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Reasons to use our Highworth conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Highworth lawyers work in partnership with Highworth estate agents, developers, surveyors, banks and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is provided to buyers and sellers every step of the way, to ensure you’re kept informed as to progress all the way along
  • 2 On the balance of probabilities the other side’s lawyers are based in Highworth - if so both parties are likely to be on good working terms
  • 3 Solicitors accustomed to conveyancing in Highworth are familiar with the local issues specific to Highworth and therefore you may benefit from better advice and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 4 Our site is the first site offering you the ability to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Highworth will be carried out by a property lawyer on your mortgage lender’s member panel.
  • 5 Highworth solicitors are likely to have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents

Examples of recent conveyancing in Highworth since April 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Highworth

I am buying a new build duplex in Highworth and my solicitor is informing me that she is duty bound to the lender to reveal incentives from the developer. I am nearing the developer’s deadline to exchange and I don't want to prolong deal. Is my lawyer right?

You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your solicitor. A precondition to being on a bank panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.

I had intended to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Highworth for our home move. Our broker has since advised us that our bank The Mortgage Works won't deal with them. Surely this is unfair competition?

A bank will direct that an approved conveyancer act for it. Borrowers are expected to meet the cost of this. Please make use of our database to locate a solicitor to conduct conveyancing in Highworth on the The Mortgage Works approved list of solicitors.

I have justfound out that Arc property Solicitors have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in Highworth for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 12 months ago. How can I check that the property is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest method to see if the property is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Highworth conveyancing specialists.

I'm purchasing my first flat in Highworth with a mortgage from Bank of Ireland. The builders would not budge the price so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep told me not to tell my solicitor about this deal as it would affect my mortgage with the lender. Should I keep quiet?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.

We expect to complete our sale of a £225,000 maisonette in Highworth next week. The management company has quoted £420 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and previous years statements of service charge. Is the landlord entitled to charge exorbitant fees for a leasehold conveyance in Highworth?

For most leasehold sales in Highworth conveyancing will involve, questions about the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :

    Answering pre-exchange questions Where consent is required before sale in Highworth Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Your lawyer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Highworth leasehold premises is £350. For Highworth conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to provide the information.

Highworth Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Queries before Purchasing

    It would be wise to discover if the the lease includes any adverse restrictions in the lease. For instance plenty of leases prohibit pets being allowed in in a block in Highworth. If you love the propertyin Highworth yet your cat can’t make the move with you then you have a very hard choice. How much is the yearly maintenance fee and ground rent? Does the lease have onerous restrictions?

I am an executor of my recently deceased aunt’s Will, with a property in Highworth which will be sold. The property has never been registered at HMLR and I'm advised that some estate agents will insist that it is completed before they will proceed. What's the mechanism for this?

In the circumstances that you have set out it seems sensible to seek to register in the names of the personal representative(s) as named in the probate and in their capacity as PRs. HMLR’s online guidance explains how to register for the first time and what is required re the deeds and forms. You would need to include and official copy of the probate as well and complete the form FR1 to refer to the PRs as the applicant.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Highworth

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Highworth with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • Thring Townsend Lee & Pembertons, 6 Drakes Meadow, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 3LL
  • Thrings Llp, 6 Drakes Meadow, Penny Lane, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 3LL
  • Nhlex Limited, 6 Drakes Meadow, Penny Lane, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 3LL
  • Pooleys Solicitors Llp, 10-15 Regent Circus, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 1PP
  • Carter Read & Dove, 34-35 Commercial Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 5NS

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Highworth regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Highworth with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Highworth. This will likely include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Selby & Co, Red Lion House, 6 Sheep Street, Highworth, Wiltshire, SN6 7AA
  • Thring Townsend Lee & Pembertons, 6 Drakes Meadow, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 3LL
  • Nhlex Limited, 6 Drakes Meadow, Penny Lane, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 3LL
  • Thrings Llp, 6 Drakes Meadow, Penny Lane, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 3LL
  • Thrings (services) Ltd, 6 Drakes Meadow, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 3LL

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Highworth regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Highworth but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Fox & Co Licensed Conveyancer, Shaftesbury Centre, SN2 2AZ

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

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