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  • 1 Gerrards Cross and Chalfont lawyer are the key to a successful Gerrards Cross and Chalfont home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your move
  • 2 The accumulation of transactions means that Gerrards Cross and Chalfont lawyer have established excellent links with Gerrards Cross and Chalfont local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of handling your home move in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont.
  • 3 Gerrards Cross and Chalfont solicitors work in conjunction with Gerrards Cross and Chalfont estate agents, developers, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to ensure that the highest level of service is provided to home movers every step of the way, never losing sight of the time-critical nature behind your conveyancing transaction
  • 4 Personal touch together with a wealth of local knowledge are key benefits that you should seek when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Gerrards Cross and Chalfont conveyancing can be made a lot more protracted due to poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 5 This site is the only site offering you the facility to check that your property ownership legalities in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont will be conducted by a conveyancer on your mortgage lender’s authorised panel.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont since June 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont

We are buying a 1 bedroom apartment in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont with a mortgage. We have a Gerrards Cross and Chalfont lawyer, however the mortgage company advise he's not on their "panel". It appears that we have no option but to select one of the mortgage company panel conveyancing practices or retain our Gerrards Cross and Chalfont conveyancer as well as pay for one of their panel lawyers to act for them. This feels very unfair; is there anything we can do?

No, not really. Your mortgage offer is subject to its terms and conditions, one of which will be that lawyers will on the bank’s conveyancing panel. Until recently, most lenders had large numbers of law firms 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 Gerrards Cross and Chalfont conveyancing solicitor to apply to be on the conveyancing panel.

When does exchange of contracts occur in domestic conveyancing in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont and am I required to attend the solicitors branch?

If you are round the corner to one of the conveyancing solicitors in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont you are welcome to attend to sign documents. However, the firms we work with supply countrywide coverage for conveyancing and provide just as detailed and professional a job for you when dealing with you digitally. The signing of the sale agreement is not the point of no return. A signed contract is necessary for the firm to address the formalities at the suitable time, which will usually be very shortly after signing. The procedure is nowadays normally dealt with by telephone and can be very rapid, although where a lengthy "chain" is involved, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

The Gerrards Cross and Chalfont conveyancing firm that I recently instructed on my purchase in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont have suddenly closed. They were on acting for me because I needed a lawyer on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel and my preferred Gerrards Cross and Chalfont lawyer was not. I wrote them a cheque for two hundred pounds in advance. What do I do now?

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 reasons beyond your control. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Yorkshire BS 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.

We are purchasing a property in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a solicitor? At some point we have to put money into their account. What protection do 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.

I just bought a flat at auction in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont. Conveyancing is necessary. What happens now?

Now that you have legally bound yourself to purchase you should choose a conveyancing practitioner soon as you are faced with a tight a drop dead date to complete the transaction. Every auction property should have an associated auction set of papers. This should include evidence of title and search results. Where you are dealing with leasehold premises the legal papers should contain a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing documentation relating to leasehold premises. You should give this to the lawyer instructed by you at the earliest opportunity. You also need to ensure that you have funds in place to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Lloyds. I assume I don't need a Gerrards Cross and Chalfont solicitor on the Lloyds panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

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

What can a local search inform me regarding the property my wife and I buying in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont?

Gerrards Cross and Chalfont conveyancing often starts with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search organisations for example Searches UK The local search plays an important role in many a Gerrards Cross and Chalfont conveyancing purchase; as long as you wish to avoid any unpleasant surprises after you move into your new home. The search will reveal data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen subject headings.

I have just started marketing my basement flat in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont. Conveyancing is yet to be initiated, however I have just had a quarterly service charge invoice – what should I do?

Your conveyancing lawyer is likely to suggest that you should clear the service charge as normal as all rents and maintenance charges should be allotted as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. Having a clear account will assist your cause and will leave you no worse off financially.

I have had difficulty in trying to reach an agreement for a lease extension in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?

You certainly can. We can put you in touch with a Gerrards Cross and Chalfont conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Gerrards Cross and Chalfont premises is Flats 8, 11 and 15 Craigmore Court 46 Murray Road in December 2013. The tribunal held that the price payable by the Applicant tenant of Flat 8 to acquire an extended lease shall be £26,438 plus £1 to the intermediate lessee . The tribunal held that the price payable by the Applicant tenants of Flat 11 to acquire an extended lease shall be £26,791 plus £1 to the intermediate lessee. The tribunal held that the price payable by the Applicant tenant of Flat 15 to acquire an extended lease shall be £26,638 plus £1 to the intermediate lessee . This case was in relation to 3 flats. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 71 years.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont regulated by the SRA

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

  • B P Collins Llp, Collins House, 32-38 Station Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8EL
  • B P Collins Trust Corporation Limited, Collins House, 32-38 Station Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8EL
  • Knipe Woodhouse-smith, 145-147 High Street, Chalfont St. Peter, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 9QL
  • Frazine Johnson, Old Bank Chambers, 32 Station Parade, Denham, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB9 5ET
  • Hilary Johnston, 7 Manor Farm Way, Seer Green, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2YD

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Terms and conditions of tenancy agreements

  • B P Collins Trust Corporation Limited, Collins House, 32-38 Station Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8EL
  • B P Collins Llp, Collins House, 32-38 Station Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8EL
  • Knipe Woodhouse-smith, 145-147 High Street, Chalfont St. Peter, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 9QL
  • Frazine Johnson, Old Bank Chambers, 32 Station Parade, Denham, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB9 5ET
  • Hilary Johnston, 7 Manor Farm Way, Seer Green, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2YD

Planning law solicitors in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including compulsory purchases in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont
  • Turbervilles, Hill House, 118 High Street, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 1JT
  • Iliffes Booth Bennett, Capital Court, 30 Windsor Street, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 1AB

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