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Reasons to use our Kemp Town conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor generally results in a more personalised service. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, your conveyancing is handled by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by reading from their computer screens.
  • 2 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Kemp Town is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you will expect.
  • 3 Conveyancer conveyancing firms have extremely good personal connections with Kemp Town selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 On the balance of probabilities the other side’s solicitors are located in Kemp Town - if so both parties are likely to be less confrontational
  • 5 The Kemp Town conveyancing firms that are identified are committed to supplying value for money, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to home buyers, sellers and investors in Kemp Town

Examples of recent conveyancing in Kemp Town since December 2024*

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Disposal

of apartment Bloomsbury Place BN2 1DA, at purchase sum of £247,500. Leasehold conveyancing included: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

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Acquisition

of flat Bristol Road BN2 1AP, sold for £330,000. Leasehold conveyancing legalities included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

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Purchase

of apartment Portland Place BN2 1DH, purchased for £370,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, preparing statement detailing charges

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Sale

of terraced residence, Wyndham Street, BN2 1AF completing on 06/01/2025 at a price of £582,500. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Kemp Town

What is the best way to search for the right solicitor to provide a first class service for my conveyancing in Kemp Town?

First ask the people you trust who they would recommend.

Option 2 is to search the web for conveyancing in Kemp Town. Telephone a couple or more firms from the list and ask them to send you their conveyancing quote and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will oversee the conveyancing prior tocommitting.

Third is to use our search tool to help you find the right solicitors for you based on your own expectations including area of the property,timings, complications and who your intended mortgage company is. Don't take the bait of £100 conveyancing in Kemp Town

I purchased a freehold premises in Kemp Town yet charged rent, why is this and what is this?

It’s unusual for properties in Kemp Town and has limited impact for conveyancing in Kemp Town but some freehold properties in England (particularly common in North West England) pay an annual sum known as a Chief Rent or a Rentcharge to a third party who has no other legal interest in the land.

Rentcharge payments are usually between £2.00 and £5.00 per year. Rentcharges have existed for many centuries, but the Rent Charge Act 1977 barred the establishment of new rentcharges from 1977 onwards.

Old rentcharges can now be extinguished by making a lump sum payment under the Act. Any rentcharges that are still in existence post 2037 will be dispensed with completely.

In reviewing moneysavingexpert.com for an online solicitor in Kemp Town, most comment that I should look for a CQS kitemarked solicitor. What is CQS?

Kemp Town Conveyancing Quality Scheme law firms have been granted certification under the Law Society's Scheme (CQS) CQS was established to promote high standards in the home legal process. CQS helps home movers to recognise practices who provide a quality residential conveyancing. Kemp Town is one of the many areas in England and Wales in which CQS have a presence. The conveyancing scheme requires law firms to undergo a strict assessment, compulsory training, self-reporting, random audits and annual reviews in order to maintain CQS status. It is open only to members of the Law Society who meet the demanding standards set by the scheme and has the support of the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

My wife and I buying a detached bungalow in Kemp Town. Our aim is to carry out a loft conversion at the property.Will the conveyancing process include checks to see if these alterations were previously refused?

Your property lawyer should check the registered title as conveyancing in Kemp Town will occasionally reveal restrictions in the title deeds which restrict categories of changes or need the permission of another owner. Certain additions need local authority planning permissions and approval in compliance with building regulations. Some areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or impact extensions. You should check these things with a surveyor prior to committing yourself to a purchase.

Are all Kemp Town Conveyancing Quality Solicitors on the Nottingham conveyancing panel?

A selection of banks and building societies now make use of CQS as the kick off point for Panel approval such as HSBC and Santander. The Law Society’s CQS membership however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. Nevertheless,the CML have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for solicitors wishing to join their approved list of conveyancing solicitors.

Intending to buy a apartment in Kemp Town. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Kemp Town conveyancer is on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel.

My friend advised me that where I am buying in Kemp Town I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is usually quoted for as part of the standard Kemp Town conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Kemp Town around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Kemp Town Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Kemp Town Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Kemp Town.

How difficult is it to switch solicitor as I have to retain one who is on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. I had appointed a local conveyancing solicitor in Kemp Town five minutes from me but she is not accepted by Leeds Building Society

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Kemp Town on the Leeds Building Society panel. Please note that the property lawyers that we list do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Kemp Town. Using search facility on this page, you can contrast fees for conveyancing solicitors in Kemp Town and throughout England and Wales.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Kemp Town

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Kemp Town with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • Gerard Maye Legal Limited, 176 Edward Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 0JB
  • 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 granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • 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

Whether you are going through a divorce or breakup or simply wish to transfer your property to someone else, transfer of equity conveyancing in Kemp Town includes some of the following tasks:

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Acting on behalf of the bank (if applicable)
  • Agreeing the terms of the transaction
  • Drawing up Transfer or approving the Transfer deed
  • Agreeing amendments to the draft Transfer
  • Communicating with parties concerning the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and releasing monies to relevant parties
  • Completing and submitting to HMRC the correct SDLT forms and payment
  • Registering the change in ownership and the mortgage (where relevant) 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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