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Main reasons to use our service to assist you choose a local conveyancing solicitor in Horncastle

  • 1 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these companies are often located hundreds of miles away with little appreciation of the factors that affect property transactions in Horncastle
  • 2 Our site offers most comprehensive domestic conveyancing directory service identifying mortgage company approved property lawyers delivering conveyancing in Horncastle regulated and authorised by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 3 Using a local Solicitor generally results in a more bespoke service. When using a an online conveyancing factory, your matter is handled by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.
  • 4 Conveyancer conveyancing solicitors have very good personal links with Horncastle estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 Chances are that the other side’s solicitors are located in Horncastle - if so both parties are likely to be familiar

Examples of recent conveyancing in Horncastle since January 2025*

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of terraced residence, Chapel Lane, LN9 5QG completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £275,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, ordering official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

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of terraced premises, Town Hill Lane, LN10 5DS completing on 21/01/2025 at a price of £179,950. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Horncastle

I am purchasing a house mortgage free in Horncastle. I have lived for the previous 15 years in Horncastle. Conveyancing searches are a lot of money. As I have knowledge of the area and road intimately should I not bother getting the solicitor to do all the conveyancing searches?

If you not getting a home loan, then almost all of the Horncastle conveyancing searches are at your discretion. Your lawyer will 'advise', perhaps strongly, that you should have searches done, but he has a professional duty to do this. Do take into account; if you are intend to dispose of the house one day, it could be of relevance to your future buyer what the searches determine. Sometimes premises with day to day issues can still show up unexpected search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in Horncastle will provide you some constructive guidance here.

The Horncastle conveyancing lawyers that I recently instructed on my purchase in Horncastle have without warning closed. They were on acting for me because I had to have a solicitor on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel and my family Horncastle lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take £195 for searches. What should be my next steps?

If you have an estate agent involved then inform them immediately so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers should be in a position to help.

I am aiming to move property in May. Will my conveyancing solicitor call the removal company on the completion day. Incidentally, can you recommend a removal company in Horncastle. Conveyancing solicitor was chosen prior to coming across your website.

On the afternoon of completion you can pick up the keys from your property agent but this can only happen once the previous owners solicitors confirm to the agent that they acknowledge receipt of the completion payment and the keys can be passed over. Subsequently you can inform the removal company that you are ready to move in. We are not in a position to recommend a specific removal organisation but can help you locate a conveyancing in Horncastle or a legal practice that specialises in conveyancing in Horncastle.

I have paid off my mortgage with Barclays. I assume I don't need a Horncastle conveyancer on the Barclays panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.

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

Lloyds have agreed my home loan in principle, my offer on a house in Horncastle has been accepted, now what?

The estate agent will wish to know who your solicitors are (ensure that the property lawyers are on the lender’s panel). Telephone Lloyds or your financial adviser and finalise any outstanding paperwork. Lloyds will sellect a valuer who will get in touch with the estate agent or seller to schedule a time for the valuation to take place. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes approximately ten days for the mortgage offer to be issued. Lloyds will send the offer to you and your solicitors. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Horncastle.

I am looking for a flat up to £235,500 and identified one near me in Horncastle I like with amenity areas and railway links nearby, the downside is that it only has 52 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Horncastle for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a lease with such few years left?

If you need a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term may be problematic. Reduce the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current owner has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you could ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this matter.

Is there anything unique about your site and other online quote calculators when it comes to conveyancing in Horncastle?

At this site obtain an accurate quote from a Solicitor or Licensed Conveyancer that appreciates the issues for your conveyancing in Horncastle. As opposed to estate agents and brokerage sites we do not operate commission arrangements with solicitors. Some agents and online brokers 'recommend' the firm who pay the highest per referral, not the best value conveyancing in Horncastle

I happen to be an executor of my recently deceased mother’s Will, with a house in Horncastle which is to be marketed. The property is unregistered at the Land Registry and I'm told that many buyers solicitors will insist that it is in place before they'll move forward. What's the mechanism for this?

In the circumstances you refer to it seems advisable 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 certified copy of the probate as well and complete the form FR1 to refer to the PRs as the applicant.

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What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Horncastle?

Licensed Conveyancers deal with the transfer of ownership of a property from one person to another and cover conveyancing nationwide as well as Horncastle. When using a Licensed Conveyancer regulated by the CLC, you can expect:
  • Receive an honest and lawful service.
  • Be supplied with a high standard of legal services.
  • Be supplied with your transaction dealt with using care, skill and legal competence.
  • Have a high standard of service due to your lawyer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Have a service which is accessible and responsive to your specific requirements.
  • You should not consider yourself discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • Not receive a service which is below the level you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Ensure your specific needs taken into account should a complaint be made.
  • Have a swift, objective and comprehensive service when if a complaint is registered about your conveyancing in Horncastle.

Purchase conveyancing in Horncastle normally consists of the following:

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Examining the title to the property
  • Ordering Horncastle conveyancing searches for the property
  • Assessing draft contract pack and other papers supplied by the owner’s lawyer
  • Submitting questions with the seller’s lawyer
  • Agreeing the wording of the purchase contract
  • Considering the replies provided by the seller to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Negotiating a Transfer Deed for completion
  • Advising the purchasing in respect of the mortgage offer: (if appropriate)
  • Drawing up and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; summarising to the buyer on the contents of the contract pack, pre-contract enquiries and the result of the searches)
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion formalities
  • Preparing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the appropriate SDLT forms and payment
  • Registering the change in ownership and the mortgage (if applicable) at the Land Registry.

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

  • Lawyer instructed by the owners on acceptance of the offer
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and associated documents
  • Sending draft papers to the property lawyer retained by the buyer
  • Negotiating contracts and answering additional enquires from the purchaser’s property lawyer
  • Agreeing the transfer document
  • Answering requisitions prepared by the purchaser’s property lawyer
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Receiving sale proceeds and transferring funds to the owner, the estate agent and other relevant parties (where relevant)

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

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