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Top reasons to use our service to help you choose a local conveyancing solicitor in Dunmow

  • 1 Dunmow lawyers work in conjunction with Dunmow estate agents, property finders, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to ensure that a quality service is provided to buyers and sellers every step of the way, to ensure you’re kept informed as to progress all the way along
  • 2 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these organisations are often based hundreds of kilometers away with little understanding of the factors that affect property transactions in Dunmow
  • 3 Notwithstanding what alternative solicitors may claim it just might be important to pop into your lawyer to sign contracts. There are various parties with involved in a conveyancing transaction without having to add Royal Mail into the pot.
  • 4 There is a strong possibility the the conveyancers for the other party are based in Dunmow - if so sets of lawyers are likely to have worked on conveyancing matters in the past
  • 5 Dunmow property lawyers will have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents

Examples of recent conveyancing in Dunmow since April 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Dunmow

I require conveyancing for a flat in a relatively new development (seven years built) in Dunmow. The vast majority the appartments are already disposed of. Do I need carry out the neighbourhood searches for my conveyancing in Dunmow?

If you getting a loan, your bank will require some (many) of the searches so you'll have no choice. If not, then Dunmow conveyancing searches are for you to decide upon. No doubt your conveyancer, will 'advise', perhaps in the strongest possible terms, that you should not go ahead without searches, but he or she is duty bound in this regard. One thing to bear in mind; if you are likely to sell the house one day, it may be of interest to your future buyer what the searches contain. Sometimes houses with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. But if you demand that your lawyer to proceed without searches then your lawyer will have to follow your instructions or it may be necessary to find a new lawyer for your conveyancing in Dunmow.

Having sold my house in Dunmow last March yet the purchaser is calling every few hours to say their conveyancer is waiting to hear from mysolicitor. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?

Following your sale your conveyancer is obliged to deliver the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your conveyancer should also evidence that the home loan has been discharged to the purchasers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks unique to conveyancing in Dunmow.

We're in Dunmow, First timers buying with a mortgage (lender is UBS , and our solicitor is on the UBS conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?

The fact that your lawyer is on the UBS conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancer should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.

I purchased a renovated Edwardian property in Dunmow. Conveyancing solicitor represented me and Leeds Building Society. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are two entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold under the exact same address. 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 Dunmow and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also enquire as to the situation with your conveyancing lawyer who conducted the purchase.

Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Dunmow in advance of instructing conveyancers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the property. Our surveyor has said that some lenders will refuse to issue a loan on this type of house.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different instructions from Birmingham Midshires. If you contact us we can check via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Dunmow. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Dunmow to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

Is it best to use a Dunmow conveyancing solicitor who is local to the property I am hoping to buy? I have an old university friend who can carry out the conveyancing but his firm is located over three hundred kilometers away.

The primary upside of using a high street Dunmow conveyancing firm is that you can drop in to execute paperwork, present your identification documents and pester them where appropriate. Having local Dunmow know how is a bonus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who used your friend and on the whole were impressed that must surpass using an unfamiliar Dunmow conveyancing solicitor just because they are local.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Dunmow regulated by the SRA

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

  • Foort Tayler, 42 High Street, Great Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1AH
  • Wade & Davies Limited, 28 High Street, Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1AH
  • Foort Tayler Limited, 42 High Street, Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1AH

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Dunmow regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Dunmow but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Chelmer Conveyancing Services, 12 The Mead, CM6 2PD

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

  • Solicitor instructed by the purchaser once the offer has been accepted
  • Checking the title unregistered or registered
  • Undertaking Dunmow conveyancing searches with respect to the title
  • Assessing draft sale agreement and other documentation received from the vendor’s property lawyer
  • Submitting queries with the seller’s property lawyer
  • Negotiating the sale contract
  • Assessing replies provided by the owner to pre-contract enquiries
  • Negotiating the Transfer document
  • Advising the buyer in respect of the mortgage offer: (where appropriate)
  • Preparing 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
  • Preparing and submitting to HMRC the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the purchase and the home loan (where relevant) at the HMLR.

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

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