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Conveyancing in Culcheth : Keep it Local

Reasons to use our Culcheth conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Culcheth conveyancing lawyers will be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 2 Culcheth solicitors have a significant advantage when it comes to Culcheth conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your sale or purchase
  • 3 Using a high street Solicitor on the whole means that you will receive a more personal touch. Online forums bear testimony to the idea that in selecting a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 4 The practices listed on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 5 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often located hundreds of kilometers away with limited understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Culcheth

Examples of recent conveyancing in Culcheth since October 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Culcheth

My mortgage broker requires my Culcheth lawyer’ panel member for the Nat West conveyancing panel. How do I obtain this. I have tried my local Culcheth office but they have not responded to me.

You are best placed to get this information from your Culcheth property lawyer . They keep a central record lender panel numbers.

Do the conveyancing solicitors identified through your search tool carry out right to buy conveyancing in Culcheth?

We do have numerous conveyancing lawyers carrying out right to buy conveyancing Please call the solicitors listed to obtain a conveyancing quote.

Can your site be used to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Culcheth even if I’m not buying or selling a house, for example where I wish to buy a shop in Culcheth with a mortgage from Bank of Scotland?

Our comparison service is predominantly used to get a quote from residential conveyancing solicitors in Culcheth but we have recorded at the end of this page some Culcheth commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to enquire with the firm directly to see if they are also authorised to represent Bank of Scotland

I'm the only beneficiary of my late father’s will and I have everything in my name alone, including the my former home in Culcheth. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in December. I want to move. I understand that there is a CML 6 month 'rule', meaning my proprietorship could be regarded the same way as if I'd bought the house in December. Will no one buy the property for half a year?

The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook obliges conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." Technically you could be caught by that. How practical a view banks take of it, depend on the lender as this provision principally exists to capture subsales or the flipping of property.

We previously chose solicitors with offices in Culcheth on the Nationwide solicitor approved list. They are now charging me a separate charge for the legal aspects of the Nationwide mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee set by Nationwide?

Unfortunately, as long as it is in their Terms of Engagement or Quote then yes your property lawyer can levy a fee for this. This fee is not set by Nationwide but by your Culcheth lawyer. Numerous firms on the Nationwide panel will charge ’dealing with mortgage’ fee but many practices include it on their overall fee.

After much negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Culcheth. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £175. A few days later, the property lawyer contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Leeds Building Society panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

I opted to have a survey completed on a property in Culcheth in advance of appointing lawyers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. The surveyor advised that some lenders tend refuse to grant a loan on such a house.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different instructions for example to Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to telephone us we can investigate further with the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Culcheth. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Culcheth to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

How difficult is it to transfer to a new firm as I have to retain one who is on the Chelsea Building Society conveyancing panel. I had appointed a family conveyancing solicitor in Culcheth five minutes from me but he is not approved by Chelsea Building Society

It would be our pleasure to assist you find a conveyancing solicitor in Culcheth on the Chelsea Building Society panel. Please note that the solicitors that we list do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Culcheth. Using the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this site, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Culcheth.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Culcheth regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Culcheth with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Culcheth. This should include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Furness Evans Incorp Wm Furness & Son And Stanley Evans & Co, Openshaw House, 90 Liverpool Road, Cadishead, Manchester, Lancashire, M44 5AN
  • Howard Fitton Solicitors, The Dingle, Lymm, Cheshire, WA13 0AE
  • Property Legal (manchester) Limited, Pls House, 2 Aegean Road, Atlantic Street, Broadheath, Broadheath, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 5UW
  • Ortolan Legal Limited, Genesis Centre, Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 7BH
  • Myerson Solicitors Llp, The Cottages, Regent Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 1RX

Planning law solicitors in Culcheth regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The solicitors listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Culcheth specialising in planning law. This will likely include advice on applications about listed buildings and conservation areas
  • Myerson Solicitors Llp, The Cottages, Regent Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 1RX
  • Land Law Llp, 10 - 14 Market Street, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 1QB
  • Hill & Co, 4-8 Market Street, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 1QD
  • Collings Law Ltd, 51 Stamford New Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 1DS

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

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Checking the title unregistered or registered
  • Undertaking Culcheth searches with respect to the title
  • Assessing draft contract and other papers collated by the owner’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Raising questions with the vendor’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Negotiating the purchase agreement
  • Going through replies provided by the vendor to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Negotiating the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the purchasing in respect of the loan offer: (where relevant)
  • Drafting and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Completion of and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct Land Tax forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the change in ownership and the mortgage (where appropriate) at the Land Registry.

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

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