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Reasons to use our Elm Park conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Elm Park is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you will expect.
  • 2 Chances are that the other side’s lawyers are based in Elm Park - if so sets of lawyers will have worked on conveyancing matters in the past
  • 3 Using a high street Solicitor on the whole means that you will receive a more personalised service. Online forums bear testimony to the idea that in choosing a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 4 This site is the first site offering you the facility to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Elm Park will be conducted by a property lawyer on your lender’s conveyancing panel.
  • 5 Regardless other sites inform you it may be important to pop into your solicitor to execute documents. Too many 3rd parties are already with an interest in a conveyancing transaction without having to include the postman into the equation.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Elm Park since January 2025*

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Sale

of house residence, Stapleton Crescent, RM13 7HA completing on 06/01/2025 at a price of £390,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, ordering official copies of the title, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

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Transfer

of detached residence premises, Urban Avenue, RM12 4NU completing on 13/01/2025 at a price of £540,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in readiness for completion, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

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Sale

of house property, Saunton Road, RM12 4HQ completing on 23/01/2025 at a price of £483,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

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Disposal

of terraced property, Kent Drive, RM12 6TD completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £623,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: ordering official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Elm Park

Please help. My Elm Park solicitor is informing me me that she is duty bound toapply for Elm Park conveyancing searches asthe firm are on the Virgin Moneysolicitor panel. Is my lawyer right?

You have limited options available to you. Given that you are taking out a loan with a mortgage company your conveyancer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your solicitor would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your lender’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to comply with the CML Handbook specifications . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Elm Park conveyancing searches.

The Elm Park conveyancing solicitors that I appointed last week on my house acquisition in Elm Park have without warning closed. I only went with them because I needed a lawyer on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel and my preferred Elm Park lawyer was not. I wrote them a cheque for two hundred pounds in advance. What should be my next steps?

If you have an estate agent involved then let them know immediately so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors should be in a position to assist.

I am close to exchanging contracts on the sale of our house in Elm Park and according to the buyers it appears that there is a possibility that the property was built on contaminated land. A local conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers used an online conveyancing practice as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Elm Park. Having lived in Elm Park for many years we know of no issue. Do we get in touch with our local Authority to get confirmation that there is no issue.

It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing solicitor already. Are they able to advise? You should check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same ailment)

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on two weeks back in what should have been a simple, no chain conveyancing. Elm Park is the location of the property. Is there any advice you can impart?

Flying freeholds in Elm Park are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Elm Park you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Elm Park may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.

My step-father has suggested that I use his conveyancing solicitors in Elm Park. Should I use them?

Much as we are happy to recommend a Elm Park conveyancing lawyer the best way to find a conveyancing practitioner is to seek referrals from friends or family who have actually used the conveyancer you're contemplating using.

My husband and I are FTB’s just having agreed a price on a property in Elm Park, and are now looking to get solicitors instructed. I have used the different rating based websites and the fee estimates are from all across the the UK. Is it necessary to have a Elm Park property lawyer local to your potential property? We are fine to do all the communicating electronically, but I am thinking at some stage we will need to physically go into the solicitor's office to sign papers?

The conveyancer does not need to be in Elm Park, but choosing local means that you have the option to attend their offices if required, for instance, if a signature is needed urgently. Also, a Elm Park solicitor is likely to be familiar with local agents and (if the vendor has chosen a local solicitor) with them, which should help keep things moving faster.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Elm Park regulated by the SRA

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

  • Moss & Coleman, 170-180 High Street, Hornchurch, Essex, RM12 6JP
  • Sackvilles, 135 High Street, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 3YJ
  • Meadows & Moran, 153-159 South Street, Romford, Essex, RM1 1PL
  • Just Ask Solicitors Limited, 109 Victoria Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 2LX
  • Kenneth Elliott And Rowe Llp, Enterprise House, 18 Eastern Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 3PJ

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Elm Park regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Elm Park practicing in commercial conveyancing in Elm Park. This could include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Moss & Coleman, 170-180 High Street, Hornchurch, Essex, RM12 6JP
  • Sackvilles, 135 High Street, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 3YJ
  • Meadows & Moran, 153-159 South Street, Romford, Essex, RM1 1PL
  • Just Ask Solicitors Limited, 109 Victoria Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 2LX
  • Kenneth Elliott And Rowe Llp, Enterprise House, 18 Eastern Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 3PJ

Planning law solicitors in Elm Park regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Elm Park with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including tree preservation orders
  • Kenneth Elliott & Rowe, Enterprise House, 18 Eastern Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 3PJ
  • Kenneth Elliott And Rowe Llp, Enterprise House, 18 Eastern Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 3PJ
  • Mccorry Connolly Solicitors, 8 Holgate Court, 4 -10 Western Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 3JS
  • Pure Law Llp, Lutea House, Warley Hill Business Park, The Drive, Great Warley, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3BE
  • Apex Law Llp, 3 The Pantiles, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 5HH

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

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