in Burnham On Crouch almost always entails the following:

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Following instructions from the bank (if relevant)
  • Negotiating the terms of the transaction
  • Drawing up Transfer or approving draft Transfer
  • Negotiating amendments to the draft Transfer
  • Corresponding with parties concerning the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and transferring monies to the appropriate parties
  • Completing and submitting to HMRC the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the transfer of ownership and the mortgage (where appropriate) at the HMLR.

Neighboring Locations

Maldon
Mersea Island
Burnham On Crouch
Leigh On Sea
Rochford
Southend On Sea
Shoeburyness

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