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Reasons to use our Higham Wood conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Retaining the services of a a family Solicitor generally means that you will receive a more personal touch. When using a an online conveyancing factory, your transaction is dealt with by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by reading from their computer screens.
  • 2 Higham Wood conveyancers have a crucial edge when it comes to Higham Wood conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that will impact your home move
  • 3 Chances are that the the lawyers for the other party are located in Higham Wood - if so sets of lawyers are likely to be familiar
  • 4 Firms accustomed to conveyancing in Higham Wood have a grasp oflocal concerns peculiar to Higham Wood and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 5 We are the UKs most comprehensive domestic conveyancing directory listing lender approved property lawyers delivering conveyancing in Higham Wood regulated and authorised by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Higham Wood since December 2024*

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of terraced premises, Colin Blythe Road, TN10 4LD completing on 20/01/2025 at a price of £434,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion

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Disposal

of house residence, Cherry Grove, TN10 4NA completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £425,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, securing official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

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Transfer

of house residence, Hopgarden Road, TN10 4QS completing on 08/01/2025 at a price of £435,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

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Disposal

of terraced premises, Estridge Way, TN10 4JU completing on 08/01/2025 at a price of £645,000. 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, securing official copies of the title

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Higham Wood

I am buying a property in Higham Wood. An unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Kent Reliance have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?

Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with Kent Reliance your lawyer must follow the conveyancing requirements set out in Section 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Kent Reliance. The CML Handbook includes minimum specifications for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancing practitioners are required to report to Kent Reliance where a lease does not satisfy these provisions. The conditions relate to the installation of panels on properties nationwide and is not restricted to Higham Wood.

I have paid off my mortgage with Co-operative. I assume I don't need a Higham Wood conveyancer on the Co-operative panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.

If you have finished paying off your Co-operative 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 Co-operative mortgage from the register. Co-operative, 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 Co-operative has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. Co-operative has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Co-operative mortgage has been paid off.

Planning on purchasing a house in Higham Wood. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Skipton conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Higham Wood conveyancing practitioner is on the Skipton conveyancing panel.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our home can not be found. The lawyers who handled the conveyancing in Higham Wood 4 years ago are no longer around. What are my options?

In today’s world there are copies made of almost everything, and your conveyancer should know precisely where to find all the appropriate paperwork so you can buy or dispose of your property without any difficulty. If duplicates can’t be found, your conveyancer may be able to put in place insurance or indemnities protecting you against possible claims on your premises.

I'm purchasing my first flat in Higham Wood with a mortgage from The Mortgage Works. The developers would not budge the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The sale representative told me not reveal to my solicitor about this side-deal as it could impact my mortgage with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

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 was recommended by two or three local property agents in Higham Wood to get a quote from a solicitor on your site. Is there a financial inducement for Estate Agents to offer your lawyers rather than alternative conveyancing organisations?

We refuse to give any commission for sending work to this site. We found it would be just too difficult a fee as a client could think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not receiving any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.

Am I best advised to go with a Higham Wood conveyancing practitioner in close proximity to the house I am hoping to buy? We have a good friend who can handle the conveyancing however her office is 400kilometers away.

The primary upside of using a local Higham Wood conveyancing practice is that you can visit the firm to sign documents, deliver your identification documents and apply pressure on them if necessary. They will also have local insight which is a bonus. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If other friends have used your friend and on the whole were impressed that must trump using an unfamiliar Higham Wood conveyancing lawyer just because they are local.

Are all Higham Wood solicitors on every bank conveyancing panel?

You can use our search tool or you can pop into your high street bank branch in Higham Wood. the probability is that they can recommend conveyancing solicitors in Higham Wood

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Higham Wood regulated by the SRA

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

  • Bailey & Cogger, 139 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1DG
  • Warners Law Llp, Bank House, Bank Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BL
  • Sean O'connor & Co, 54 The Drive, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2LR
  • Burtons Solicitors Limited, Tyled House, 23a High Street, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PH
  • Cooperburnett Llp, Napier House, 14-16 Mount Ephraim Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1EE

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Higham Wood

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Higham Wood with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • Bailey & Cogger, 139 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1DG
  • Warners Law Llp, Bank House, Bank Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BL
  • Clarke Kiernan Llp, 2-4 Bradford Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1DU
  • Burtons Solicitors Limited, Tyled House, 23a High Street, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PH
  • Cooperburnett Llp, Napier House, 14-16 Mount Ephraim Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1EE

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Higham Wood regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Higham Wood with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Higham Wood. This could include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Bailey & Cogger, 139 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1DG
  • Warners Law Llp, Bank House, Bank Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BL
  • Burtons Solicitors Limited, Tyled House, 23a High Street, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PH
  • Cooperburnett Llp, Napier House, 14-16 Mount Ephraim Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1EE
  • Cripps Llp, Wallside House, 12 Mount Ephraim Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1EG

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

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