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Top 5 reasons to use our service to assist you find a local conveyancing solicitor in Highworth

  • 1 No matter what any alternative solicitors inform you it may be necessary to pop into your solicitor to sign documents. There are enough parties involved in a conveyancing transaction without having to add Royal Mail into the mix.
  • 2 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor usually means that you will receive a more personalised service. Online forums often suggest that in choosing a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who progress matters by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 3 Highworth property lawyers work in conjunction with Highworth estate agents, developers, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to ensure that a quality service is provided to clients every step of the way, ensuring the smoothest, most stress-free process possible
  • 4 Property lawyer conveyancing solicitors have extremely good personal connections with Highworth selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 Experience means that Highworth property lawyer have developed very good connections with Highworth local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your home move in Highworth.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Highworth since December 2024*

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Sale

of terraced residence, Fitzgerold Avenue, SN6 7JJ completing on 07/01/2025 at a price of £300,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties

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Sale

of house residence, Swindon Road, SN6 7SJ completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £530,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for signature in preparation for completion, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

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Sale

of terraced property, Fuller Close, SN2 7TN completing on 06/01/2025 at a price of £381,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, ordering official copies of the title

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Transfer

of terraced residence, Barrington Road, SN6 8TN completing on 06/01/2025 at a price of £237,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Highworth

I am getting a mortgage with Lloyds. I hope to enlist the help of a Licensed Conveyancer in Highworth. Does the Lloyds Solicitor panel allow for conveyancers regulated by the CLC?

The Lloyds approved solicitor list is, like many other lenders, represented by the Council or Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

It is is a decade since I acquired my property in Highworth. Conveyancing lawyers have just been instructed on the sale but I am unable to track down my title documents. Will this jeopardise the sale?

You need not be too concerned. Firstly there is a possibility that the deeds will be retained by your mortgage company or they may still be with the conveyancers who handled your purchase. Secondly in all probability the title will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to prove you are the registered owner by your conveyancing lawyers procuring current official copies of the land registers. The vast majority of conveyancing in Highworth involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is unregistered it adds to the complexity but is resolvable.

Is it necessary during the course of the conveyancing process to visit the offices of the solicitor to execute the mortgage deed? If so, I will choose one who does conveyancing in Highworth so that I can pop in to their offices if required.

Nowadays approved lawyers for mortgage companies carry out all of the communications via Royal Mail, e-mail or over the phone. This enables them to conduct the conveyancing transaction no matter where you live in the country. Nevertheless you should see if you have the option of going to the offices of your conveyancing lawyer if needed.

Should commercial conveyancing searches disclose proposed roadworks that could affect a commercial premises in Highworth?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Highworth will execute a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers invest in investigating accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Highworth. The search result sets out definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Highworth.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Highworth it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately may result in delays to Highworth commercial conveyancing deals as well as pose a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not carried out for domestic conveyancing in Highworth.

I opted to have a survey done on a house in Highworth before retaining lawyers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. My surveyor advised that some banks tend refuse to grant a loan on such a home.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different requirements from Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to call us we can check with the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Highworth. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.

Is it possible to switch firm as I have to retain one who is on the The Mortgage Works conveyancing panel. I hired a local conveyancing solicitor in Highworth five minutes from me but the firm is not approved by The Mortgage Works

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Highworth on the The Mortgage Works panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we on the directory do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are under regulation of the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Highworth. In utilising search facility on this page, you can scrutinise fees for conveyancing solicitors in Highworth and throughout England and Wales.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Highworth

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Highworth specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Terms and conditions of tenancy agreements

  • 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 practicing in commercial conveyancing in Highworth. This could 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

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Highworth regulated by the CLC

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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