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Reasons to use our Chipping Sodbury conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Chipping Sodbury lawyers work in conjunction with Chipping Sodbury estate agents, house builders, surveyors, banks and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is offered to clients every step of the way, to ensure you’re kept up to date with progress throughout
  • 2 Over the years Chipping Sodbury conveyancer have developed valuable links with Chipping Sodbury local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of undertaking your house sale or purchase in Chipping Sodbury.
  • 3 Our site is the only site offering you the ability to ensure that your conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury will be conducted by a conveyancer on your bank conveyancing panel.
  • 4 Conveyancer conveyancing solicitors have excellent personal connections with Chipping Sodbury estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 Chipping Sodbury conveyancer are the key to a successful Chipping Sodbury conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your move

Examples of recent conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury

I am hoping to complete my purchase in Chipping Sodbury next Tuesday. I have now been asked to send a copy of my building insurance schedule by my solicitor as he says that he has to check this in his capacity as lawyer for the lender. What does the insurance need to cover?

Any lawyer on acting for lenders would need to check that the following risks are covered fire; lightning; aircraft; explosion; earthquake; storm; flood; escape of water or oil; riot; malicious damage; theft or attempted theft; falling trees and branches and aerials; subsidence; heave;landslip;collision;accidental damage to underground services;professional fees, demolition and site clearance costs; and public liability to anyone else. There are some other issues such as the level of excess that are set out in a lender’s UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions. These requirements are not specific to conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury.

It is 10 years ago since I bought my property in Chipping Sodbury. Conveyancing lawyers have just been retained on the sale but I can't find the title deeds. Will this jeopardise the sale?

You need not be too concerned. Firstly the deeds may be with the mortgage company or they may be in the possession of the conveyancers who handled the purchase. Secondly in all probability the title will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to prove you own the property by your conveyancing lawyers obtaining up to date copy of the land registers. Almost all conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your home is not registered it adds to the complexity but is not insurmountable.

Me and my brother purchased a semi-detached Georgian property in Chipping Sodbury. Conveyancing practitioner represented me and Accord Mortgages Ltd. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are two entries: the first freehold, the second leasehold under the exact same address. I thought I was buying a freehold how can I check?

You should assess 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 Chipping Sodbury and other areas of 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 purchasers. You can also question the position with your conveyancing practitioner who conducted the work.

What does commercial conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury cover?

Chipping Sodbury conveyancing for business premises covers a broad array of services, supplied by qualified solicitors, relating to business premises. For instance, this area of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the transfer of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial mortgages and the termination of leases.

Am I better off to go with a Chipping Sodbury conveyancing lawyer based in the area that I am purchasing? An old friend can carry out the legal formalities but his firm is located 200miles drive away.

The primary upside of using a high street Chipping Sodbury conveyancing firm is that you can attend the office to execute documents, deliver your identification documents and pester them if necessary. Having local Chipping Sodbury know how is a benefit. That being said it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who used your friend and in the main were content that should trump using an unfamiliar Chipping Sodbury conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being Chipping Sodbury based.

My solicitors in Chipping Sodbury have advised me that they can not locate my conveyancing file. To assist with my purchase I took out a mortgage with the lender. Is it case that being on the bank conveyancing panel they need to have retained the file for a prescribed period?

Different lenders have different requirements but many of the Terms and Conditions of Conveyancing Panel Appointment require the file to be held for a period of 6 years. That being said we have not seen a copy of the lender Conveyancing Panel Terms. It might be worth you contacting the mortgage company directly.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Chipping Sodbury regulated by the SRA

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

  • Beaufort Montague Harris, Old Bank House, 79 Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6AD
  • Clutton Cox Limited, Parliament House, 4 High Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6AH
  • Adams Burrows, 34 Broad Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS16 5NS

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Chipping Sodbury regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Chipping Sodbury practicing in commercial conveyancing in Chipping Sodbury. This will likely include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Beaufort Montague Harris, Old Bank House, 79 Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6AD
  • Clutton Cox Limited, Parliament House, 4 High Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6AH
  • Adams Burrows, 34 Broad Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS16 5NS

Typically, Chipping Sodbury conveyancing for a purchase has some of the following tasks

  • Solicitor instructed by the purchaser on acceptance of the offer
  • Checking the title to the premises
  • Undertaking Chipping Sodbury conveyancing searches for the property
  • Reviewing draft sale agreement and other documentation prepared the owner’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Raising enquiries with the seller’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Negotiating the sale agreement
  • Considering the replies supplied by the owner to pre-contract enquiries
  • Negotiating the Transfer document
  • Advising the buyer in respect of the mortgage offer: (if applicable)
  • Drawing up and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; summarising to the buyer 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
  • Completing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct SDLT forms and payment
  • Registering the transfer of ownership and the home loan (where applicable) 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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