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Reasons to use our Driffield conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these companies are often located hundreds of kilometers away with limited understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Driffield
  • 2 Lawyer conveyancing solicitors have valuable personal connections with Driffield estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 This site is the only site offering you the ability to ensure that your conveyancing in Driffield will be carried out by a conveyancer on your mortgage lender’s member panel.
  • 4 On the balance of probabilities the the conveyancers for the other party are located in Driffield - if so both parties will be less confrontational
  • 5 Peace of mind comes when you select the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Driffield has a number to pick from, but for a truly dependable and reliable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Driffield since July 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Driffield

It is is a decade since I purchased my house in Driffield. Conveyancing lawyers have recently been instructed on the sale but I can't track down the deeds. Is this a major issue?

Don’t worry too much. First the deeds may be retained by your lender or they may stored with the lawyers who handled the purchase. Secondly in most cases the title will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to prove you own the property by your conveyancing solicitors acquiring up to date copy of the land registers. Almost all conveyancing in Driffield involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is unregistered it is more tricky but is resolvable.

I need some fast conveyancing in Driffield as I am faced with a deadline to exchange contracts inside 2 weeks. A home loan is not required. Can I avoid the conveyancing searches to save money and time?

As you are not taking a mortgage you have the choice not to have searches carried out although no law firm would recommend that you don't. Drawing on years of experience of conveyancing in Driffield the following are instances of what can show up and therefore impact future mortgageability: Enforcement Actions, Outstanding Charges, Overdue Grants, Railway Schemes,...

I am looking for a leasehold apartment up to £245,000 and identified one round the corner in Driffield I like with amenity areas and railway links nearby, however it only has 49 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Driffield for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a lease with such few years left?

If you need a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term will be problematic. Discount the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing owner has owned the property for at least twenty four months you can request that they start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor about this matter.

How do I locate a Driffield solicitor on the National Westminster Bank conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am prepared to travel upto 25kilometers to meet the lawyer.

Feel free to make use of the tool on this website. Please select a bank and your location and you will see a number of Driffield conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have listed some Driffield conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can call them to check if they are on the National Westminster Bank member panel

In my capacity as executor for the estate of my father I am disposing of a residence in Swansea but live in Driffield. My lawyer (approximately 300 kilometers from meneeds me to sign a statutory declaration prior to the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Driffield to witness and place their company stamp on the document?

strictly speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Driffield based

Are Driffield conveyancing solicitors under an obligation to the Law Society to issue clear conveyancing figures?

Inbuilt into the Solicitors Code of Conduct are prescriptive rules and regulations as to how the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) allow solicitors to publicise their fees to clients.The Law Society have practice note giving advice on how to publicise transparent charges to avoid breaching any such rule. Practice notes are not legal advice issued by the Law Society and is not intended as the only standard of good practice a conveyancing solicitor should adhere to. The Practice Note does, however, constitute the Law Society’s view of acceptable practice for publicising conveyancing charges, and accordingly it’s a recommended read for any solicitor or conveyancer in Driffield or beyond.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Driffield regulated by the SRA

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

  • Lundys, 17 Exchange Street, Driffield, North Humberside, YO25 6LA

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Driffield

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Driffield with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • Lundys, 17 Exchange Street, Driffield, North Humberside, YO25 6LA

Typically, Driffield conveyancing for a sale has some of the following tasks

  • Property lawyer instructed by the seller on acceptance of the offer
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Drafting contract and associated papers
  • Sending draft papers to the lawyer acting for the buyer
  • Negotiating contracts and answering supplemental queries from the purchaser’s lawyer
  • Agreeing the transfer document
  • Answering requisitions raised by the buyer’s lawyer
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion of the sale
  • Receiving sale proceeds and sending funds to the vendor, the estate agent and redeeming the mortgage (where applicable)

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

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