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Examples of recent conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds

Having sold my house in Bury St Edmunds last May but our buyer keeps texting me to moan that her solicitor is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?

Post completion of your sale your conveyancer should forward the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. If applicable, your solicitor should also send confirmation that the mortgage has been discharged to the buyers conveyancers. There are no post completion tasks specific conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds.

Various internet forums that I have come across warn that are the main reason for hinderance in Bury St Edmunds house deals. Is there any truth in this?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published determinations of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the most frequent causes of delays in the conveyancing process. Local searches are not likely to be the root cause of slowing down conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds.

Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Bury St Edmunds ahead of appointing conveyancers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. My surveyor advised that some mortgage companies will refuse to grant a loan on such a premises.

It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different requirements for example to Birmingham Midshires. If you e-mail us we can investigate further with the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Bury St Edmunds. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Bury St Edmunds to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

I need to appoint a conveyancing solicitor for purchase conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds. I happened to discover a site which seems to have the perfect offering If it is possible to get all the legals completed via email that would be ideal. Should I be wary? What should out be looking out for?

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?

I am hoping to exchange soon on a basement flat in Bury St Edmunds. Conveyancing solicitors inform me that they will have a report out to me next week. Are there areas in the report that I should be focusing on?

The report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds should include some of the following:

    Where does the liability rest for repairing the window frames What options are open to you if another leaseholder in the building breaches a clause of their lease? You should know whether the lease allows you to add or improve aspects of the flat- you must know whether it applies to all alterations or limited to structural alteration, and whether permission is mandated necessary Repair and maintenance of the property
For a comprehensive list of information to be included in your report on your leasehold property in Bury St Edmunds please enquire of your conveyancer in ahead of your conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds.

I own a 1st floor flat in Bury St Edmunds, conveyancing having been completed 5 years ago. How much will my lease extension cost? Equivalent flats in Bury St Edmunds with an extended lease are worth £179,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £65 invoiced annually. The lease finishes on 21st October 2082

You have 57 years left to run the likely cost is going to range between £26,600 and £30,800 plus legals.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you a more accurate figure in the absence of detailed due diligence. You should not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt other issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you take any other action based on this information without first getting professional advice.

To what extent are Bury St Edmunds conveyancing solicitors under an obligation to the Law Society to supply transparent conveyancing costs?

Contained within the Solicitors Code of Conduct are specific rules and regulations as to how the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) allow solicitors to publicise their fees to clients.The Law Society have a practice note giving advice on how to publicise transparent charges to avoid breaching any such rule. Practice notes are not legal advice issued by the Law Society and is not to be regarded as the only standard of good practice a conveyancing solicitor should adhere to. The Practice Note does, nevertheless, constitute the Law Society’s view of acceptable practice for publicising conveyancing charges, and accordingly it’s a recommended read for any solicitor or conveyancer in Bury St Edmunds or across England and Wales.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Bury St Edmunds regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Bury St Edmunds practicing in commercial conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds. This could include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • 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 note 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

Domestic in Bury St Edmunds is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process.

  • Taking instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and associated documents
  • Submitting draft papers to the property lawyer acting for the buyer
  • Negotiating contracts and responding to additional queries from the buyer’s property lawyer
  • Finalising the transfer deed
  • Responding to requisitions prepared by the buyer’s property lawyer
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion formalities
  • Receiving sale proceeds and sending funds to the owner, the estate agent and other relevant parties (where appropriate)

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Thetford
Bury St Edmunds
Thurston
Clare
Lavenham

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