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Chester Conveyancing Statistics*

  • 1 Average Land Registry Fee for this year to date was £270
  • 2 Average time frame of 105 days for registration of title in Chester
  • 3 81% freehold and 19% leasehold conveyancing in Chester for this year to date
  • 4 966 is the median number of years remaining on leases in Chester
  • 5 Average time from start to completion was 68 days for conveyancing in Chester

Examples of recent conveyancing in Chester since November 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Chester

What is the optimal way of identifying a commercial conveyancing in Chester?

Option 1 is to ask your friends and family whom they would instruct.

Second, search the web for conveyancing in Chester. Call two or three from the list and ask them to send you their conveyancing fee calculations and speak to the lawyer who will conduct your legal process prior tocommitting.

Option 3 is to use our search tool to assist you in finding the right lawyers for you based on your own expectations including the type of property,deadlines, complexity and who the proposed lender is. Resist the temptation to appoint low cost conveyancing in Chester

We are purchasing our first home. The conveyancing practitioner has e-mailedto check if we would like to take out extra conveyancing searches. As novices we in the dark as to what's relevant for conveyancing in Chester

The range of Chester conveyancing searches depends primarily on the premises, the location, the possibility of any of these risks, your knowledge of the locality and risks, your overall approach to risk. What is important is that you properly appreciate what information the searches could give you. You may then decide if you personally think you need that search. Where you are in doubt, ask the conveyancing practitioner to guide you.

Having invested time scouring consumer advice sites for a recommended solicitor in Chester, most say that I should use a CQS accredited solicitor. Can you explain what CQS is?

The Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) provides a kitemark for residential conveyancing practices issued by the Law Society. Membership achievement establishes a level of credibility for member firms with stakeholders (regulators, lenders, insurers and consumers) based upon: * the integrity of the senior responsible officer and other key conveyancing staff * the firm's adherence to good practice management standards * compliance with prudent and efficient conveyancing procedures through the scheme protocol It covers many organisations who carry out conveyancing in Chester.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a ground for flat up to £245,000 and found one close by in Chester I like with amenity areas and transport links in the vicinity, however it's only got 49 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Chester suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a short lease?

If you need a home loan that many years will be problematic. Discount the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you may ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this.

We're novice buyers - had an offer accepted, yet the selling agent informed us that the seller will only proceed if we appoint their recommended solicitors as they want a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a local solicitor with experience of conveyancing in Chester

We suspect that the seller is unaware of this demand. Should the vendor want ‘a quick sale', turning down a serious buyer is likely to cause more damage than good. Contact the owners directly and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are unencumbered (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you are going to instruct your preferred Chester conveyancing firm - rather thanthe ones that will give their negotiator at the agency a referral fee or hit his conveyancing thresholds set by corporate headquarters.

Are Chester conveyancing solicitors duty bound by the Law Society to supply transparent conveyancing costs?

Contained within the Solicitors Code of Conduct are specific rules and regulations as to how the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) allow solicitors to publicise their charges to clients.The Law Society have practice note giving advice on how to publicise transparent charges to avoid breaching any such rule. Practice notes are not legal advice issued by the Law Society and is not to be regarded as the only standard of good practice a conveyancing solicitor should adhere to. The Practice Note does, nevertheless, represent the Law Society’s view of acceptable practice for publicising conveyancing charges, and accordingly it’s a recommended read for any solicitor or conveyancer in Chester or or elsewhere in the country.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Chester

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Chester specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Claims for damages for illegal

  • Jolliffe & Co Llp, 6 St John Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 1DA
  • Storrar Cowdry & Co Limited, India House, 16 White Friars, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 1NZ
  • Mercury Legal Llp, Gorse Stacks House, George Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 3EQ
  • Hillyer Mckeown Llp, Gorse Stacks House, George Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 3EQ
  • Ellis & Co Solicitors Ltd, 10 Castle Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 2DS

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Chester regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Chester with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Chester. This will likely include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Johoco Ajb Limited, 6 St John Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 1DA
  • Johoco Sjw Limited, 6 St John Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 1DA
  • Johoco Hjb Ltd, 6 St. John Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 1DA
  • Johoco Jah Ltd, 6 St John Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 1DA
  • Jolliffe & Co Llp, 6 St John Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 1DA

Planning law solicitors in Chester regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Chester specialising in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including special planning controls
  • Oliver & Co Solicitors Ltd, Douglas House, 117 Foregate Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 1HE
  • Aaron & Partners Llp, Grosvenor Court, Foregate Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 1HG
  • Mackenzie Solicitors Limited, The Drift, Moor Lane, Rowton, Chester, Cheshire, CH3 7QW
  • Hodgkinson Legal, Middleheath, Brown Heath Road, Christleton, Chester, Cheshire, CH3 7PN

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

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