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If you have reached us by Googling ‘Conveyancing in Hampshire’ follow your intuition — you will have a better house move where you instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Hampshire.

Logical reasons to use our service to assist you find a local conveyancing solicitor in Hampshire

  • 1 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Hampshire is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) often falls short of the high standards of professionalism you will expect.
  • 2 Experience means that Hampshire solicitor have developed excellent links with Hampshire 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 home move in Hampshire.
  • 3 Using a local Solicitor usually results in a more bespoke service. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who progress matters by reading from their computer screens.
  • 4 Notwithstanding what other companies may claim it just might be important to attend your conveyancer to sign documents. Too many 3rd parties are already engaged in a conveyancing transaction without having to add the postman into the pot.
  • 5 The Hampshire conveyancing firms that are identified are committed to supplying value for money, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to home buyers, sellers and investors in Hampshire

Examples of recent conveyancing in Hampshire since November 2025*

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Transfer

of semi residence, De Lucy Avenue, SO24 9EU completing on 17/11/2025 at a price of £410,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in readiness for completion, setting up the completion formalities

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Disposal

of semi-detached premises, Hill Terrace, SO24 9BB completing on 28/11/2025 at a price of £380,500. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s solicitor

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Sale

of semi-detached premises, Mallard Close, SO24 9BX completing on 19/11/2025 at a price of £480,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, securing official copies of the title, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

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Sale

of semi premises, Arle Gardens, SO24 9BA completing on 02/12/2025 at a price of £570,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Hampshire

Is it possible for conveyancing in Hampshire to be completed inside 10 days?

In a situation where the seller is applying time constraints to complete it is advisable to make sure that your conveyancer is familiar with the location as they will make use of local contacts and know-how. It is even conceivable that they may have handled otherproperties in the same street. You would be best advised to use a Hampshire conveyancing firm. In addition, check that the conveyancing firm is on the on the approved list for your mortgage company. It is understood that just under twenty per cent of Hampshire conveyancing deals are delayed or jeopardised after discovering a purchaser’s lawyer was not on their mortgage lender’s member panel. In many cases this discovery resulted in the legal transfer of property being frustrated by as much as three weeks. It is estimated that this issue impacts approximately 100,000 home moves every year. Almost all Hampshire conveyancing firms can not represent certain banks so do check at the outset.

My lawyer in Hampshire has never been on on the Nottingham Building Society Approved Panel. Is it possible for me to use my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the Nottingham Building Society approved list?

The limited options open to you here include:

  1. Complete the purchase with your existing Hampshire solicitors but Nottingham Building Society will need to retain a lawyer on their panel. This will result in additional total conveyancing fees and result in delays.
  2. Get a new practitioner to to deal with the conveyancing, not forgetting to check they are on the Nottingham Building Society panel

I am the single recipient of my late father’s estate with all property in now in my sole name, including the my former home in Hampshire. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in January. I now wish to sell up. I do know about the Mortgage Lenders six month 'rule', which means that my property ownership may be considered the same way as though I had purchased the house in January. Do I have to wait half a year to sell?

The CML handbook instructs 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 caught by that. many lenders would take a pragmatic view as this obligation principally exists to pick up on the purchase and immediately sell or the wholesaling and assigning of properties.

I have paid off my mortgage with Principality. I assume I don't need a Hampshire conveyancer on the Principality panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Principality mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Principality mortgage from the register. Principality, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

  1. but are not moving to another property
  2. where Principality has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. Principality has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Principality mortgage has been paid off.

I currently have a mortgage with Yorkshire BS for my property in Hampshire. Conveyancing has been completed 12 months ago. Should I wish to rent out my property and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a BTL mortgage or inform Yorkshire BS?

Your original mortgage agreement with Yorkshire BS will provide that you need their approval before renting your property as this is likely to be a breach of Yorkshire BS’s mortgage conditions. It may be that Yorkshire BS will permit you to let out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Yorkshire BS directly. You need not do this via a Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel firm.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Hampshire. Conveyancing is a frightening process 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.

Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Hampshire

    Please supply a car parking plan. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Hampshire is the location of the property. Can you offer any advice?

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 must be sure that your lawyer goes 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 premises.

My sister completed her conveyancing in Hampshire 9 years ago. She has since got married, divorced and has recently married again. She intends to sell the house in a few months. I suspect that she will just be asked to supply copies of her marriage certificates to the lawyer but she is anxious it could delay the sale of the property. Should she instruct a conveyancer to update the title information for the house?

It is not absolutely necessary to bring up to date the register on the basis that you have the evidence required to show how the change of name resulted.

The buyer’s lawyer should check the land registry details and need evidence to establish the name change e.g. marriage certificates.

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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

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Hampshire

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Hampshire practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • 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

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

  • Obtaining instructions from parties involved
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and associated papers
  • Sending draft papers to the solicitor representing the buyer
  • Finalising the wording for contracts and answering further queries from the purchaser’s solicitor
  • Finalising the transfer document
  • Replying to requisitions raised by the purchaser’s solicitor
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion formalities
  • Receiving sale proceeds and sending funds to the seller, the estate agent and repaying the home loan (if appropriate)

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

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