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  • 1 We are the UKs most comprehensive residential conveyancing directory service identifying mortgage company approved property lawyers conducting conveyancing in Kemp Town who are regulated by the SRA or CLC.
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  • 3 The organisations listed on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 4 Experience means that Kemp Town solicitor have developed excellent links with Kemp Town local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of undertaking your home move in Kemp Town.
  • 5 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these organisations are often located hundreds of kilometers away with limited appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Kemp Town

Examples of recent conveyancing in Kemp Town since August 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Kemp Town

A mortgage offer from Santander for the remortgage of my 2 bedroom flat is expected by the end of next week. Can you suggest a cheap conveyancing lawyer in Kemp Town?

You have arrived at the wrong site to search for cut-price fees for conveyancing in Kemp Town. We can offer you cost effective conveyancing but we do not advertise as being the cheapest. Do not be seduced by companies seducing you with £100 conveyancing in Kemp Town. At best, in being led by cheap conveyancing, you will get your money’s worth and at worst you will end up with a surprising uplift in extras and still not receive the service you were hoping for.

I am assisting my niece sell her property in Kemp Town. Will the conveyancing solicitor order an EPC or it is for me to coordinate?

After the abolition of HIPs, energy performance certificates remained a compulsory part of moving property. An energy performance certificate must be commissioned before the property is marketed. This is not something that solicitors normally organise. Where you are instructing a Kemp Town conveyancing lawyer they may be willing to arrange energy performance certificates given their relationships with reputable local accredited person

Completion of my remortgage has taken place for my property in Kemp Town. Conveyancing was a necessary evil but I would like to complain about the lender. How do I make a complaint?

Almost all lenders have complaints procedures. Your first point of contact should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Services Department at head office. Ordinarily complaints to a lender are sorted out effectively and efficiently. However if you are not satisfied that the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service with full details of your complaint.

I am selling my apartment. I had a double glazing fitted in September 2007, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's lender, TSB are being problematic. The Kemp Town solicitor who is on the TSB conveyancing panel is recommending indemnity insurance as a solution but TSB are requiring a building regulation certificate. Why do TSB have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?

It is probably the case that TSB have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why TSB may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Kemp Town?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Kemp Town. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

About to purchase a new build apartment in Kemp Town. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Kemp Town

    Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared.

Is it possible to swap conveyancer as I need to appoint a firm on the Alliance & Leicester conveyancing panel. I instructed a family conveyancing solicitor in Kemp Town round the corner but she is not approved by Alliance & Leicester

It would be our pleasure to help you find a conveyancing solicitor in Kemp Town on the Alliance & Leicester panel. Please note that the solicitors that we work with do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Kemp Town. In utilising the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can compare fees for conveyancing solicitors in Kemp Town and throughout England and Wales.

If all goes to plan we aim to complete our sale of a £225,000 garden flat in Kemp Town in just under a week. The freeholder has quoted £312 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and 3 years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in Kemp Town?

Kemp Town conveyancing on leasehold apartments usually necessitates the purchaser’s lawyer sending enquiries for the landlord to answer. Although the landlord is under no legal obligation to answer such questions the majority will be willing to do so. They are at liberty to levy a reasonable charge for responding to questions or supplying documentation. There is no upper cap for such fees. The average fee for the information that you are referring to is over three hundred pounds, in some transactions it is above £800. The management information fee levied by the landlord must be sent together with a synopsis of entitlements and obligations in relation to administration fees, without which the charge is technically not due. In reality one has no choice but to pay whatever is demanded should you wish to exchange contracts with the buyer.

I purchased a ground floor flat in Kemp Town, conveyancing having been completed February 1996. How much will my lease extension cost? Corresponding flats in Kemp Town with a long lease are worth £265,000. The ground rent is £50 levied per year. The lease terminates on 21st October 2100

You have 76 years remaining on your lease we estimate the premium for your lease extension to be between £8,600 and £9,800 as well as professional fees.

The figure above a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to provide a more accurate figure in the absence of comprehensive investigations. Do not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be additional concerns that need to be considered and you obviously should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward based on this information before getting professional advice.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Kemp Town regulated by the SRA

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

  • Sherwood Solicitors, The Little Globe, 153 Edward Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 0JG
  • Burt Brill & Cardens Limited, 30 Old Steine, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1FL
  • Fitzhugh Gates, 3 Pavilion Parade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 1RY
  • Edward Harte Llp, 6 Pavilion Parade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 1RA
  • Griffith Smith Farrington Webb Llp, 47 Old Steyne, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1NW

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Kemp Town regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Kemp Town practicing in commercial conveyancing in Kemp Town. This will likely include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Sherwood Solicitors, The Little Globe, 153 Edward Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 0JG
  • Burt Brill & Cardens Limited, 30 Old Steine, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1FL
  • Fitzhugh Gates, 3 Pavilion Parade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 1RY
  • Edward Harte Llp, 6 Pavilion Parade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 1RA
  • Griffith Smith Farrington Webb Llp, 47 Old Steyne, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1NW

Typically, Kemp Town conveyancing for a purchase has some of the following tasks

  • Conveyancing practitioner instructed by the purchaser once the offer has been accepted
  • Examining the title unregistered or registered
  • Ordering Kemp Town searches with respect to the property
  • Reviewing draft contract pack and other documentation supplied by the owner’s solicitor
  • Raising enquiries with the owner’s solicitor
  • Agreeing the wording of the purchase contract
  • Analysing replies supplied by the vendor to pre-contract enquiries
  • Negotiating the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Advising the purchasing in respect of the mortgage offer: (where appropriate)
  • Drafting and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion formalities
  • Preparing and submitting to HMRC the appropriate stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the new ownership and the home loan (if applicable) at the HM Land Registry.

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

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