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Main reasons to let us assist you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Canvey Island

  • 1 On the balance of probabilities the other side’s solicitors are located in Canvey Island - if so sets of lawyers will be on good working terms
  • 2 Lawyer conveyancing solicitors have excellent personal links with Canvey Island selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these firms are often based hundreds of miles away with little appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Canvey Island
  • 4 No matter what any alternative sites may claim it just might be important to attend your solicitor to sign contracts. There are enough parties engaged in a house sale without needing to add Royal Mail into the equation.
  • 5 Canvey Island conveyancer are the linchpin to a successful Canvey Island home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your transaction

Examples of recent conveyancing in Canvey Island since December 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Canvey Island

We see that you have a post code search directory listing solicitors on the Principality conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I retain them for our conveyancing in Canvey Island?

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

The Canvey Island conveyancing lawyers that I appointed last week on my house acquisition in Canvey Island have suddenly shut down. I chose them because I needed a lawyer on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel and my preferred Canvey Island lawyer was not. I issued them a cheque for £250 in advance. What do I do now?

Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then inform them straight away so that they can let the sellers know 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 Kent Reliance 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 help.

I have todayfound out that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Canvey Island for a purchase of a leasehold flat 12 months ago. How can I establish that my home is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest method to check if the property is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Canvey Island conveyancing specialists.

Given that I am about to part with £400,000 on a two bedroom apartment in Canvey Island I wish to talk to a solicitor about myconveyancing prior to appointing the firm. Can this be arranged?

This is something that we recommend - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you first talking to the lawyer who will be carrying out your conveyancing in Canvey Island.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is unique individual, not a case reference. The law firms that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for your conveyancing in Canvey Island should be the figure that you end up paying.

Should I instruct a Canvey Island conveyancing solicitor in close proximity to the house I am hoping to buy? I have an old university friend who can handle the conveyancing however her office is over three hundred kilometers drive away.

The benefit of a high street Canvey Island conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to sign documents, deliver your identification documents and pester them if necessary. They will also have local knowledge which is a plus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust used your friend and the majority were happy that should surpass using an unknown Canvey Island conveyancing solicitor just because they are based in the area.

Is it true that a Canvey Island conveyancing practice got sued by a client for not carrying out the right conveyancing investigations?

Our attention has not be brought to such a Canvey Island conveyancing claim but it has been reported that, clients purchasing a house elsewhere in England successfully sued their conveyancer as a consequence of development permission to build a wind farm failing to be identified in conveyancing searches.

Where you are buying in Canvey Island It is critical that your conveyancer conduct all Canvey Island conveyancing searches needed making sure that you have relevant and current information before purchasing a property.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Canvey Island regulated by the SRA

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

  • Tyler Law Limited, 91 Furtherwick Road, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 7AY
  • Hook & Partners, 92-98 High Street, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 7SU
  • Giles Wilson Llp, 1711 London Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 2SW
  • Cooper Lingard, Watson House, Broadway West, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 2DA
  • Forbes Maclean, Aton House, 149 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JF

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Canvey Island regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Canvey Island with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Canvey Island. This may include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • Hook & Partners, 92-98 High Street, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 7SU
  • A I Sampson & Co, 10 The Malyons, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 1TU
  • Giles Wilson Llp, 1711 London Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 2SW
  • Cooper Lingard, Watson House, Broadway West, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 2DA
  • Forbes Maclean, Aton House, 149 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JF

Planning law solicitors in Canvey Island regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The solicitors listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Canvey Island practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including applications about listed buildings and conservation areas
  • Paul Robinson Solicitors Llp, The Old Bank, 470-474 London Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 9LD

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

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