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Reasons to use our Highcliffe conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 This site is the first site offering you the facility to ensure that your conveyancing in Highcliffe will be carried out by a solicitor on your bank authorised panel.
  • 2 The practices listed on our directory have a variation of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 3 On the balance of probabilities the the lawyers for the other party have offices in Highcliffe - if so both parties are likely to be less confrontational
  • 4 The Highcliffe conveyancing firms that are listed are committed to providing value for money, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and investors in Highcliffe
  • 5 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor on the whole results in a more personal touch. Online forums often suggest that in using a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Highcliffe since August 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Highcliffe

Souldappointing a Highcliffe conveyancing practice make the home moving process easier?

Generally conveyancing solicitors in your neck of the woods will benefit from good relationships with your local authority, which could assist with the Highcliffe conveyancing searches that your lawyer will require on your transaction. It can only assist if they have good relationships with the Local Land Registry Office your area Highcliffe, other conveyancers in the location and Highcliffe Estate Agents.

Are the Highcliffe conveyancing solicitors identified as being on the Lloyds conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by Lloyds?

Highcliffe conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Lloyds conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Lloyds directly.

Can you point me to a directory of Yorkshire BS panel conveyancers in Highcliffe on the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook Website?

Unfortunately not yet. There is no such tool on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association sites. A small selection of mortgage companies make their panel listings visible on the web. Where you are looking for a Highcliffe property lawyer on the Yorkshire BS please make the most of our tool.

Is it the case that all Highcliffe solicitor practices on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel are overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?

As solicitors, in order to be on the Clydesdale approved list of solicitors they would need to be governed by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. The majority of lenders do permit licenced conveyancers on their panel and in that case the practice would be governed by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

Can I be sure that the Highcliffe conveyancing solicitor on the Clydesdale panel is any good?

When it comes to conveyancing in Highcliffe seeking recommendations is a sensible starting point. Before you go ahead, check if they offer a no sale no fee offer. Also, you often get what you pay for - a firm which quotes more, will often provide a better service than one advertising the lowest fees. We would always advise that you speak with the solicitor handling your transaction.

I am purchasing a property and the solicitor has raised the issue of Chancel Repair to which the property could be liable because it falls into the area of such a church. He has recommended insurance. Is this really warranted for conveyancing in Highcliffe

Unless a prior purchase of the property completed post 12 October 2013 you can take it that lawyers conducting conveyancing in Highcliffe to continue to propose a a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in last month in what should have been a simple, no chain conveyancing. Highcliffe is where the house is located. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Highcliffe are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Highcliffe 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 Highcliffe may determine 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.

I am employed by a busy estate agency in Highcliffe where we see a number of flat sales jeopardised due to leases having less than 80 years remaining. I have been given contradictory information from local Highcliffe conveyancing solicitors. Could you shed some light as to whether the vendor of a flat can commence the lease extension process for the purchaser on completion of the sale?

Provided that the seller has owned the lease for at least 2 years it is possible, to serve a Section 42 notice to start the lease extension process and assign the benefit of the notice to the purchaser. This means that the proposed purchaser can avoid having to wait 2 years to extend their lease. Both sets of lawyers will agree to form of assignment. The assignment needs to be completed before, or simultaneously with completion of the sale.

An alternative approach is to extend the lease informally by agreement with the landlord 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.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Highcliffe - Examples of Queries before buying

    How is the lease structured? What is the name of the managing agents? Are any of leasehold owners in dispute over their service charge payments?

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Highcliffe

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Highcliffe practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • Morris Scott & Co, 280 Lymington Road, Highcliffe, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 5ET
  • Anthony Harris & Co, 17 Elm Avenue, New Milton, Hampshire, BH25 6HE
  • Heppenstalls Solicitors Limited, 82 Station Road, New Milton, Hampshire, BH25 6LG
  • Frettens Llp, The Saxon Centre, 11 Bargates, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 1PZ
  • Hugh Whitlock Solicitors, 44 High Street, Milford On Sea, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 0QD

Conveyancing in Highcliffe is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process.

  • Taking instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Drafting contract and associated documents
  • Forwarding draft papers to the conveyancing practitioner representing the purchaser
  • Negotiating contracts and responding to supplemental questions from the purchaser’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Negotiating the transfer deed
  • Replying to requisitions raised by the buyer’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion formalities
  • Accepting the sale proceeds and transferring funds to the vendor, the estate agent and redeeming the mortgage (if appropriate)

Transfer of Equity conveyancing in Highcliffe normally involves the following:

  • Obtaining instructions from parties involved
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Representing bank (if relevant)
  • Agreeing the terms of the transaction
  • Preparing the Transfer or approving draft Transfer
  • Agreeing amendments to the draft Transfer
  • Communicating with parties with regards to the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and releasing funds to the appropriate parties
  • Completing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the appropriate stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the change in proprietorship and the mortgage (if relevant) at the HMLR.

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

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