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Chard Conveyancing Statistics*

  • 1 Average Land Registry Fee for this year to date was £270
  • 2 March was the busiest month and November was the next busiest month while May was the least busiest month of the year for conveyancing in Chard
  • 3 Average time from start to completion was 77 days for conveyancing in Chard
  • 4 Average Stamp Duty Payable for this year to date was £4,431
  • 5 93% freehold and 7% leasehold conveyancing in Chard for this year to date

Examples of recent conveyancing in Chard since December 2025*

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Sale

of detached residence residence, Southend Mews, TA20 2DP completing on 16/12/2025 at a price of £180,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

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Disposal

of terraced property, Summerfields Road, TA20 2DX completing on 02/12/2025 at a price of £218,500. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s lawyers

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Transfer

of flat The Maltings TA20 1PL, at the agreed amount of £88,500. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in preparation for completion, ordering official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

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Transfer

of terraced property, Farrow Close, TA20 2JX completing on 05/12/2025 at a price of £140,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: ordering official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Chard

A mortgage agreement from Santander for the refinancing of my 4 bedroom apartment is to be issued any day now. Are you able to suggest a cheap conveyancing lawyer in Chard?

You are on the wrong site if you are seeking the cheapest conveyancing solicitors in Chard. Our goal is to offer value for money conveyancing but we do not aim to advertise as being the cheapest. Avoid the trap of appointing brokers offering the bait of low cost conveyancing in Chard. The optimum result, in going for low cost conveyancing, you will earn what you pay for and at worst you will end up spending a lot in additional fees and still not end up with the service required.

Me and my partner are about to complete on the purchase of a property in Chard but as a result of damage from some water damage at the property I have was able negotiate recompense from the seller of £3k taking the form of a reduction in the price. This was going to be dealt with as part of amending the contract but Nottingham are not allowing this. Should they have been notified?

Any solicitor being on a Nottingham approved list is required to inform Nottingham of any amendments to the sale price. If you were to refuse your solicitor to report the price change to Nottingham then they would have to discontinue acting for you. In addition, Nottingham and you would have to appoint a new property lawyer for your conveyancing in Chard.

Me and my brother have a semi-detached Georgian house in Chard. Conveyancing solicitor acted for me and Britannia. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are a couple of entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold with the matching address. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You should read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Chard and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they remortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also enquire as to the situation with your conveyancing solicitor who conducted the work.

Taking into account that I am about to part with over three hundred thousand on a terraced house in Chard I would like to talk to a lawyer regarding theconveyancing ahead of appointing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?

This is something that we recommend - we would be happy to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you speaking to the conveyancer who will be conducting your conveyancing in Chard.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is an important person, not a file number. The law firms that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are provided with for your conveyancing in Chard should be the figure that you are charged.

We're first time buyers - agreed a price, yet the estate agent told us that the vendor will only issue a contract if we use their preferred lawyers as they need a ‘quick sale’. Our preferred option is to instruct a local solicitor used to conveyancing in Chard

We suspect that the owner is unaware of this demand. Should the seller desire ‘a quick sale', alienating a genuine buyer is not the way to achieve this. Contact the vendors directly and make sure they understand (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you have nothing to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you are going to use your preferred Chard conveyancing lawyers - rather thanthe ones that will give their estate agent a kickback or hit his conveyancing figures demanded by head office.

Do you have any advice for leasehold conveyancing in Chard with the aim of saving time on the sale process?

  • Much of the delay in leasehold conveyancing in Chard can be reduced if you instruct lawyers the minute your agents start marketing the property and request that they start to collate the leasehold information which will be required by the buyers’ conveyancers.
    • If you have carried out any alterations to the residence would they have required Landlord’s permission? Have you, for example laid down wooden flooring? Most leases in Chard state that internal structural alterations or addition of wooden flooring calls for a licence from the Landlord consenting to such works. Where you fail to have the consents to hand you should not contact the landlord without checking with your solicitor before hand. A minority of Chard leases require Licence to Assign from the landlord. If this is the case, you should notify your estate agents to make sure that the purchasers put in hand financial (bank) and professional references. Any bank reference will need to confirm that the buyers are able to meet the yearly service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank’s letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the service charge figures so that they can pass this information on to the buyers or their solicitors. If there is a history of any disputes with your freeholder or managing agents it is very important that these are resolved before the property is marketed. The purchasers and their solicitors will be warry about purchasing a property where there is an ongoing dispute. You will have to accept that you will have to discharge any arrears of service charge or settle the dispute prior to completion of the sale. It is therefore preferable to have any dispute settled ahead of the contract papers being issued to the buyers’ solicitors. You will still have to reveal details of the dispute to the buyers, but it is clearly preferable to reveal the dispute as over as opposed to unresolved.

I inherited a basement flat in Chard, conveyancing formalities finalised half a dozen years ago. Can you shed any light on how much the price could be for a 90 year extension to my lease? Similar flats in Chard with an extended lease are worth £201,000. The ground rent is £45 invoiced every year. The lease expires on 21st October 2090

With only 64 years unexpired we estimate the price of your lease extension to be between £14,300 and £16,400 as well as plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.

The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs without more detailed due diligence. You should not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt additional concerns that need to be taken into account and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not take any other action based on this information without first getting professional advice.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Chard

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Chard practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Scott Rowe Limited, Chard Street, Axminster, Devon, EX13 5DS

What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Chard?

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding purchasing and selling property and cover conveyancing countrywide as well as Chard. If instructing a Licensed Conveyancer governed by the CLC, you can expect:
  • Have an honest and lawful conveyancing.
  • Be supplied with a high standard of legal services.
  • Be supplied with your transaction dealt with using care, skill and legal know-how.
  • Receive a high standard of service due to your conveyancer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Have a service which is accessible and responsive to your specific requirements.
  • You should not consider yourself discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • Not receive a service which is below the level you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Have your individual needs taken into account should a complaint be made.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a swift, impartial and comprehensive service when making a complaint about your conveyancing in Chard about your conveyancing in Chard.

Chard commercial property solicitors provide expert offering advice on numerous issues across all aspects of commercial property law

    Property realisations and advice for insolvency practitioners Offices, shops, public houses, off licenses, factories, nursing homes and warehouses Buying, selling and leasing land for registered charities Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 procedures, including serving section 25 and 26 notices Commercial development (from overage and options through to site acquisitions and construction)

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

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