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  • 1 Hale Barns property lawyer are the key to a successful Hale Barns home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your transaction
  • 2 Hale Barns solicitors have a crucial edge when it comes to Hale Barns conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your sale or purchase
  • 3 Lawyer conveyancing solicitors have valuable personal links with Hale Barns estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 Regardless other companies tell you it just might be necessary to attend your solicitor to sign contracts. There are enough parties involved in a conveyancing transaction without needing to add the postman into the pot.
  • 5 Experience means that Hale Barns solicitor have established very good links with Hale Barns 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 Hale Barns.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Hale Barns since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Hale Barns

Please help. My Hale Barns lawyer is advising me that she is duty bound toorder Hale Barns conveyancing searches stemming from the fact thatthe firm are on the Nat Westconveyancing panel. Is my lawyer correct?

You have limited options available to you. As you are obtaining a mortgage with a bank your property lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your solicitor would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your lender’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook requirements . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Hale Barns conveyancing searches.

I am about to put a bid on a leasehold flat in Hale Barns. The estate agents say that it is the norm for flats in Hale Barns to have less than 75 years remaining. I am obtaining a loan with Platform. Will the property be mortgageable given that the lease has 70 years remaining.

Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are securing a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Platform have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 5/6/2025 the requirements read as follows :

Minimum 85 years unexpired from completion, except where the mortgage application is pursuant to Platform's participation in the Government's Help to Buy Shared Equity scheme, in which case (a) the unexpired lease term must not be less than 250 years for new-build houses and not less than 125 years for new-build flats and (b) ground rent must be reasonable at all times and any escalation must be linked to RPI (Retail Price Index) or a similar index.

A colleague suggested that where I am purchasing in Hale Barns I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

A search of this type is usually quoted for as part of the standard Hale Barns conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about Hale Barns around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Hale Barns Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Hale Barns.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my property can not be found. The solicitors who did the conveyancing in Hale Barns 4 years ago no longer exist. What are my options?

Assuming you have a registered title the details of your ownership will be retained by HMLR with a Title Number. It is easy to conduct a search at the Land Registry, locate your house and obtain current copies of the property title for less than a fiver. Where the title is Leasehold then the Land Registry will also normally hold a file copy of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be obtained for £20 inclusive of VAT.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Hale Barns. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Hale Barns

    Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry.

Am I right to be concerned by estate agents that I am dealing with are suggesting an internet conveyancing firm rather than a High Street Hale Barns conveyancing practice?

As is the case with lots of service providers, often recommendations from family and friends can be most helpful. Yet there are lots of players in a conveyancing deal; estate agents, mortgage brokers and lenders might all put forward solicitors to select. On occasion these conveyancers might be known to one of the organisations as one of the best in their field, but sometimes there exists a commercial relationship behind the recommendation. You have the right to select your own conveyancer. You need to be aware that many banks specify a panel list of solicitors you have to use for the lender aspect of your transaction.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Hale Barns regulated by the SRA

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

  • Ips Law Llp, David House, 10-12 Cecil Road, Hale, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 9PA
  • Blackstone Solicitors Limited, Campaign House, 8 Cecil Road, Hale, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 9PA
  • Margaret Patterson, Fairbank House, 27 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2DP
  • Maddocks Clarke, Fairbank House, 27 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2DP
  • Ultimate Law Limited, One Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2DT

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Hale Barns

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Hale Barns specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Claims for damages for illegal

  • Blackstone Solicitors Limited, Campaign House, 8 Cecil Road, Hale, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 9PA
  • Ultimate Law Limited, One Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2DT
  • Haworth Holt Bell Ltd, Grosvenor House, 45 The Downs, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2QG
  • William H Lill & Co, 16 Old Market Place, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 4DD
  • Myerson Solicitors Llp, The Cottages, Regent Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 1RX

Planning law solicitors in Hale Barns regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The practices listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Hale Barns practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including special planning controls
  • Collings Law Ltd, 51 Stamford New Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 1DS
  • Myerson Solicitors Llp, The Cottages, Regent Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 1RX
  • Land Law Llp, 10 - 14 Market Street, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 1QB
  • Hill & Co, 4-8 Market Street, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 1QD
  • Priority Law Limited, Lake View, Lakeside, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 3GW

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