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Top reasons to use our service to help you choose a local conveyancing solicitor in Great Shelford

  • 1 The accumulation of transactions means that Great Shelford solicitor have established excellent connections with Great Shelford local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of dealing with your house sale or purchase in Great Shelford.
  • 2 Solicitors that specialise in conveyancing in Great Shelford are familiar with the local concerns peculiar to Great Shelford and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and speedier conveyancing.
  • 3 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Great Shelford is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 4 Our site is the only site that enables you the ability to ensure that your conveyancing in Great Shelford will be carried out by a solicitor on your lender’s approved panel.
  • 5 The companies identified on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Great Shelford since July 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Great Shelford

What is the first thing I need to know about purchase conveyancing in Great Shelford?

You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Great Shelford and elsewhere in Cambridgeshire is an adversarial experience. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there exists lots of opportunity for confrontation between you and other parties involved in the ownership transfer. For example, the vendor, selling agent and sometimes a bank. Choosing a law firm for your conveyancing in Great Shelford should not be taken lightly as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONLY person in the transaction whose interest is to protect your legal interests and to protect you.

On occasion a potential adversary will attempt to sway you that you should follow their advice. For example, the property agent may claim to be assisting by claiming that your lawyer is dragging his heels. Or your mortgage broker may advise you to do take action that is contrary to your lawyers advice. You should always trust your lawyer above all other parties when it comes to the legal transfer of property.

I require fast conveyancing in Great Shelford as I am faced with an ultimatum to complete inside 3 weeks. Thankfully I do not require a mortgage. Is it possible to escape the need for conveyancing searches to save fees and time?

As you are not taking a home loan you have the choice not to have searches conducted although no law firm would advise that you don't. Drawing on our experience of conveyancing in Great Shelford the following are examples of issues that can show up and adversely impact market value: Refused Planning Applications, Outstanding Charges, Overdue Grants, Railway Schemes,...

What tools are available to identify a Great Shelford law firm on the The Mortgage Works conveyancing panel? I have a car and am willing to travel upto 20kilometers to meet the lawyer.

You can use the search on this page. Please pick a lender and your location and you will see a number of Great Shelford conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have detailed some Great Shelford conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can ring them to verify whether they are on the The Mortgage Works approved list

We are 14 days into a leasehold purchase having been directed to conveyancers by the local agent to perform conveyancing in Great Shelford. We are not happy. Can you you assist me in finding new conveyancers?

They would need to be really poor to suggest replacing them. Has your loan offer been issued? In the event that it has you will need to make them aware of the new contact details and get the offer are re-issued. Your conveyancer needs to be on the banks panel to avoid added expenses and complications. That should be your first question of the new solicitors. The search tool can help you find a lender approved solicitor for your conveyancing in Great Shelford

Looking forward to sign contracts shortly on a garden flat in Great Shelford. Conveyancing lawyers have said that they are sending me a report tomorrow. Are there areas in the report that I should be focusing on?

Your report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Great Shelford should include some of the following:

    Are you allowed to have a pet in the flat? The total ownership of the demise. This could be the apartment itself but might include a roof space or storage are if applicable. Information as to the provision as set out in the lease to pay service charges - in relation to the building, and the more general rights a lessee has specifics of the parties to the lease, for example these could be the leaseholder, head lessor, freeholder Defining your legal entitlements in respect of the communal areas in the block.By way of example, does the lease permit a right of way over an accessway or staircase?
For a comprehensive list of information to be contained in your report on your leasehold property in Great Shelford please ask your solicitor in ahead of your conveyancing in Great Shelford.

I purchased a garden flat in Great Shelford, conveyancing formalities finalised March 1997. How much will my lease extension cost? Corresponding flats in Great Shelford with an extended lease are worth £185,000. The ground rent is £65 yearly. The lease ceases on 21st October 2085

You have 60 years unexpired the likely cost is going to range between £20,000 and £23,000 plus professional fees.

The suggested premium range above a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to advice on the actual costs without more comprehensive investigations. You should not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be additional issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not take any other action placing reliance on this information before seeking the advice of a professional.

The conveyancers handling our conveyancing in Great Shelford has forwarded documents to review that state the land is unregistered with epitome documents. Is it not the case that all houses in Great Shelford should be registered?

Although the vast majorities of properties in Great Shelford are now registered with HMLR there are still some that are unregistered. Any property in Great Shelford that has been transferred since the late 1980’s will have been registered at the HM Land Registry under the compulsory ‘first registration’ scheme. However, if a Great Shelford property has not changed hands in that time then it’s likely the old fashioned title deeds will be the only evidence of ownership.Many Great Shelford conveyancing practitioners should be familiar with this type of conveyancing but if any uncertainty reigns the conventional recommendation presently is for the seller to address the registration formalities first and then deal with the dispose of the property to the purchaser - this can though naturally result in a protracted home move.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Great Shelford regulated by the SRA

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

  • Nbm Massucco Shelbourne, Lincoln House, The Paddocks, 347 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 8DH
  • Massucco Buttress, 162 Tenison Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 2DP
  • Thomson Webb & Corfield, 16 Union Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 1HE
  • Houlden Sweeney Limited, Wellington House, East Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1BH
  • Barr Ellison Llp, 39 Parkside, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1PN

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Great Shelford regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Great Shelford specialising in commercial conveyancing in Great Shelford. This could include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • 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

Domestic in Great Shelford is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process.

  • Conveyancing practitioner instructed by the buyer once the offer has been accepted
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Conducting Great Shelford searches for the property
  • Considering the draft sale agreement and other papers collated by the seller’s lawyer
  • Submitting enquiries with the owner’s lawyer
  • Negotiating the sale agreement
  • Considering the replies given by the seller to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Negotiating the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Advising the buyer in respect of the mortgage offer: (if relevant)
  • Preparing and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion of the purchase
  • Completing and submitting to HMRC the correct SDLT forms and payment
  • Registering the purchase and the mortgage (if applicable) at the HMLR.

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

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