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Reasons to use our Great Dunmow conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Great Dunmow solicitor are the key to a successful Great Dunmow conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your move
  • 2 Great Dunmow property lawyers are likely to be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 3 The Great Dunmow conveyancing firms that are identified are committed to supplying value for money, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to home buyers, sellers and remortgagors in Great Dunmow
  • 4 Peace of mind comes when you choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Great Dunmow has a number to choose from, but for a truly professional and dependable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.
  • 5 This site is the only site that enables you the facility to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Great Dunmow will be carried out by a property lawyer on your lender’s approved panel.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Great Dunmow since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Great Dunmow

My husband and I are planning to acquire a 2 bedroom flat in Great Dunmow with a mortgage. We wish to retain our Great Dunmow conveyancer, however the mortgage company advise she’s not on their "panel". It appears that we have no choice but to instruct one of the bank panel conveyancing practices or continue with our Great Dunmow solicitor and pay for one of their panel ones to act for them. We regard this is inequitable; is there anything we can do?

Unfortunately,no. The mortgage offered to you is subject to its terms and conditions, one of which will be that lawyers will on the lender’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 Great Dunmow conveyancing solicitor to apply to be on the conveyancing panel.

My wife and I are buying a flat in Great Dunmow. I might seem paranoid 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 am the single beneficiary of my late father’s estate and I have everything in my name now, including the my former home in Great Dunmow. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in May. I plan to dispose of the property. I do know about the CML six month 'rule', which means that my property ownership may be treated the same way as though I had purchased the house in May. Do I have to wait 6 months to sell?

The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook obliges conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you may be affected by that. many banks would take a practical view as this obligation is principally there to identify subsales or the wholesaling and assigning of properties.

We had selected conveyancing lawyers locally in Great Dunmow on the Coventry BS solicitor approved list. They are now charging me a supplemental amount for handling the Coventry BS mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee specified by Coventry BS?

Provided it is contained in their Terms and Conditions or estimate then yes your property lawyer is entitled to levy a fee for this. The charge is not dictated by Coventry BS but by your Great Dunmow conveyancing practitioner. Numerous firms on the Coventry BS panel will levy ’dealing with mortgage’ fee and others do not.

I need some expedited conveyancing in Great Dunmow as I have an ultimatum to complete within one month. Thankfully I do not need a mortgage. Can I decline from having conveyancing searches to save fees and time?

If.Given you are are a mortgage free buyer you are at free not to have searches conducted although no law firm would recommend that you don't. Drawing on our experience of conveyancing in Great Dunmow the following are instances of issues that can crop up and adversely impact future mortgageability: Refused Planning Applications, Overdue Fees, Outstanding Grants, Railway Schemes,...

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Great Dunmow?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Great Dunmow. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on two weeks back in what was supposed to be a simple, chain free conveyancing. Great Dunmow is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Great Dunmow are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Great Dunmow you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Great Dunmow may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.

Am I best advised to choose a Great Dunmow conveyancing practitioner in close proximity to the house I am buying? I have an old university friend who can carry out the conveyancing however they are based 300miles away.

The benefit of a local Great Dunmow conveyancing practice is that you can visit the firm to sign paperwork, present your ID and apply pressure on them where appropriate. They will also have local intelligence which is a plus. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust used your friend and in the main were impressed that must trump using an unknown Great Dunmow conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being based in the area.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Great Dunmow regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Great Dunmow practicing in commercial conveyancing in Great Dunmow. This will likely include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • Foort Tayler, 42 High Street, Great Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1AH
  • Wade & Davies Limited, 28 High Street, Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1AH
  • Foort Tayler Limited, 42 High Street, Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1AH

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Great Dunmow regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Great Dunmow but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Chelmer Conveyancing Services, 12 The Mead, CM6 2PD

Great Dunmow commercial property solicitors provide expert offering advice on a variety of issues across all aspects of commercial property law

    Property finance for investment and development loans for mortgage companies and borrowers Commercial development (from overage and options through to site acquisitions and construction) Property realisations and advice for insolvency practitioners Granting a licence to assign, sublet or carry out works complex procedures concerning renewal, rent reviews, dilapidations and the many obligations encountered by Landlords and Tenants of business premises Compulsory land purchase

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Saffron Walden
Stansted
Great Dunmow
Ongar
Dunmow
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Chelmsford
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