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5 reasons to let us assist you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in Duxford

  • 1 The organisations shown on our directory have a variation of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 2 We are the UKs most comprehensive domestic conveyancing directory service identifying bank approved property lawyers carrying out conveyancing in Duxford regulated and authorised by the SRA or CLC.
  • 3 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often located many kilometers away with little understanding of the factors that affect property transactions in Duxford
  • 4 This site is the first site that enables you the facility to ensure that your conveyancing in Duxford will be conducted by a law firm on your lender’s authorised panel.
  • 5 Notwithstanding what other lawyers tell you it may be important to visit your lawyer to execute documents. There are various parties with with an interest in a house sale without needing to include the postman into the equation.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Duxford since September 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Duxford

Just contacted my conveyancing solicitor in Duxford who completed the legal work 18 months ago and wanted a conveyancing estimate based on an identical type of house sale & purchase (a leasehold residence and a freehold property) of almost identical values with a home loan from Barclays Direct. It looks as though am now being charged double. Am I right to be tempted to shop around for a cheaper online conveyancer?

The charges seem a bit high. Where you are willing to spend time comparing costs you could get the conveyancing a bit cheaper by say a hundred pounds. That being said, providing that you were pleased with the legal work the firm provided you couldcome to regret choosing an an untested conveyancer. Remember to check that the conveyancer can represent Barclays Direct. Do use our search tool to locate a Duxford conveyancing firm on the Barclays Direct member panel, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Duxford.

Forgive me if this question is silly but I am unexperienced as FTB of a ground floor flat in Duxford. Do I pick up the keys to the premises on the completion date from my conveyancer? If so, I will find a local conveyancing solicitor in Duxford?

On the day of completion you do not need to attend the conveyancers office in Duxford. Your solicitors will transfer the purchase money to the owner’s conveyancers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you will be invited to collect the keys from the Estate Agents and start moving into the property. Usually this happens early afternoon.

Does a directory service exist listing TSB panel solicitors in Duxford on the Council of Mortgage Lender’s Website?

No. There is no such directory service on the CML or Building Society Association sites. A small selection of banks make their panel listings viewable over the internet. Where you are in need of a Duxford conveyancer on the TSB please make the most of our tool.

I recently had an offer agreed on a house in Duxford. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their property lawyer. I paid an on account payment of £150. Soon after, the conveyancing practitioner called me to say that they were not on the Kent Reliance 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 Kent Reliance 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.

What does a local search inform me about the house I am purchasing in Duxford?

Duxford conveyancing often starts with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search company such as Searchflow The local search is essential in every Duxford conveyancing purchase; that is if you don’t want any nasty once you have moved into your new home. The search will provide data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 topic sections.

How easy is it to swap conveyancer as I need to instruct one who is on the Bank of Scotland conveyancing panel. I had appointed a local conveyancing solicitor in Duxford round the corner but she is not approved by Bank of Scotland

It would be our pleasure to help you select a conveyancing solicitor in Duxford on the Bank of Scotland panel. Please note that the law firms that we on the directory do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are fully regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Duxford. In utilising the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Duxford.

I want to let out my leasehold apartment in Duxford. Conveyancing solicitor who did the purchase is retired - so can't ask her. Do I need to ask my freeholder for their consent?

A small minority of properties in Duxford do contain a provision to say that subletting is only permitted with prior consent from the landlord. The landlord cannot unreasonably withhold but, in such cases, they would need to review references. Experience suggests that problems are usually caused by unsatisfactory tenants rather than owner-occupiers and for that reason you can expect the freeholder to take up the references and consider them carefully before granting permission.

Duxford Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Sample of Queries Prior to Purchasing

    Who is in charge of the building? It would be prudent to find out if there are any onerous restrictions in the lease. By way of example some leases prohibit pets being permitted in certain buildings in Duxford. If you like the propertyin Duxford but your cat is not allowed to make the move with you then you will be faced hard compromise. Does the lease have onerous restrictions?

My wife and I accepted an offer on a Duxford ground floor flat we inherited 8 years ago in 2009. I have over a decades worth of conveyancing knowledge and, although retired, intend to do my own legal work. The purchaser's solicitor has informed me that their Lenders will not allow you to do your own conveyancing requiring the funds to be passed via a solicitor's bank account.

Lending instructions to conveyancers from all mainstream lenders state that If the seller does not have legal representation the purchaser’s lawyers should check whether the lender needs to be notified so that a decision can be made as to whether or not they are willing to proceed.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Duxford regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Duxford practicing in commercial conveyancing in Duxford. This will likely include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Adams Harrison, 14-16 Church Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1JW
  • Fairhurst Menuhin & Co Ltd, Thorn House, 11a Hill Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1EH

Planning law solicitors in Duxford regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Duxford specialising in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including compulsory purchases in Duxford
  • Adams Harrison, 14-16 Church Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1JW

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

  • Obtaining instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Checking the title unregistered or registered
  • Ordering Duxford conveyancing searches for the property
  • Considering the draft sale agreement and other documentation received from the owner’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Raising queries with the seller’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Agreeing the wording of the purchase agreement
  • Examining replies supplied by the seller to pre-contract enquiries
  • Negotiating the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the purchasing in respect of the loan offer: (if applicable)
  • Preparing 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 preparing for completion
  • Completing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the appropriate stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the buyer and the home loan (where applicable) at the HMLR.

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

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