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Conveyancing in Dover : Keep it Local

Reasons to use our Dover conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 This site is the first site offering you the ability to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Dover will be carried out by a law firm on your lender’s conveyancing panel.
  • 2 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often located hundreds of kilometers away with limited appreciation of the factors that affect property transactions in Dover
  • 3 Firms that specialise in conveyancing in Dover regularly deal withlocal concerns peculiar to Dover and therefore you may benefit from better advice and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 4 Dover conveyancers are likely to have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 5 The Dover conveyancing firms that are listed are committed to supplying value for money, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and remortgagors in Dover

Examples of recent conveyancing in Dover since October 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Dover

My IFA has requested my Dover law firm’s panel reference for the Santander conveyancing panel. How do I obtain this. I have e-mailed my local Dover branch but they have not responded to me.

You are best placed to get this information from your Dover conveyancing practitioner . They keep a central record lender panel numbers.

Can your site be used to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Dover even where I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for instance where I intend to buy a shop in Dover with a loan from Yorkshire Building Society?

Our comparison service is primarily there to find domestic conveyancing solicitors in Dover but we have recorded towards the bottom of this page some Dover commercial conveyancing firms. You should make contact with the firm directly to establish if they are also authorised to represent Yorkshire Building Society

My bank has recommended a law firm on their panel based in Dover but I would rather instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Dover local to me. Are you able to assist?

Not all Dover conveyancing practices are approved and listed on all banks conveyancing panel. Use the above search tool to identify a Dover conveyancing conveyancer on the on the mortgage company panel.

I used Action Conveyancing several years ago for my conveyancing in Dover. Now, I need the files however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Dover of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I decided to have a survey completed on a property in Dover in advance of instructing solicitors. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. My surveyor advised that some lenders will not grant a mortgage on this type of property.

It varies from the lender to lender. HSBC has different requirements from Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to call us we can check 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 Dover. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Dover especially if they regularly deal with such properties in Dover.

I need to retain a conveyancing solicitor for residential conveyancing in Dover. I have chance upon a web site which appears to be the ideal answer If it is possible to get all the legals completed via web that would be preferable. Should I be concerned? What are the potential pitfalls?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Dover regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Dover practicing in commercial conveyancing in Dover. This could include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Stilwell & Singleton, 110 Maison Dieu Road, Dover, Kent, CT16 1RT
  • Pigotts, 10 Victoria Crescent, High Street, Dover, Kent, CT16 1DU
  • Mowll Limited, Trafalgar House, Gordon Road, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 3PN

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

  • Property lawyer instructed by the purchaser once the offer has been accepted
  • Examining the title to the property
  • Carrying out Dover conveyancing searches for the title
  • Reviewing draft sale agreement and other documentation forwarded by the seller’s property lawyer
  • Submitting questions with the vendor’s property lawyer
  • Negotiating the sale agreement
  • Considering the replies supplied by the vendor to pre-contract enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the buyer in respect of the loan offer: (where appropriate)
  • Drawing up and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; summarising to the purchaser on the contents of the contract pack, preliminary enquiries and the result of the searches)
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion formalities
  • Completing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the new ownership and the mortgage (where appropriate) at the HM Land Registry.

Dover commercial property solicitors draw on a wide range of commercial expertise offering advice on a variety of aspects of commercial property law

    Dealing with notices received or to be served pursuant to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Advice on commercial mortgages High street shops, agricultural or development land to hotels and office blocks. Subletting, licences and sharing occupation Telecommunications and broadcast mast sites Compulsory land purchase

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

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