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Reasons to use our Dewsbury conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 We are the UKs most comprehensive residential conveyancing directory listing bank approved property lawyers conducting conveyancing in Dewsbury governed by the SRA or CLC.
  • 2 Dewsbury property lawyers will have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 3 Dewsbury property lawyer are the key to a successful Dewsbury conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing
  • 4 Excellent communication and pure property experience are key benefits that you should value when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Dewsbury conveyancing can be made significantly more stressful due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers listed ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 5 Dewsbury property lawyers have a crucial advantage when it comes to Dewsbury conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will affect your conveyancing

Examples of recent conveyancing in Dewsbury since January 2025*

Sale

of terraced premises, Savile Mews, WF12 9BP completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £165,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Disposal

of terraced premises, Staincliffe Road, WF13 4EJ completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £337,500. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, setting up the completion formalities

Transfer

of detached residence residence, Jilling Ing Grove, WF12 8DT completing on 09/01/2025 at a price of £260,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, preparing statement detailing charges

Transfer

of terraced residence, Slaithwaite Close, WF12 9DQ completing on 09/01/2025 at a price of £155,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Dewsbury

AssumingI were to purchase a straightforward homein Dewsbury mortgage fee and dispense with a survey and no conveyancing searches how much could I expect to to save on my conveyancing in Dewsbury?

The only saving you would make on is the disbursement for searches. The conveyancer still got to do everything else - money laundering, correspond with your sellers conveyancer, SDLT submission, register the title etc. A marginal saving might be made by not having to register a charge however it won't be significant.

I have Fifty Six years left on my lease and require a lease extension for my apartment in Dewsbury. Conveyancing solicitors on the Accord Mortgages panel can deal with such extensions right?

Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are obtaining a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Accord Mortgages have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 2/4/2025 the requirements read as follows :

85 years from the date of completion of the mortgage. Please ensure that you explain the implications of a short term lease to the borrower.

We previously chose conveyancing lawyers with offices in Dewsbury on the Skipton solicitor approved list. They have just billed me a separate fee for the legal aspects of the Skipton mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee specified by Skipton?

Unfortunately, as long as it is in their Terms and Conditions or Quote then yes your conveyancer may charge a fee for this. The fee is not dictated by Skipton but by your Dewsbury conveyancer. Numerous firms on the Skipton panel will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee but many firms incorporate it on their overall fee.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Nationwide. I assume I don't need a Dewsbury solicitor on the Nationwide panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Nationwide mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Nationwide mortgage from the register. Nationwide, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

  1. but are not moving to another property
  2. where Nationwide has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. Nationwide has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Nationwide mortgage has been paid off.

I have instructed a Dewsbury solicitor having made sure that they are on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?

HSBC will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually HSBC will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Dewsbury surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Dewsbury?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Dewsbury. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

Am I better off to choose a Dewsbury conveyancing solicitor who is local to the property I am hoping to buy? An old friend can execute the legal work but his firm is located a couple of hundredmiles away.

The benefit of a high street Dewsbury conveyancing practice is that you can pop in to sign documents, present your ID and pester them where appropriate. They will also have local insight which is a bonus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If other friends have instructed your friend and in the main were impressed that must surpass using an unknown Dewsbury conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being based in the area.

My husband and I may need to rent out our Dewsbury 1st floor flat for a while due to a new job. We instructed a Dewsbury conveyancing practice in 2003 but they have closed and we did not have the foresight to seek any guidance as to whether the lease permits subletting. How do we find out?

The lease dictates the relationship between the freeholder and you the leaseholder; specifically, it will indicate if subletting is prohibited, or permitted but only subject to certain caveats. The accepted inference is that if the lease contains no expres ban or restriction, subletting is allowed. The majority of leases in Dewsbury do not contain an absolute prevention of subletting – such a provision would adversely affect the market value the flat. In most cases there is a basic requirement that the owner notifies the freeholder, possibly sending a copy of the tenancy agreement.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Dewsbury - Sample of Queries before buying

    Are any of leasehold owners in arrears of their service charge liability? This information is important as a) areas could cause problems in the building as the common areas may start to deteriorate where services remain unpaid b) if the leaseholders have an issue with the running of the building you will need to have complete disclosure You should be aware that where the lease has less than 80 years it will have adverse implications on the value of the property. It is worth checking with your bank that they are content with residual term of the lease. A short lease means that you will probably need a lease extension sooner rather than later and it is worth finding out what this will be. For most Dewsburylease extensions you will need to own the property for a couple of years before you are legally able to extend the lease.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Dewsbury

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Dewsbury specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • Kingswell Watts Solicitors Limited, Church Street, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 1JX
  • Greenstone Solicitors Limited, First Floor, 48 Daisy Hill, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 1LH
  • Hellewell Pasley & Brewer, 66/68 Daisy Hill, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 1LS
  • Ashmans Solicitors Ltd, 26 Market Place, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 1DQ
  • Jordans Solicitors, Neil Jordan House, 22-26 Wellington Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 1HL

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Dewsbury regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Dewsbury practicing in commercial conveyancing in Dewsbury. This could include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Kingswell Watts Solicitors Limited, Church Street, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 1JX
  • Greenstone Solicitors Limited, First Floor, 48 Daisy Hill, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 1LH
  • Hellewell Pasley & Brewer, 66/68 Daisy Hill, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 1LS
  • Ashmans Solicitors Ltd, 26 Market Place, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 1DQ
  • Disken & Co, 20 Bond Street, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 1AT

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Dewsbury regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Dewsbury but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Dra Conveyancing Limited, 18 Knowl Road, WF14 8DQ

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