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Top 5 reasons to let us help you find a high street conveyancing solicitor in Crawley Down

  • 1 Crawley Down conveyancers work in partnership with Crawley Down estate agents, property finders, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is provided to buyers and sellers every step of the way, to ensure you’re kept up to date with progress throughout
  • 2 Crawley Down lawyers have a crucial advantage when it comes to Crawley Down conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will impact your home move
  • 3 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Crawley Down is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 4 Our site is the first site that enables you the ability to check that your property ownership legalities in Crawley Down will be conducted by a solicitor on your mortgage lender’s conveyancing panel.
  • 5 Excellent communication together with a wealth of experience are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Crawley Down home moves can be made a lot more complicated as a result of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with strive to make sure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Crawley Down since December 2024*

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of semi property, Burleigh Way, RH10 4LX completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £435,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion, setting up the completion formalities

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Disposal

of detached residence property, Cranston Way, RH10 4XX completing on 09/01/2025 at a price of £405,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, agreeing completion date with parties

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Disposal

of flat Copthorne Common Road RH10 3SL, at the agreed sum of £245,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, obtaining official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

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of terraced residence, St Francis Gardens, RH10 3JS completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £600,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Crawley Down

The lawyer who assisted with my former purchase has sent a quote for £1700 for fixed fee conveyancing in Crawley Down. I am looking to sell a Georgian property for £125,000. Is this overpriced? Is it above what I should be paying for conveyancing in Crawley Down?

The charges are a bit high. If you are prepared to spend time contrasting prices you might get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by perhaps a hundred pounds. That being said, you maylive to rue opting for an an unknown lawyer. Remember to ensure that the firm can also act for your mortgage company. You can utilise our search tool to select a Crawley Down conveyancing practice on the lender’s member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Crawley Down.

Is it realistic for conveyancing in Crawley Down to be concluded inside 3 weeks?

Where the seller is applying pressure for your conveyancing it is highly recommended that your lawyer is familiar with the area as they will have local connections and intelligence. It is possible that they would have handled otherhouses in the same road. Therefore consider using a Crawley Down conveyancing solicitor. Second, double check that the conveyancing firm is on the member panel. It is believed that 18% of Crawley Down conveyancing transactions are delayed or derailed after finding out that a buyer’s conveyancer was not on their banks list of approved solicitors. This can often result in the home move being delayed by an average of 21 days. It is believed that this issue impacts approximately 100,000 home moves every year. Many Crawley Down conveyancing firms can not represent certain banks so do check at the outset.

My friend recommended that where I am purchasing in Crawley Down I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

A search of this type is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Crawley Down conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant information about Crawley Down around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Crawley Down Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Crawley Down.

I own a terraced Georgian property in Crawley Down. Conveyancing lawyer acted for me and The Royal Bank of Scotland. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are two entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold with the matching property. If a house is not a freehold shouldn't I have been informed?

You should review 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 proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Crawley Down 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 mortgage companies. You can also question the position with your conveyancing practitioner who completed the work.

I have been on the look out for a leasehold apartment up to £245,000 and identified one near me in Crawley Down I like with amenity areas and railway links nearby, however it's only got 51 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Crawley Down in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a lease with such few years left?

If you need a mortgage that many years may be a potential deal breaker. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you may request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer about this matter.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Crawley Down and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Crawley Down. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Crawley Down area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Crawley Down. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Crawley Down

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Crawley Down practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

  • Waughs, Clarendon House, Judges Terrace, High Street, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 3AD
  • Mason & Beer, 6 High Street, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 3AP
  • Russell & Co Solicitors Limited, 12-13 Queens Square, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1DY
  • Rawlison Butler Llp, Griffin House, 135 High Street, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1DQ
  • Stevensdrake Limited, 117-119 High Street, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1DD

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Crawley Down regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Crawley Down but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Stephen Ball Conveyancing, 5 Pine Way Close, RH19 4JR

Planning law solicitors in Crawley Down regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Crawley Down with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including special planning controls
  • Burstow Law Solicitors, The Cottage, Rookery Lane, Smallfield, Horley, Surrey, RH6 9BD
  • Stevensdrake Limited, 117-119 High Street, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1DD
  • Dmh Stallard Trust Corporation Limited, Gainsborough House, Pegler Way, Crawley, West Sussex, RH11 7FZ
  • Dmh Stallard Llp, Gainsborough House, Pegler Way, Crawley, West Sussex, RH11 7FZ

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

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