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Reasons to use our Hampshire conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 There is a better than average chance that the the conveyancers for the other party are based in Hampshire - if so sets of solicitors are likely to be familiar
  • 2 The Hampshire conveyancing practitioners that are identified are committed to supplying value for money, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and investors in Hampshire
  • 3 You can rest easier when select the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Hampshire has a number to select from, but for a truly professional and reliable service many local people have been use the endorsement of this site.
  • 4 Hampshire conveyancers work in conjunction with Hampshire estate agents, property finders, surveyors, lenders and other professionals to ensure that the highest level of service is offered to clients every step of the way, never losing sight of the time-critical nature behind your conveyancing transaction
  • 5 Using a local Solicitor on the whole means that you will receive a more personalised service. When using a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by reading from their computer screens.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Hampshire since December 2024*

Transfer

of house property, Salisbury Road, SO24 9HG completing on 06/01/2025 at a price of £695,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, securing official copies of the title

Disposal

of semi-detached property, Forbes Road, SO23 7PQ completing on 08/01/2025 at a price of £600,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties

Disposal

of house premises, Shepherds Road, SO23 0NP completing on 06/01/2025 at a price of £381,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, securing official copies of the title

Transfer

of semi property, Quarry Road, SO23 0JS completing on 08/01/2025 at a price of £682,500. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in preparation for completion, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Hampshire

My nephew is in the process of securing a newly built flat in Hampshire with a mortgage from Lloyds. His solicitor has advised him of a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. Who needs to receive the form?

The form is intended to provide information to the main parties engaged in the transaction. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Lloyds conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the surveyor when requested. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Lloyds conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.

I have just over seventy years left on my lease and require a lease extension for my flat in Hampshire. Conveyancing solicitors on the Nationwide Building Society panel can deal with such extensions correct?

Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are obtaining a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Nationwide Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 30/3/2025 the requirements read as follows :

- Our minimum unexpired lease term is 55 years, except where lending is over 85% of the purchase price/valuation on a second hand flat, in which case our minimum unexpired term is 90 years.
- There must be at least 30 years remaining at the end of the mortgage term (regardless of the length of lease at the start).

Where the unexpired lease term is different to that recorded on the mortgage offer, the following clarifies if we need to be informed:

Second hand property:
- If the unexpired lease term on the offer is 85 years or more - only advise us if the actual lease term is less than 85 years
- if the unexpired lease term on the offer is less than 85 years – advise us if the actual lease term is different than reported
- For equity share applications - advise us if the actual lease term is different than reported on the offer
- Where lending is over 85% of the purchase price/valuation on a second hand flat and the unexpired lease term on the offer is 90 years or more - only advise us if the actual lease term is less than 90 years.

New build property:
- If the unexpired lease term stated on the offer is 125 years (flat) / 250 years (house) or more - only advise us if the actual lease term is less than 125 years (flat) / 250 years (house)
- For equity share applications - always advise us if the actual lease term is different than reported on the offer

Lease terms such as ground rent and event fees must be reasonable at all times during the term of the lease and adhere to our requirements below. If you’re unsure as to whether the terms of a lease are unreasonable or onerous, please refer the details to us in plain English for Valuer consideration. If the potentially onerous terms are in relation to the ground rent please include the current ground rent figure per annum, how often it will be reviewed and the price structure it will be reviewed against. See the guidance below.

SECOND HAND PROPERTIES

Unacceptable - advise Issuing Office (Will be declined):
- Unexpired lease term less than 55 years
- Unexpired lease term less than 90 years where we are lending more than 85% of the purchase price/valuation on a second hand flat
- Less than 30 years remaining at the end of the mortgage term
- Ground Rent greater than 0.5% of the property value
- Ground Rent doubles less than every 20 years (e.g. doubles every 5, 10 or 15 years) - acceptable if doubles every 20 years or more
- Ground Rent is compounded RPI
- Ground Rent review period is less than or equal to 5 years

Refer to Issuing Office (Valuer will consider any impact on valuation figure and marketability):
- Unexpired lease term is 55 to 85 years
- Ground Rent greater than 0.1% and less than or equal to 0.5% of the property value
- Ground Rent escalation is linked to any indices greater than RPI
- Ground Rent escalation is linked to the value of the building*
- Ground Rent review period is greater than 5 and less than 10 years
- Event clauses exist for normal use e.g. changing the carpet, installing a TV aerial, etc
- Estate Rent Charges greater than £500 p/a (please provide details of what the charges cover)
- Service Charges greater than 1% of property value p/a (please provide details of what the charges cover)
- Anything that appears onerous, unusual or out of the ordinary

Acceptable (no requirement to advise Issuing Office):
- Unexpired lease term greater than 85 years (Minimum 90 years where we are lending more than 85% of the purchase price/valuation on a second hand flat)
- Ground Rent less than or equal to 0.1% of the property value
- Ground Rent review period greater than or equal to 10 years
- Ground Rent escalation less than or equal to RPI

