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Top reasons to let us assist you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Hedge End and Botley

  • 1 The companies listed on our directory have a mix of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 2 Chances are that the other side’s lawyers are located in Hedge End and Botley - if so sets of lawyers are likely to be familiar
  • 3 The Hedge End and Botley conveyancing firms that are listed are committed to providing value for money, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to home buyers, sellers and remortgagors in Hedge End and Botley
  • 4 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Hedge End and Botley 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.
  • 5 Solicitor conveyancing lawyers have valuable personal links with Hedge End and Botley selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Hedge End and Botley since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Hedge End and Botley

Do the conveyancing solicitors identified through your search app conduct right to buy conveyancing in Hedge End and Botley?

We have identified plenty of conveyancing firms who can service right to buy conveyancing You should contact the solicitors listed with a view to get a costs illustration.

What does my ID and proof of funds have anything to do with my conveyancing in Hedge End and Botley? Why is this being asked of me?

Anti-terror and anti-money-laundering rules require solicitors and licensed conveyancers to check the identity of the potential client they are dealing with before they can accept their conveyancing retainer. The Client Care letter that you are required to sign should reaffirm this. Your lawyer also has obligations to obtain certain documents in accordance with the CML Lenders Handbook requirements last updated on 1st December 2014. Where you refuse to supply ID verification documents, your conveyancer will not be able to take you on as a client.

Will my conveyancer be asking questions about flooding as part of the conveyancing in Hedge End and Botley.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for solicitors dealing with homes in Hedge End and Botley. There are those who acquire a house in Hedge End and Botley, completely expectant that at some time, it may be flooded. However, leaving to one side the physical destruction, where a property is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, satisfactory building insurance, or dispose of the property. There are steps that can be taken during the course of a property purchase to forewarn the purchaser.

Conveyancers are not qualified to impart advice on flood risk, however there are a numerous checks that may be carried out by the purchaser or by their lawyers which should give them a better appreciation of the risks in Hedge End and Botley. The conventional set of information sent to a buyer’s solicitor (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) incorporates a usual question of the vendor to discover if the property has historically flooded. If flooding has previously occurred which is not revealed by the vendor, then a purchaser may commence a claim for damages stemming from an incorrect reply. A buyer’s lawyers will also commission an environmental search. This will disclose whether there is any known flood risk. If so, further inquiries will need to be conducted.

I am purchasing a new build house in Hedge End and Botley benefiting from help to buy. The sellers would not move on the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The estate agent advised me not disclose to my lawyer about the side-deal as it may jeopardize my loan with the lender. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Hedge End and Botley and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Hedge End and Botley. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Hedge End and Botley area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Hedge End and Botley. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

I am employed by a reputable estate agency in Hedge End and Botley where we have witnessed a few leasehold sales derailed due to leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have received conflicting advice from local Hedge End and Botley conveyancing solicitors. Could you clarify whether the owner of a flat can initiate the lease extension process for the buyer?

As long as the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to commence the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. The benefit of this is that the proposed purchaser need not have to wait 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed prior to, or at the same time as completion of the disposal of the property.

An alternative approach is to agree the lease extension with the freeholder either before or after the sale. If you are informally negotiating there are no rules and so you cannot insist on the landlord agreeing to grant an extension or transferring the benefit of an agreement to the buyer.

Hedge End and Botley Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Sample of Queries before Purchasing

    Does the lease include onerous restrictions? Many Hedge End and Botley leasehold flats will have a service bill for the upkeep of the building set by the landlord. Where you acquire the property you will have to meet this liability, normally quarterly accross the year. This can vary from a few hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for bigger purpose-built blocks. In all likelihood there will be a rentcharge to be met annual, this is usually not a large sum, say around £25-£75 but you should to check as occasionally it could be prohibitively expensive. How many of the leaseholders are in arrears for their service charge payments?

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Hedge End and Botley regulated by the SRA

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

  • Cw&c No 2 Nominees, Burlington House, Botleigh Grange Business Park, Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 2DF
  • David Ebert Llp, 44 High Street, West End, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 3DR
  • Eric Robinson Solicitors, 18 West End Road, Bitterne, Southampton, Hampshire, SO18 6BU
  • Julia Hodgson Solicitors, 297 High Street, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 5NB
  • Knight Polson Limited, 2-4 Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 9FH

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Hedge End and Botley

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Hedge End and Botley specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings

  • Cw&c No 2 Nominees, Burlington House, Botleigh Grange Business Park, Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 2DF
  • Eric Robinson Solicitors, 18 West End Road, Bitterne, Southampton, Hampshire, SO18 6BU
  • Knight Polson Limited, 2-4 Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 9FH
  • Gammon Piercy & Gaiger, 77 Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 9DQ
  • Hedley Visick & Co, 109 Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 9DR

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Hedge End and Botley regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Hedge End and Botley practicing in commercial conveyancing in Hedge End and Botley. This should include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Cw&c No 2 Nominees, Burlington House, Botleigh Grange Business Park, Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 2DF
  • David Ebert Llp, 44 High Street, West End, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 3DR
  • Eric Robinson Solicitors, 18 West End Road, Bitterne, Southampton, Hampshire, SO18 6BU
  • Knight Polson Limited, 2-4 Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 9FH
  • Gammon Piercy & Gaiger, 77 Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 9DQ

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