Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Chalfont St Giles

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Top 5 reasons to let us assist you find a local conveyancing solicitor in Chalfont St Giles

  • 1 Chalfont St Giles property lawyers are likely to acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 2 Our site offers most comprehensive residential conveyancing directory listing lender approved property lawyers conducting conveyancing in Chalfont St Giles governed by the SRA or CLC.
  • 3 There is a distinct possibility the other side’s lawyers are based in Chalfont St Giles - if so sets of lawyers are likely to be less confrontational
  • 4 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these companies are often located many kilometers away with limited appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Chalfont St Giles
  • 5 No matter what any other solicitors say it just might be important to pop into your conveyancer to execute legal papers. Too many 3rd parties are already involved in a conveyancing transaction without having to include the postman into the pot.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Chalfont St Giles since September 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Chalfont St Giles

It is 10 years ago since I purchased my home in Chalfont St Giles. Conveyancing lawyers have just been instructed on the sale but I am unable to locate the deeds. Will this jeopardise the sale?

Don’t worry too much. Firstly the deeds may be retained by the lender or they may stored with the solicitor who acted in your purchase. Secondly the likelihood is that the property will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to prove you own the property by your conveyancing solicitors procuring current official copies of the land registers. The vast majority of conveyancing in Chalfont St Giles involves registered property but in the rare situation where your property is unregistered it adds to the complexity but is resolvable.

Do the Building Society Association intend to launch a searchable register to list law firms on the Earl Shilton BS conveyancing panel for example in Chalfont St Giles?

We would not expect to be advised of any plans on the part of the BSA to promote such a tool.

I happen to be the only beneficiary of my late father’s estate with all property in now in my sole name, including the my former home in Chalfont St Giles. The Chalfont St Giles property was put into my name in November. I now wish to sell up. I understand that there is a CML six month 'rule', which means that my property ownership could be regarded the same way as though I had purchased the property in November. Do I have to wait half a year to sell?

The CML handbook requires conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you may be impacted by that. How practical a view lenders take of it, depend on the mortgage company as this clause chiefly exists to identify the purchase and immediately sell or the quick reselling of property.

Can you point me to a directory of Santander panel conveyancers in Chalfont St Giles on the Building Society Association’s Website?

Unfortunately not yet. There is no such tool on the CML or Building Society Association websites. Very few banks make their panel listings visible on the web. Where you are in need of a Chalfont St Giles property lawyer on the Santander please use our facility.

We are getting a further advance on our home loan from Yorkshire BS as we want to conduct a loft conversion to our house in Chalfont St Giles. Are we obliged to appoint a local Chalfont St Giles solicitor on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?

Yorkshire BS don't usually require a member of their conveyancing panel to handle such a matter. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Yorkshire BS list.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified during conveyancing in Chalfont St Giles?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Chalfont St Giles. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

How simple is it to switch solicitor as I have to find one who is on the National Westminster Bank conveyancing panel. I hired a high street conveyancing solicitor in Chalfont St Giles round the corner but he is not approved by National Westminster Bank

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Chalfont St Giles on the National Westminster Bank panel. Please note that the law firms that we work with do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Chalfont St Giles. Using the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this website, you can contrast charges for conveyancing solicitors in Chalfont St Giles and throughout England and Wales.

Is it best to choose a Chalfont St Giles conveyancing solicitor who is local to the property I am hoping to buy? I have an old university friend who can carry out the legal work but his firm is located 400miles away.

The primary upside of using a local Chalfont St Giles conveyancing firm is that you can attend the office to execute paperwork, deliver your ID and pester them where appropriate. Having local Chalfont St Giles know how is a plus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If other friends have instructed your friend and in the main were impressed that should trump using an unknown Chalfont St Giles conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being round the corner.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Chalfont St Giles regulated by the SRA

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

  • Mcdonald Cohen, 30 Highlands Road, Seer Green, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2XN
  • Hilary Johnston, 7 Manor Farm Way, Seer Green, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2YD
  • Knipe Woodhouse-smith, 145-147 High Street, Chalfont St. Peter, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 9QL
  • Plainlaw Llp, Acers, Doggetts Wood Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, HP8 4TH
  • Hine Solicitors, 51 Amersham Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2HB

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Chalfont St Giles

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Chalfont St Giles practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Claims for damages for illegal

  • Mcdonald Cohen, 30 Highlands Road, Seer Green, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2XN
  • Hilary Johnston, 7 Manor Farm Way, Seer Green, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2YD
  • Knipe Woodhouse-smith, 145-147 High Street, Chalfont St. Peter, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 9QL
  • Plainlaw Llp, Acers, Doggetts Wood Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, HP8 4TH
  • Coyle White Devine Limited, Boughton Business Park, Bell Lane, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP6 6GL

Planning law solicitors in Chalfont St Giles regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Chalfont St Giles practicing in planning law. This will likely include advice on planning applications and appeals
  • Bps Solicitors, 85 High Street, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 1DE

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

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