NEW BUILD PROPERTIES (includes office conversions)

Unacceptable - advise Issuing Office (Will be declined)
- Unexpired lease term less than 125 years on a new build flat or less than 250 years on a new build house (does not apply to Shared Ownership)
- Any lease which is subject to a Ground Rent (or Annual Rent) being charged which is more than on a peppercorn basis
- Any lease which is subject to a Ground Rent (or Annual Rent) being charged which is more than on a peppercorn basis

Refer to Issuing Office (Valuer will consider any impact on valuation figure and marketability):
- Event clauses exist for normal use e.g. changing the carpet, installing a TV aerial etc
- Estate Rent Charges greater than £500 p/a (please provide details of what the charges cover)
- Service Charges greater than 1% of property value p/a (please provide details of what the charges cover)
- Anything else appears onerous, unusual or out of the ordinary

Acceptable (no requirement to advise Issuing Office):
- Unexpired lease term greater than or equal to 125 years on a new build flat or greater than or equal to 250 years on a new build house
- A lease subject to a peppercorn Ground Rent (Annual Rent) charges

For the avoidance of doubt, any New Build properties completed but not sold pre-30 June 2022 will only be acceptable if the Lease conforms to the above guidance.

* Where the Ground Rent escalation is linked to the value of the building, please provide the following:
- How is the value of the block/unit currently calculated and if the assessment relates to the block(s), how is the Ground Rent calculated/apportioned per property?
- The current valuation and Ground Rent for each unit
- What is the mechanism for future valuations of the block and how is the Ground Rent calculated/apportioned?
- What is the right of appeal? And is this a documented process within the lease?
- Who bears the cost of the valuation (and appeal) process?
- Confirmation the review period is not less than twenty years.

Lease Extensions

We require all Lease Extensions to be completed under the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 and to meet the above criteria as a minimum. Where you become aware that it does not meet these requirements, please refer to Issuing Office.

Please ensure that all lender enquiries are submitted (with full documentation/requirements) at least 2 weeks prior to exchange to allow sufficient time for review and decisioning.

My relative recommended that if I am buying in Hampshire I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is occasionally included in the estimate for your Hampshire conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Hampshire around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Hampshire Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type 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 concerning Hampshire.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Hampshire is the location of the property. Can you offer any opinion?

Flying freeholds in Hampshire are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Hampshire you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Hampshire may ascertain 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.

In surfing the internet for the term cheap conveyancing in Hampshire it reveals numerous solicitorsin the area. With so much choice what is the best way to find the right conveyancing solicitor for my move?

The best method of choosing a suitable conveyancer is via personal referral, so seek the counsel of colleagues and family who have acquired a property in Hampshire or the local estate agent or mortgage broker. Charges for conveyancing in Hampshire differ, so it's a good idea to obtain a minimum of four costs illustrations from different solicitors. Dont forget to clarify that the fees are fixed.

I have recently had an offer accepted on an apartment in Hampshire and the mortgage adviser that we are dealing with suggested his solicitor. They quoted nine hundred pounds excluding VAT and 3rd party costs. Does this sound steep?

Don't just go on one estimate. You should seek like-for-like quotes for your conveyancing in Hampshire. Then select one that you are comfortable with and crucially, is on the approved panel of the bank that you have applied for a mortgage from.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Hampshire regulated by the SRA

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

  • Robert Urquhart, 24 Little Hayes Lane, Itchen Abbas, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1XA
  • Taylor Fordyce Ltd, 1-2 City Business Centre, Hyde Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 7TA
  • Warner & Richardson, 29 Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8RR
  • Dutton Gregory Llp, Trussell House, 23 St. Peter Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8BT
  • Shentons, Star Lane House, Staple Gardens, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9AD

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Hampshire regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Hampshire with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Hampshire. This could include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Taylor Fordyce Ltd, 1-2 City Business Centre, Hyde Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 7TA
  • Warner & Richardson, 29 Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8RR
  • Dutton Gregory Llp, Trussell House, 23 St. Peter Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8BT
  • Shentons, Star Lane House, Staple Gardens, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9AD
  • Godwins Solicitors Llp, 12 St. Thomas Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9HF

What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Hampshire?

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding purchasing and selling property and cover conveyancing countrywide as well as Hampshire. If instructing a Licensed Conveyancer governed by the CLC, you can expect:
  • Enjoy the benefit of an honest and lawful service.
  • Be supplied with a high standard of legal services.
  • Have your transaction dealt with using care, skill and legal competence.
  • Be supplied with a high quality of service due to your lawyer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a service which is accessible and responsive to your specific requirements.
  • You should not consider yourself discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • Not receive a service which is below the standard you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Have your specific needs taken into account should a complaint be necessary.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a timeous, impartial and comprehensive service when making a complaint about your conveyancing in Hampshire about your conveyancing in Hampshire.

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

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