Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Bury St Edmunds

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Reasons to use our Bury St Edmunds conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Solicitors accustomed to conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds have a grasp oflocal issues specific to Bury St Edmunds and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and faster conveyancing.
  • 2 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor in the main results in a more personal touch. Sometimes when dealing with a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 3 The companies shown on our directory have a variation of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 4 Our site offers most comprehensive domestic conveyancing directory service identifying bank approved law practices delivering conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds who are regulated by the SRA or CLC.
  • 5 Bury St Edmunds lawyers work in conjunction with Bury St Edmunds estate agents, developers, surveyors, banks and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is provided to clients every step of the way, to ensure you’re kept informed as to progress throughout

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

Disposal

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: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, ordering official copies of the title, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s conveyancer

Transfer

of semi premises, Albert Crescent, IP33 3DX completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £330,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in preparation for completion, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s conveyancer

Acquisition

of flat The Beeches IP33 3RD, purchased for £165,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

Transfer

of semi-detached property, Codling Road, IP32 7HE completing on 29/01/2025 at a price of £180,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds

We see that you have a search directory identifying firms on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I retain them for our own conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Co-operative conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds.

Various internet forums that I have come across warn that are the number one cause of obstruction in Bury St Edmunds conveyancing transactions. Is that correct?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released findings of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the common causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Local searches are not likely to be the root cause of holding up conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds.

I am buying my first flat in Bury St Edmunds benefiting from help to buy. The sellers refused to move on the price so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The sale representative advised me not to tell my solicitor about this extras as it may adversely affect my loan with Platform Home Loans Ltd. Is this normal?.

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.

I decided to have a survey completed on a property in Bury St Edmunds before instructing lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. Our surveyor has said that some lenders may not issue a mortgage on such a premises.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different instructions from Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further with the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help 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.

How easy is it to use your search facility to find a conveyancing solicitor in Bury St Edmunds on the approved list for my mortgage?

Step one is to choose a bank such as HSBC Bank, The Mortgage Works or Aldermore then type in your preferred area such as Bury St Edmunds. Conveyancing practices in Bury St Edmunds and across England and Wales should be identified.

I've recently bought a leasehold house in Bury St Edmunds. Am I liable to pay service charges relating to a period prior to my ownership?

Where the service charge has already been demanded from the previous lessee and they have not paid you would not usually be personally liable for the arrears. Strange as it may seem, your landlord may still be able to take action to forfeit the lease. It is an essential part of leasehold conveyancing for your conveyancer to be sure to have an up to date clear service charge receipt before completion of your purchase. If you have a mortgage this is likely to be a requirement of your lender.

If you purchase part way through an accounting year you may be liable for charges not yet demanded even if they relate to a period prior to your purchase. In such circumstances your conveyancer would normally arrange for the seller to set aside some money to cover their part of the period (usually called a service charge retention).

Leasehold Conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds - A selection of Queries Prior to Purchasing

    Where a Bury St Edmunds lease has no more than eighty years it will impact the value of the flat. It is worth checking with your lender that they are content with the length of the lease. Leases with fewer than 80 years remaining means that you will almost definitely need a lease extension at some point and it is worth discovering how much this will be. For most Bury St Edmundslease extensions you would need to own the residence for a couple of years before you are legally able to extend the lease. This information is important as a) areas can result in problems in the building as the common areas may begin to deteriorate where services are not paid for b) if the tenants have an issue with the running of the building you will need to know about it What is the service charge and ground rent on the flat?

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Bury St Edmunds regulated by the SRA

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

  • 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
  • Jonathan Mathers Limited, 80 Guildhall Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1QB
  • Fraser Paskell Limited, 80 Guildhall Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1QB

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Bury St Edmunds

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Bury St Edmunds specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • 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 with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Bury St Edmunds. This could include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • 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

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