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Top 5 reasons to use our service to help you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Exeter

  • 1 Exeter solicitor are the linchpin to a successful Exeter home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your transaction
  • 2 Experience means that Exeter solicitor have established excellent links with Exeter local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your conveyancing in Exeter.
  • 3 Firms accustomed to conveyancing in Exeter have a grasp oflocal issues specific to Exeter and therefore you may benefit from better advice and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 4 Exeter conveyancers have a crucial edge when it comes to Exeter conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your home move
  • 5 We are the UKs largest residential conveyancing directory service identifying bank approved law practices carrying out conveyancing in Exeter registered with the SRA or CLC.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Exeter since February 2026*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Exeter

Having been suggested to visit your web site we were about to appoint conveyancing solicitor in Exeter listed using your comparison tool but stumbled across some other estimates on the internet appear less pricey – why is this?

There are numerous conveyancers marketing at first sight what seems to be extremely cheap conveyancing in Exeter. You should give due consideration as to how important this transaction is to you that want to take 'cheap' risks over the standard of the legal work. Some hide additional charges well inside the terms of business. The conveyancers that we put forward for conveyancing in Exeter will notbehave this way.

Is it necessary during the course of the conveyancing process to attend the offices of the solicitor to execute the mortgage deed? If so, I will choose one who does conveyancing in Exeter so that I can pop in to their offices if required.

Most conveyancing panel lawyers for lenders conduct all of the work via Royal Mail, internet or over phone calls. This enables them to conduct the legal work for your home move no matter where you live in the country. Nevertheless you can check if you have the option of visiting the offices of your conveyancing lawyer if you prefer.

A colleague recommended that where I am buying in Exeter I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

A search of this type is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Exeter conveyancing searches. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Exeter around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Exeter.

I used Stirling Law several years ago for my conveyancing in Exeter. Now, I need my files however cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Exeter of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I am buying a new build apartment in Exeter. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Exeter

    Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided.

My husband and I are 3 weeks into a residential purchase having been directed to solicitors by the high street agent to perform conveyancing in Exeter. I am am extremely frustrated with the quality of service. Could you help me find new conveyancers?

They would need to be very bad to suggest changing them. Has your mortgage been issued? In the event that it has you must advise them of the new contact details and ensure the mortgage documents are issued to the new lawyers. Your solicitor ideally needs to be on the banks approved list to avoid supplemental expenses and complications. So that should be your first question of the new solicitors. Our find a solicitor tool should help you find a bank approved lawyer for your home move in Exeter

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Exeter regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Exeter specialising in commercial conveyancing in Exeter. This may include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Dudman Shaw Ltd, The Gallery, Kings Wharf, The Quay, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4AN
  • Stephens Scown Llp, Curzon House, Southernhay West, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1RS
  • Prydis Legal Limited, Southgate House, 59 Magdalen Street, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4HY
  • Morgan Pope Ltd, 22 Cathedral Yard, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1HB
  • Ford Simey Llp, The Senate, Southernhay Gardens, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1UG

Planning law solicitors in Exeter regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The solicitors listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Exeter with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including tree preservation orders
  • Stephens Scown Llp, Curzon House, Southernhay West, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1RS
  • Graham Gover Ltd, 10 Southernhay West, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1JG
  • Tozers Llp, Broadwalk House, Southernhay West, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1UA
  • Veitch Penny Llp, 1 Manor Court, Dix's Field, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1UP
  • Michelmores Llp, Woodwater House, Pynes Hill, Exeter, Devon, EX2 5WR

What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Exeter?

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding purchasing and selling property and cover conveyancing countrywide as well as Exeter. If instructing a Licensed Conveyancer regulated by the CLC, you are entitled to:
  • Be supplied with an honest and lawful conveyancing.
  • Have a high standard of legal services.
  • Be supplied with your transaction dealt with using care, skill and diligence.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high standard of service due to your conveyancer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Receive a service which is accessible and responsive to your specific requirements.
  • You should not consider yourself discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • To receive the level you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Have your specific needs taken into account should a complaint be necessary.
  • Be supplied with a speedy, independent and comprehensive service when making a complaint about your conveyancing in Exeter about your conveyancing in Exeter.

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