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Reasons to use our Gerrards Cross and Chalfont conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Gerrards Cross and Chalfont conveyancers will be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 2 Gerrards Cross and Chalfont solicitor 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 conveyancing
  • 3 Regardless alternative companies advise it may be important to visit your lawyer to sign contracts. Too many 3rd parties are already involved in a homemove without having to add Royal Mail into the mix.
  • 4 There is a better than average chance that the the lawyers for the other party are based in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont - if so sets of conveyancers are likely to be familiar
  • 5 Solicitor conveyancing solicitors have extremely good personal connections with Gerrards Cross and Chalfont estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.

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

Sale

of terraced premises, Hill Rise, SL9 9BN completing on 20/01/2025 at a price of £542,500. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

Acquisition

of apartment Peerless Drive UB9 6JQ, sold for £202,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, securing official copies of the title

Transfer

of semi property, Broom Hill, SL2 4PU completing on 23/01/2025 at a price of £875,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, securing official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

Sale

of semi premises, Dovedale Close, UB9 6DQ completing on 27/01/2025 at a price of £465,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont

At what point can the exchange of contracts occur in sale conveyancing in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont and do I need to attend the conveyancers branch?

Where you are local to one of the conveyancing solicitors in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont you are welcome to come in to sign contracts. That being said, the firms we recommend supply a nationwide conveyancing service and give just as detailed and professional a job for you when communicating with you electronically. The executing of the sale agreement is not the important part. A signed contract is necessary for the firm to address the formalities at the appropriate time, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The procedure is is usually a five minute process, although where a long "chain" is in the mix, 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.

I am buying a property and the conveyancer has referenced Chancel Repair for which the house could be obligated to contribute to given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. She has suggested insurance. Is this strictly necessary for conveyancing in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont

Unless a prior purchase of the house completed after 12 October 2013 you can expect lawyers delivering conveyancing in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont to remain encouraging a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

I have been on the look out for a flat up to £235,500 and found one near me in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont I like with open areas and transport links nearby, the downside is that it only has 61 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a lease with such few years left?

If you require a home loan that many years will be problematic. Discount the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for at least 2 years you may request that they start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor about this.

How easy is it to transfer to a new firm as I need to retain a firm on the HSBC Bank conveyancing list. I was using a local conveyancing solicitor in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont five minutes from me but he is not accepted by HSBC Bank

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont on the HSBC Bank panel. Please note that the property lawyers that we on the directory do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are registered with the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont. Using search facility on this site, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont.

My uncle has recommend that I appoint his conveyancers in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont. Do I follow his advice?

There are no two ways about it the ideal way to select a conveyancing lawyer is to have feedback from friends or family who have used the firm you're considering.

My fiance and I may need to rent out our Gerrards Cross and Chalfont ground floor flat for a while due to taking a sabbatical. We instructed a Gerrards Cross and Chalfont conveyancing firm in 2003 but they have since shut and we did not have the foresight to seek any advice as to whether the lease prohibits the subletting of the flat. How do we find out?

Notwithstanding that your previous Gerrards Cross and Chalfont conveyancing solicitor is not available you can review your lease to see if it allows you to sublet the premises. The accepted inference is that if the lease is silent, subletting is permitted. Quite often there is a prerequisite that you must obtain permission via your landlord or some other party in advance of subletting. This means you not allowed to sublet without first obtaining permission. The consent should not be unreasonably refused ore delayed. If your lease prohibits you from subletting the property you will need to ask your landlord for their consent.

I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord for a lease extension without any joy. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal decide on such issues? Can you recommend a Gerrards Cross and Chalfont conveyancing firm to act on my behalf?

if there is a missing landlord or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant statutes you can apply to the LVT to arrive at the sum to be paid.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Gerrards Cross and Chalfont residence 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 affected 3 flats. The unexpired lease term was 71 years.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont

The list below is a small selection 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 Claims for damages for illegal

  • 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

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont practicing in commercial conveyancing in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont. This may include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • 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
  • 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
  • Hine Solicitors, 51 Amersham Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2HB

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

The practices listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont specialising in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including applications about listed buildings and conservation areas
  • 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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