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Choosing the right solicitor is the most important decision when it comes to your Chalfont St Peter conveyancing

Top 5 reasons to use our service to assist you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in Chalfont St Peter

  • 1 Using a local Solicitor in the main results in a more bespoke service. When using a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.
  • 2 We are the UKs most comprehensive domestic conveyancing directory service identifying mortgage company approved property lawyers carrying out conveyancing in Chalfont St Peter registered with the SRA or CLC.
  • 3 No matter what any alternative on-line conveyancers advise it may be necessary to attend your conveyancer to execute documents. Too many 3rd parties are already involved in a homemove without needing to include Royal Mail into the pot.
  • 4 Chalfont St Peter conveyancing lawyers will acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 5 Experience means that Chalfont St Peter lawyer have established valuable links with Chalfont St Peter local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your conveyancing in Chalfont St Peter.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Chalfont St Peter since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Chalfont St Peter

Willappointing a Chalfont St Peter conveyancing firm make the ownership transfer easier?

Existing third party connections is an important consideration when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Chalfont St Peter law firms often have connections with financial advisers and Chalfont St Peter, local authorities, valuers and other conveyancing firms meaning you will move in shortest possible time. Having vast insight into the local area also helps too.

What is the first thing I need to know regarding purchase conveyancing in Chalfont St Peter?

Not many law firms shout this from the rooftops but conveyancing in Chalfont St Peter or throughout Buckinghamshire is often a confrontational experience. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there exists lots of room for friction between you and other parties involved in the ownership transfer. E.g., the seller, selling agent and even potentially a bank. Appointing a law firm for your conveyancing in Chalfont St Peter should not be taken lightly as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the SOLE person in the transaction whose responsibility is to act in your best interests and to protect you.

Sometimes a third party with a vested interest will try and convince you that you should follow their advice. For example, the selling agent may claim to be helping by suggesting your solicitor is slow. Or your mortgage broker may try to convince you to do something that is against your conveyancers advice. You should always trust your lawyer above all other parties in the conveyancing process.

My wife and I have a terraced Victorian house in Chalfont St Peter. Conveyancing lawyer acted for me and Britannia. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw two entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold with the exact same address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You need to read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Chalfont St Peter and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also question the situation with the conveyancing lawyer who conducted the conveyancing.

I'm remortgaging my existing property to a BTL loan with Santander and I will use the ballance of the raised equity as a down payment on another house. The location we are talking about is Chalfont St Peter. Will your solicitors be able to act for the two banks and link together the conveyances?

Make use of our comparison tool on this page to ensure that the lawyers are approved by both banks. On the basis that they are your conveyancer should be able to simultaneously deal with the two transactions but you should talk with you conveyancer and communicate your desired outcome and requirements.

I am 18 days into a residential purchase having been referred to conveyancers by the local agent to carry out the conveyancing in Chalfont St Peter. I am not happy. Could you help me find new conveyancers?

A lawyer would need to be very bad in order to consider changing them. Has your mortgage offer been generated? In the event that it has you need to inform them of the replacement solicitor and have the loan are re-issued. The solicitor ideally should be on the mortgage company panel to avoid escalating costs and frustration. So that should be your starting point. Our search tool can help you find a lender approved solicitor for your home move in Chalfont St Peter

I wish to rent out my leasehold flat in Chalfont St Peter. Conveyancing solicitor who did the purchase is retired - so can't ask him. Do I need to ask my freeholder for their consent?

A small minority of properties in Chalfont St Peter do contain a provision to say that subletting is only permitted with prior consent from the landlord. The landlord is not entitled to unreasonably refuse but, in such cases, they would need to see references. Experience dictates that problems are usually caused by unsatisfactory tenants rather than owner-occupiers and for that reason you can expect the freeholder to take up the references and consider them carefully before granting permission.

I am the leaseholder of a garden flat in Chalfont St Peter. Given that I can not reach agreement with the freeholder, can the Leasehold valuation Tribunal determine the premium payable for a lease extension?

Most definitely. We are happy to put you in touch with a Chalfont St Peter conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Chalfont St Peter flat is Flats 8, 11 and 15 Craigmore Court 46 Murray Road in December 2013. The tribunal held that the price payable by the Applicant tenant of Flat 8 to acquire an extended lease shall be £26,438 plus £1 to the intermediate lessee . The tribunal held that the price payable by the Applicant tenants of Flat 11 to acquire an extended lease shall be £26,791 plus £1 to the intermediate lessee. The tribunal held that the price payable by the Applicant tenant of Flat 15 to acquire an extended lease shall be £26,638 plus £1 to the intermediate lessee . This case related to 3 flats. The remaining number of years on the lease was 71 years.

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

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

  • Knipe Woodhouse-smith, 145-147 High Street, Chalfont St. Peter, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 9QL
  • B P Collins Trust Corporation Limited, Collins House, 32-38 Station Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8EL
  • B P Collins Llp, Collins House, 32-38 Station Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8EL
  • Hilary Johnston, 7 Manor Farm Way, Seer Green, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2YD
  • Mcdonald Cohen, 30 Highlands Road, Seer Green, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2XN

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Chalfont St Peter

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Chalfont St Peter with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • Knipe Woodhouse-smith, 145-147 High Street, Chalfont St. Peter, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 9QL
  • B P Collins Llp, Collins House, 32-38 Station Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8EL
  • B P Collins Trust Corporation Limited, Collins House, 32-38 Station Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8EL
  • Hilary Johnston, 7 Manor Farm Way, Seer Green, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2YD
  • Mcdonald Cohen, 30 Highlands Road, Seer Green, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2XN

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Chalfont St Peter regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Chalfont St Peter specialising in commercial conveyancing in Chalfont St Peter. This will likely include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • B P Collins Llp, Collins House, 32-38 Station Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8EL
  • B P Collins Trust Corporation Limited, Collins House, 32-38 Station Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8EL
  • Hilary Johnston, 7 Manor Farm Way, Seer Green, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2YD
  • Plainlaw Llp, Acers, Doggetts Wood Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, HP8 4TH
  • Frazine Johnson, Old Bank Chambers, 32 Station Parade, Denham, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB9 5ET

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

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