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You can try and find the cheapest conveyancing solicitors in Farnham but be careful as you may get what you pay for.

Reasons to use our Farnham conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Retaining the services of a a family Solicitor generally means that you will receive a more bespoke service. Online forums often suggest that in appointing a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who progress matters by reading from their computer screens.
  • 2 Property lawyer conveyancing solicitors have extremely good personal links with Farnham selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 There is a better than average chance that the other side’s conveyancers are based in Farnham - if so both parties are likely to be less confrontational
  • 4 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these companies are often based many miles away with little understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Farnham
  • 5 Notwithstanding what other on-line conveyancers advise it may be important to visit your lawyer to execute documents. Too many 3rd parties are already involved in a house sale without having to add Royal Mail into the mix.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Farnham since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Farnham

Is the fact that my conveyancer in Farnham is not on my lender's conveyancing panel that there is a problem with the quality of his conveyancing?

It would not be wise to jump to that conclusion. There are plenty of reasonable explanations. A recent report by the solicitors regulator indicated that over three quarters of law firms surveyed had been removed from at least one lender panel. The most common reasons for removal are: (1) low volume of transactions (2) the solicitor is a sole practitioner (3) as part of the HSBC panel reduction (4) regulatory contact by SRA (5) accidental removal. Where you are concerned you should contact the Farnham conveyancing firm and ask them why they are no longer on the approved list for your lender.

Is it possible for conveyancing in Farnham to be completed in under 3 weeks?

Where you are under time constraints for your conveyancing it is advisable to make sure that your solicitor is familiar with the location as they will make use of local relationships and knowledge. It is even conceivable that they would have conducted previoushouses in the same street. You would be best advised to use a Farnham conveyancing solicitor. Second, be sure that the lawyer is on the lender panel. It is believed that 18% of Farnham conveyancing transactions are held up or jeopardised after discovering a purchaser’s lawyer was not on their mortgage lender’s list of approved solicitors. This can often result in the home move being delayed by as much as three weeks. It is claimed that this issue affects in the region of one hundred thousand home sales annually. Most Farnham conveyancing firms can not act for certain banks so do check at the outset.

My husband and I wish to acquire a 3 bedroom flat in Farnham with a loan from Accord Mortgages Ltd.We have a Farnham conveyancing practitioner but Accord Mortgages Ltd says her practice is not listed on their approved list of member firms. we are left little option but to use a Accord Mortgages Ltd panel lawyer or retain our local solicitor and pay for one of their panel ones to represent them. This seems very unfair; is there anything we can do?

No, not really. The loan offered to you contains various provisions, a common one being that lawyers must be on the Accord Mortgages Ltd approved list. Until recently, most mortgage companies had large numbers of solicitors on their panels: a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. Another option that might be available is for your lawyer to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Accord Mortgages Ltd

Have just purchased a probate house at auction in Farnham. Conveyancing is needed. What happens now?

Having legally bound yourself to purchase you now have to retain a conveyancing solicitor soon as you are faced with a fast approaching a fixed date to complete the deal. Every auction property will have a bespoke legal pack. This will likely include evidence of title and search results. In the case of leasehold premises the conveyancing pack should include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation pertinent to leasehold premises. You must hand this to the solicitor instructed by you at the earliest opportunity. Do make sure that you have funds in place to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

My uncle informed me that in buying a property in Farnham there could be various restrictions affecting the ability to carry out external changes to a property. Is this right?

We are aware of a number of properties in Farnham which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to execute external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Farnham should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

I have paid off my mortgage with RBS. I assume I don't need a Farnham property lawyer on the RBS panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your RBS mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the RBS mortgage from the register. RBS, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

  1. but are not moving to another property
  2. where RBS has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. RBS has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your RBS mortgage has been paid off.

The deeds to my home can not be found. The solicitors who did the conveyancing in Farnham 4 years ago no longer exist. What are my next steps?

Assuming the title is registered the information relating to your proprietorship will be retained by the Land Registry under a Title Number. It is possible to conduct a search at the Land Registry, locate your house and secure current copies of the property title for a small fee. Where the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will also normally hold a certified duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be ordered for £20 inclusive of VAT.

Am I best advised to use a Farnham conveyancing lawyer based in the vicinity that I am buying? An old friend can execute the legal work but they are based a couple of hundredkilometers drive away.

The benefit of a high street Farnham conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to sign documents, hand in your identification documents and apply pressure on them if necessary. Having local Farnham know how is a benefit. However it's more important to get someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust used your friend and in the main were content that should surpass using an unknown Farnham conveyancing solicitor just because they are round the corner.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Farnham

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Farnham specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • Clifford Cowling, 9-10 Upper Church Lane, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7PW
  • Bells Solicitors Limited, 11 South Street, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7QX
  • B G Legal Services Limited, 2 Maritime House, The Hart, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7HW
  • Draper & Co Solicitors, Law House, Wellington Street, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 1DZ
  • Wheelers Llp, 30 Wharf Road, Ash Vale, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU12 5AR

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Farnham regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Farnham with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Farnham. This could include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Clifford Cowling, 9-10 Upper Church Lane, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7PW
  • Bells Solicitors Limited, 11 South Street, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7QX
  • Barringtons Solicitors Limited, St. George's House, 6 St. Georges Yard, Castle Street, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7LW
  • B G Legal Services Limited, 2 Maritime House, The Hart, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7HW
  • Draper & Co Solicitors, Law House, Wellington Street, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 1DZ

Planning law solicitors in Farnham regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Farnham specialising in planning law. This should include advice on making sure people do what the planning regulations say
  • B G Legal Services Limited, 2 Maritime House, The Hart, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7HW
  • Peyto Law, Freelands Farm House, Freelands Drive, Fleet, Hampshire, GU52 0TE
  • Gbh Law Limited, Oak House Tanshire Park, Shackleford Road, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 6LB

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

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