Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Bury St Edmunds

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Main reasons to use our service to assist you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Bury St Edmunds

You can rest easier when choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Bury St Edmunds has a number to choose from, but for a truly professional and dependable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.
Using a a family Solicitor generally means that you will receive a more personal touch. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who progress matters by reading from their computer screens.
Solicitors accustomed to conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds regularly deal withlocal concerns specific to Bury St Edmunds and therefore you may benefit from better advice and speedier conveyancing.
Property lawyer conveyancing firms have valuable personal connections with Bury St Edmunds estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
Bury St Edmunds solicitors have a crucial edge when it comes to Bury St Edmunds conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your conveyancing

Examples of recent conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds since December 2024*

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of semi-detached property, Church Row, IP33 1JT completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £345,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

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of house premises, Cannonfields, IP33 1JX completing on 09/01/2025 at a price of £256,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, securing official copies of the title, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s conveyancer

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of semi premises, St Johns Place, IP33 1SW completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £360,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in readiness for completion, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s lawyers

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of semi residence, Cannon Street, IP33 1JN completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £260,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds

Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Bury St Edmunds. My lender is Chelsea Building Society

Chelsea Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 29/3/2025, the requirements read as follows :

I have been told that property searches are the primary cause of stalling in Bury St Edmunds conveyancing transactions. Is that correct?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure amongst the top 10 causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Searches are unlikely to be the root cause of delay in conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on two weeks back in what should have been a simple, no chain conveyancing. Bury St Edmunds is where the house is located. Can you offer any guidance?

Flying freeholds in Bury St Edmunds are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Bury St Edmunds you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Bury St Edmunds 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 property.

How simple is it to use your search tool to get a quote from a conveyancing lawyer in Bury St Edmunds on the panel for my mortgage?

1st select a mortgage company such as Accord Mortgages Ltd, The Mortgage Works or Alliance & Leicester then specify your location for instance Bury St Edmunds. Conveyancing organisations in Bury St Edmunds and beyond will then be shown.

What advice can you give us when it comes to choosing a Bury St Edmunds conveyancing firm to carry out our lease extension conveyancing?

If you are instructing a solicitor for your lease extension (regardless if they are a Bury St Edmunds conveyancing practice) it is imperative that they be familiar with the legislation and specialises in this area of work. We recommend that you speak with two or three firms including non Bury St Edmunds conveyancing practices before you instructing a firm. Where the conveyancing practice is ALEP accredited then so much the better. The following questions might be of use:

How familiar is the practice with lease extension legislation?

Bury St Edmunds Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Sample of Questions you should consider Prior to Purchasing

The majority of Bury St Edmunds leasehold apartments will have a service charge for the upkeep of the building invoiced on behalf of the freeholder. If you acquire the flat you will have to meet this contribution, normally periodically accross the year. This can be anything from a couple of hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for bigger purpose-built buildings. There will also be a ground rent to be met yearly, this is usually not a large amount, say around £50-£100 but you should to check as sometimes it could be many hundreds of pounds.

On the whole the outlay for major works are not wrapped into the service charges, albeit that there some managing agents in Bury St Edmunds obliged leaseholders to contribute towards a reserve fund created for the specific intention of establishing a fund for major works.

We are in the process of a leasehold sale of a flat in Bury St Edmunds. Conveyancing lawyers are doing their job but we have been asked to pay a fortune by the managing agents. To date we have forked out £275 for a leasehold management pack and then a further £200 plus VAT for answers to questions supplied by the buyers conveyancing practitioner.

Your conveyancer will unlikely have any impact over the level of the charges for this information however the typical costs for the information for Bury St Edmunds leasehold premises is £380. When it comes to Bury St Edmunds conveyancing deals it is conventional for the seller to cover the costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions although many will agree to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices out of proportion to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no legislation that mandates fixed charges for administrative tasks. There is no statutory time frame by which they are duty bound to supply the information.

Last updated 29/03/2025

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Bury St Edmunds

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Bury St Edmunds with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

Burnett Barker Solicitors Limited, Collingwood House, 20 Whiting Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1NX
Greene & Greene, 80 Guildhall Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1QB
Charles Fraser & Co, Johnsons Building, Northgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1HY

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Bury St Edmunds regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Bury St Edmunds specialising in commercial conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds. This may include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land

Burnett Barker Solicitors Limited, Collingwood House, 20 Whiting Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1NX
Neil Grigg Limited, 80 Guildhall Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1QB
Greene & Greene, 80 Guildhall Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1QB
Fraser Paskell Limited, 80 Guildhall Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1QB
Charles Fraser & Co, Johnsons Building, Northgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1HY

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Bury St Edmunds regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.

Hayward Moon Property Lawyers, 87 Whiting Street, IP33 1PD
Mentors Partnership, 1st Floor, IP33 1LA

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