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Reasons to use our Folkestone conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 This site is the only site that enables you the ability to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Folkestone will be conducted by a conveyancer on your lender’s approved panel.
  • 2 Chances are that the other side’s solicitors are located in Folkestone - if so both parties will be on good working terms
  • 3 Using a a family Solicitor generally means that you will receive a more personal touch. When using a an online conveyancing factory, your conveyancing is handled by a team of people who who progress matters by reading from their computer screens.
  • 4 The Folkestone conveyancing firms that are listed are dedicated to supplying the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and remortgagors in Folkestone
  • 5 Folkestone solicitor are the key to a successful Folkestone home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing

Examples of recent conveyancing in Folkestone since June 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Folkestone

What is the optimum way to check that the solicitor carrying out my conveyancing in Folkestone is on the mortgage lender’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Chelsea Building Society thus paying £175.00 in supplemental legal bill.

Feel free to make the most of the search tool on this web page. Pick the lender and type ‘Folkestone’ or your preferred area and you will be presented with a number of lawyer offices in Folkestone or near you.

Me and my partner are purchasing a apartment in Folkestone. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a lawyer? At some point we will need to send funds into their account. What is the protection we have from them run away with our monies?

Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.

Does a directory service exist listing Barclays panel solicitors in Folkestone on the Building Society Association’s Website?

No. There is no such facility on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association sites. A small selection of lenders make their panel listings visible online. If you are in need of a Folkestone conveyancing practitioner on the Barclays please use our facility.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Bank of Ireland. I assume I don't need a Folkestone conveyancer on the Bank of Ireland panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.

If you have finished paying off your Bank of Ireland 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 Bank of Ireland mortgage from the register. Bank of Ireland, 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 Bank of Ireland has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. Bank of Ireland has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Bank of Ireland mortgage has been paid off.

I am buying a new build apartment in Folkestone. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.

Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Folkestone

    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. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared.

Given that I am about to part with hundreds of thousands of pounds on 3 bedroom house in Folkestone I wish to talk to a conveyancer concerning thetransaction prior to giving the go ahead to the firm. Can this be arranged?

We could not agree more - we would be happy to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you first talking to the solicitor who will be carrying out your conveyancing in Folkestone.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - every client is an important person, not a file number. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are quoted for your conveyancing in Folkestone should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.

I need to retain a conveyancing solicitor for leasehold conveyancing in Folkestone. I happened to stumble across a site which looks to be the perfect solution If it is possible to get all this stuff completed via email that would be ideal. Do I need to 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?

Are there common deficiencies that you see in leases for Folkestone properties?

Leasehold conveyancing in Folkestone is not unique. All leases are unique and drafting errors can sometimes mean that certain provisions are wrong. For example, if your lease is missing any of the following, it could be defective:

    A provision for the recovery of money spent for the benefit of another party. Service charge per centages that don't add up correctly leaving a shortfall

You may encounter difficulties when selling your property if you have a defective lease as they can affect a potential buyer’s ability to obtain a mortgage. Lloyds TSB Bank, The Mortgage Works, and Barclays Direct all have express conveyancing instructions when it comes to what is expected in a lease. If a mortgage lender believes that the lease is problematic they may refuse to provide security, forcing the buyer to pull out.

Folkestone Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Queries before buying

    What is the length of the lease? On the whole the cost for major works are not included within maintenance charges, although a few managing agents in Folkestone obliged leaseholders to contribute towards a reserve fund created for the specific purpose of establishing a fund for major repairs or maintenance. Are any of leasehold owners in dispute over their service charge payments?

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Folkestone

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Folkestone specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Frederic Hall Solicitors, York House, 32 Cheriton Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2UR
  • Worthingtons, 28 Cheriton Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2AU
  • Bowers & Jessup Solicitors, Westholme Chambers, 134a Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2BW
  • Tna Solicitors, Suite C 1st Floor Folkestone, 69 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2AF
  • Henwood Twenty Two Limited, 147 High Street, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5JN

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Folkestone regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Folkestone specialising in commercial conveyancing in Folkestone. This may include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • Frederic Hall Solicitors, York House, 32 Cheriton Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2UR
  • Worthingtons, 28 Cheriton Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2AU
  • Rootes & Alliott, 27 Cheriton Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2AR
  • Bowers & Jessup Solicitors, Westholme Chambers, 134a Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2BW
  • Henwood Twenty Two Limited, 147 High Street, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5JN

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

Licensed Conveyancers deal with the transfer of the legal title of a property from one person to another and cover conveyancing countrywide as well as Folkestone. If using a Licensed Conveyancer governed by the CLC, you are entitled to:
  • Receive an honest and lawful conveyancing.
  • Have a high standard of legal services.
  • Enjoy the benefit of your transaction dealt with using care, skill and diligence.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high quality of service due to your conveyancer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Be supplied with a service which is accessible and responsive to your specific requirements.
  • Not feel discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • Not receive a service which is below the standard you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Ensure your individual needs taken into account should a complaint be made.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a swift, independent and comprehensive service when making a complaint about your conveyancing in Folkestone about your conveyancing in Folkestone.

Neighboring Locations

Hythe
Sandgate
Folkestone
Dover
Maxton

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

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