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Reasons to use our Chichester conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The organisations identified on our directory have a variation of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases each year.
  • 2 Solicitor conveyancing firms have excellent personal links with Chichester selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 Notwithstanding what other solicitors say it may be necessary to visit your solicitor to execute contracts. Too many 3rd parties are already with an interest in a homemove without needing to include the postman into the mix.
  • 4 Chichester conveyancing lawyers are likely to have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 5 The accumulation of transactions means that Chichester solicitor have established very good working relationships with Chichester local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of dealing with your house sale or purchase in Chichester.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Chichester since January 2026*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Chichester

At long last a loan offer from Santander for the refinancing of my 2 bedroom garden flat is due any day now. Are you able to put forward a cheap conveyancing solicitor in Chichester?

You have come to the wrong site to search for the cheapest conveyancing in Chichester. We can offer you cost effective conveyancing but our intention is not to advertise as being the cheapest. Avoid the trap of appointing organisations enticing you with £99 conveyancing in Chichester. The optimum result, in deciding on low cost conveyancing, you will receive what you pay for and at worst you will end up with a hefty uplift in additional fees and still not end up with the service you were hoping for.

My god-son is purchasing a new build apartment in Chichester with a mortgage from Skipton. His conveyancer has said that there is a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. Who needs to receive the form?

The document is intended to provide information to the main parties involved in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Skipton conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer when asked. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Skipton conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.

As a novice what is the most important number one tip you can impart about purchase conveyancing in Chichester?

You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Chichester or throughout West Sussex is often a confrontational experience. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there is an abundance of opportunity for conflict between you and other parties involved in the home moving process. E.g., the vendor, estate agent and on occasion your mortgage company. Selecting a lawyer for your conveyancing in Chichester should not be taken lightly as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the SOLE party in the legal process whose role it is to protect your legal interests and to keep you safe.

There is a distinct ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone must be at fault for the process taking so long. You should always trust your lawyer above all other parties in the conveyancing process.

Me and my brother own a semi-detached Victorian house in Chichester. Conveyancing lawyer represented me and National Westminster Bank. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and I saw two entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold with the matching property. I'd like to know for sure, how can I find out??

You should assess 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 Chichester and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with lenders. You can also question the situation with the conveyancing practitioner who carried out the work.

What makes your site different to other internet conveyancing brokers for conveyancing in Chichester?

At this site obtain an accurate costs illustration from a Solicitor or Licensed Conveyancer that has a full understanding of the nuances for your conveyancing in Chichester. Unlike many estate agents and brokerage sites we do not charge firms a fee if you select them for your property ownership legalities in Chichester

We're novice buyers - had an offer accepted, but the property agent advised that the vendor will only move forward if we instruct their preferred solicitors as they need an ‘expedited deal’. We would rather use a high street conveyancer with experience of conveyancing in Chichester

We suspect that the owner is not behind this request. Should the vendor require ‘a quick sale', turning down a genuine purchaser is likely to cause more damage than good. Contact the vendors directly and explain that (a)you are serious buyers (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances in place © you do not need to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you are going to appoint your preferred Chichester conveyancing lawyers - rather thanthe ones that will give the estate agent a referral fee or achieve conveyancing thresholds set by corporate headquarters.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Chichester regulated by the SRA

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

  • George Ide Llp, 52 North Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1NQ
  • Wannops Llp, South Pallant House, 8 South Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1TH
  • Charles Hill Hubbard, 27-28 Southgate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1ES
  • Stone Milward Rapers With Paul Hills & Co, 50 Westgate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 3HE
  • Rita Sen Solicitors, 4 Nyetimber Lane, Rose Green, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 3HG

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Chichester

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Chichester specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • George Ide Llp, 52 North Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1NQ
  • Wannops Llp, South Pallant House, 8 South Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1TH
  • The Owen Kenny Partnership Limited, 38 South Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1EL
  • Charles Hill Hubbard, 27-28 Southgate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1ES
  • Stone Milward Rapers With Paul Hills & Co, 50 Westgate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 3HE

Home buying in Chichester is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process.

  • Solicitor instructed by the purchaser on acceptance of the offer
  • Checking the title unregistered or registered
  • Undertaking Chichester conveyancing searches for the title
  • Assessing draft contract and other papers prepared the vendor’s lawyer
  • Submitting queries with the seller’s lawyer
  • Negotiating the sale agreement
  • Going through replies prepared by the owner to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for the Transfer document
  • Advising the buyer in respect of the loan offer: (if appropriate)
  • Drafting and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; summarising to the purchaser on the contents of the contract pack, pre-contract enquiries and the result of the searches)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion of the purchase
  • Preparing and submitting to HMRC the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the new ownership and the mortgage (if relevant) at the HM Land Registry.

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

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