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Selecting the right solicitor is the most important decision when it comes to your Great Shelford conveyancing

Reasons to use our Great Shelford conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Personal touch together with a wealth of experience are key benefits that you should value when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Great Shelford home moves can be made a lot more protracted because of poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers we work with strive to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 2 There is a better than average chance that the the solicitors for the other party have offices in Great Shelford - if so sets of solicitors will be on good working terms
  • 3 Our site is the first site that enables you the facility to check that your conveyancing in Great Shelford will be carried out by a property lawyer on your lender’s approved panel.
  • 4 The Great Shelford conveyancing practitioners that are listed are committed to supplying value for money, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and remortgagors in Great Shelford
  • 5 The practices shown on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Great Shelford since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Great Shelford

We are planning to acquire a flat and need a conveyancing solicitor in Great Shelford who is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. Can you recommend a local conveyancing firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Clydesdale . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Great Shelford.

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

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Great Shelford. 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…’

Due to the advice of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Great Shelford in advance of instructing lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the property. My surveyor has said that some mortgage companies tend refuse to give a loan on this type of premises.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different requirements from Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further via the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Great Shelford. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Great Shelford especially if they are accustomed to such properties in Great Shelford.

Am I right to be concerned about brokers that I am dealing with are encouraging me to use an internet conveyancing firm rather than a local Great Shelford conveyancing firm?

As with lots of professional services, often referrals from relatives can be extremely useful or valuable. Yet there are numerous players in a conveyancing deal; estate agents, financial adviser and mortgage companies may recommend solicitors to instruct. Sometimes the lawyers might be known to one of the organisations as being good in their field, but sometimes there behind the scenes commercial relationship behind the recommendation. You are free to select your preferred conveyancer. Don't forget that the majority of lenders specify a panel list of conveyancers you must use for the mortgage aspect of your conveyancing.

In relation to leasehold conveyancing in Great Shelford what are the most common lease problems?

Leasehold conveyancing in Great Shelford is not unique. Most leases are drafted differently and drafting errors can sometimes mean that certain clauses are erroneous. The following missing provisions could result in a defective lease:

    A provision to repair to or maintain parts of the property A duty to insure the building

You will have difficulties when selling your property if you have a defective lease primarily because it impacts on the ability to obtain a mortgage on the property. Barclays , Chelsea Building Society, and Platform Home Loans Ltd all have very detailed conveyancing instructions when it comes to what is expected in a lease. Where a lender has been advised by their lawyers that the lease is defective they may refuse to grant the mortgage, obliging the buyer to pull out.

Great Shelford Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Examples of Queries Prior to Purchasing

    What is the name of the managing agents? Does the lease have more than 80 years left? Is the freehold owned collectively by the leaseholders?

After what seems like an age I have had an offer on an flat in Great Shelford agreed to, the vendor does however have an associated purchase. The vendors have offered on somewhere, but it’s not yet agreed to, and has viewings of other flats booked. I have instructed a local conveyancing solicitor in Great Shelford. What do I do now? When do I get the mortgage application with Nationwide started with Nationwide?

It is usual to have anxieties where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket prematurely (home loan application is approx £1k, then survey, Great Shelford conveyancing search fees, etc). First, you must ensure that your lawyer is on the Nationwide approved list. Concerning the next phase this very much dictated by the circumstances of your case, desire for this property and on the state of the market. During a rising market many purchasers will apply for a home loan with Nationwide and arrange for the survey and only if it comes back ok would they request their lawyer to press on with the conveyancing in Great Shelford.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Great Shelford regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Great Shelford specialising in commercial conveyancing in Great Shelford. This will likely include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Nbm Massucco Shelbourne, Lincoln House, The Paddocks, 347 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 8DH
  • M&r Secretarial Services Limited, Botanic House, 100 Hills Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 1PH
  • Dixon Phillips Limited, 22 Hills Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 1JP
  • Thomson Webb & Corfield, 16 Union Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 1HE
  • Houlden Sweeney Limited, Wellington House, East Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1BH

Planning law solicitors in Great Shelford regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Great Shelford specialising in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including compulsory purchases in Great Shelford
  • Thomson Webb & Corfield, 16 Union Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 1HE
  • Richard Buxton, 19b Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1JP
  • Hewitsons Llp, Shakespeare House, 42 Newmarket Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB5 8EP
  • Lgss Law Ltd, Shire Hall, Castle Hall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0AP
  • Andrew Bryce & Co, Unit 23 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 0EY

Typically, Great Shelford conveyancing for a sale has some of the following tasks

  • Obtaining instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and related documents
  • Submitting draft papers to the conveyancer retained by the buyer
  • Negotiating contracts and answering further enquires from the buyer’s conveyancer
  • Finalising the transfer document
  • Responding to requisitions submitted by the purchaser’s conveyancer
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion of the sale
  • Receiving sale proceeds and wiring funds to the seller, the estate agent and paying off the home loan (where applicable)

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

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