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Top 5 reasons to use our service to help you select a high street conveyancing solicitor in Eastbourne

  • 1 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these companies are often based many miles away with little understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Eastbourne
  • 2 No matter what any alternative sites say it may be necessary to attend your lawyer to execute documents. There are various parties with with an interest in a conveyancing transaction without needing to add the postman into the equation.
  • 3 Retaining the services of a a family Solicitor in the main means that you will receive a more personalised service. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by reading from their computer screens.
  • 4 Conveyancer conveyancing lawyers have very good personal links with Eastbourne estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Eastbourne is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) often falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Eastbourne since May 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Eastbourne

Souldappointing a Eastbourne conveyancing practitioner make the ownership transfer smoother?

Eastbourne is a special area, where neighbourhood experience is a significant benefit. The laid-back lifestyle has it’s attractions – just not when it comes to your home move. The property lawyers that we work with combine well rounded Eastbourne know how with a proactive, can doapproach that ensures the conveyancing to progress actively engaging with all parties thus reducing the scope for delays. It will certainly help if they enjoy established connections with financial advisers, search providers, surveyors and counterpart Eastbourne conveyancing firms

We're in Eastbourne, FTBs purchasing with a mortgage (lender is Principality , and our lawyer is on the Principality conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?

The fact that your lawyer is on the Principality conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancing practitioner 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.

Should my conveyancer be making enquiries regarding flooding during the conveyancing in Eastbourne.

Flooding is a growing risk for conveyancers conducting conveyancing in Eastbourne. Plenty of people will purchase a house in Eastbourne, completely expectant that at some time, it may be flooded. However, leaving to one side the physical damage, where a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, satisfactory insurance cover, or dispose of the property. Steps can be carried out as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the buyer.

Lawyers are not best placed to impart advice on flood risk, but there are a various checks that may be undertaken by the buyer or by their conveyancers which will figure out the risks in Eastbourne. The conventional set of information given to a purchaser’s conveyancer (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) includes a usual inquiry of the seller to find out if the premises has historically flooded. If the property has been flooded in past which is not revealed by the vendor, then a purchaser could bring a legal claim for losses as a result of such an inaccurate response. A purchaser’s lawyers may also conduct an environmental report. This will higlight if there is any known flood risk. If so, additional inquiries will need to be made.

How does conveyancing in Eastbourne differ for newly converted properties?

Most buyers of new build property in Eastbourne approach us having been asked by the housebuilder to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the property is constructed. This is because developers in Eastbourne usually buy the land, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Eastbourne or who has acted in the same development.

Is it simple use your search tool to select a conveyancing practitioner in Eastbourne on the approved list for my mortgage?

1st pick a lender such as Lloyds TSB Bank, Chelsea Building Society or Barclays Direct then specify your location e.g. Eastbourne. Conveyancing firms in Eastbourne and nationally should be shown.

My husband and I are first time buyers - had an offer accepted, yet the selling agent advised that the vendor will only issue a contract if we appoint their preferred solicitors as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a family solicitor who is accustomed to conveyancing in Eastbourne

It is improbable the sellers are behind this. Should the seller want ‘a quick sale', turning down a motivated buyer is counter productive. Speak to the vendors direct and make sure they understand (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are chain free (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you intend to appoint your own,trusted Eastbourne conveyancing firm - not the ones that will earn their estate agent a referral fee or meet his conveyancing figures demanded by head office.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Eastbourne regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Eastbourne with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Eastbourne. This should include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Cornfield Law Llp, 47 Cornfield Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4QN
  • Hart Reade, 104 South Street, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4LW
  • Stephen Rimmer Llp, 28-30 Hyde Gardens, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4PX
  • Barwells Legal Limited, 6 Hyde Gardens, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4PN
  • Mccarthy Webb Ltd, Wish Mews, 21 Wish Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4NX

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Eastbourne regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Eastbourne but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Hobson & Latham Limited, 47 Gildredge Road, BN21 4RY

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

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and related documents
  • Supplying draft papers to the conveyancing practitioner retained by the purchaser
  • Finalising the wording for contracts and responding to supplemental questions from the purchaser’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Agreeing the transfer document
  • Responding to requisitions submitted by the buyer’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion of the sale
  • Accepting the sale proceeds and wiring funds to the owner, the estate agent and other relevant parties (if appropriate)

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

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