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Top 5 reasons to use our service to help you find a local conveyancing solicitor in Essex

  • 1 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these companies are often based hundreds of miles away with little understanding of the factors that affect property transactions in Essex
  • 2 Personal touch together with pure property expertise are key benefits that you should look for when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Essex home moves can be made a lot more protracted as a result of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 3 You can rest easier when choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Essex has a number to select from, but for a truly professional and dependable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.
  • 4 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor generally means that you will receive a more personal touch. When using a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.
  • 5 Over the years Essex solicitor have established valuable links with Essex local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of undertaking your conveyancing in Essex.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Essex since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Essex

We have rather brash sellers who has recommended a exclusivity contract with a non-refundable deposit 6,000. Are such arrangements appropriate for Essex conveyancing transactions?

Exclusivity contracts are agreements binding a home seller and prospective buyer giving the buyer the sole right to the sale of the property for a set period of time. For all intents and purposes, an exclusivity agreement is a contract specifying that you should receive a contract at a later date being the contract for the actual sale. It is generally utilised for buyer protection though in some cases, the vendor may enjoy an upside from such agreements as well. There are numerous pros and cons to having them but you need to check with your conveyancer but beware that it may end up costing you extra in conveyancing charges. For this these agreements are unusual when it comes to conveyancing in Essex.

It is 10 years ago since I purchased my house in Essex. Conveyancing lawyers have recently been instructed on the sale but I can't locate my title documents. Is this a problem?

Don’t worry too much. Firstly there is a possibility that the deeds will be with your lender or they may be in the possession of the conveyancers who oversaw your purchase. Secondly in most cases the title will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you are the registered owner by your conveyancing lawyers procuring current official copies of the land registers. Almost all conveyancing in Essex involves registered property but in the rare situation where your property is unregistered it is more tricky but is resolvable.

I am looking for a ground for flat up to £195,000 and found one near me in Essex I like with a park and railway links nearby, the downside is that it only has 52 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Essex suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a lease with such few years left?

If you require a mortgage that many years will likely be problematic. Reduce the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current proprietor has owned the property for at least twenty four months you may ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor concerning this.

My business partner and I are wishing to lease a unit on the high street. Can you recommend lawyers offering no-sale-no costs for commercial conveyancing in Essex for less than £1,200?

We are happy to recommend firms who host a wealth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Essex, including the sale and acquisition of businesses as well as simply premises. If you are looking to acquire or dispose of a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail premises or a complete business we will find you the right solicitor. As for the fees this will depend on the structure and terms of the proposed transaction. Please provide us with your details or call so as to enable us to supply you with comprehensive commercial conveyancing calculation.

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor for my conveyancing in Essex. I happened to land on a site which seems to have the ideal offering If there is a chance to get all this stuff completed via phone that would be preferable. Should I be concerned? What should out be looking out for?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?

Should one as executor remove a deceased person's details from the title deeds for a house in Essex?

Where a Essex property is jointly owned and one of the proprietors dies, their name will not automatically be removed from the title deeds. You are not required to amend the title as when it comes to a sale you would just need to evidence why the co proprietor is missing from the transfer, such as the probate documents.

With a view to making the sale conveyancing smoother for the sale of the property you can arrange to have the deceased person removed from the title by submitting an application to HMLR with proof of the death. There is no land registry fee payable.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Essex regulated by the SRA

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

  • Isabelle E Rastall & Co, Lancaster House, 234 Springfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 6BP
  • Nigel Broadhead Mynard, 32 Rainsford Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 2QG
  • Backhouse Solicitors Ltd, 71 Duke Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1JU
  • Leonard Gray Llp, 72-74 Duke Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1JY
  • Tolhurst Fisher Llp, Marlborough House, Victoria Road South, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1LN

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Essex

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Essex practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Nigel Broadhead Mynard, 32 Rainsford Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 2QG
  • Backhouse Solicitors Ltd, 71 Duke Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1JU
  • Leonard Gray Llp, 72-74 Duke Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1JY
  • Tolhurst Fisher Llp, Marlborough House, Victoria Road South, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1LN
  • Taylor Haldane Barlex Llp, Copt House, 73 Springfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 6JG

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

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Essex but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Dyer And Crowe Limited, 22 Duke Street, CM1 1HL
  • New Homes Law Ltd, 61 New London Road, CM2 0ND

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

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