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Reasons to use our Kemp Town conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Kemp Town lawyers work in conjunction with Kemp Town estate agents, house builders, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to ensure that a quality service is provided to buyers and sellers every step of the way, ensuring the smoothest, most stress-free process possible
  • 2 Excellent communication together with pure property experience are key benefits that you should seek when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Kemp Town property deals can be made a lot more stressful because of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers listed strive to make sure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.
  • 3 Kemp Town conveyancer are the key to a successful Kemp Town home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing
  • 4 Property lawyer conveyancing solicitors have excellent personal connections with Kemp Town selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 5 Using a local Solicitor usually means that you will receive a more personal touch. Online forums often suggest that in appointing a an online conveyancing factory, your transaction is handled by a team of people who who progress matters by reading from their computer screens.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Kemp Town since February 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Kemp Town

I am obtaining a mortgage with Halifax. I intend to employ the services of a Licensed Conveyancer in Kemp Town. Does the Halifax Solicitor panel allow for conveyancers regulated by the CLC?

The Halifax conveyancing panel is, like many other lenders, represented by the Council or Mortgage Lenders or BSA, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

I am need of leasehold conveyancing for a flat in a fairly new development (seven years old) in Kemp Town. 95% of the appartments are already sold. Do I need carry out the local searches as part of conveyancing in Kemp Town?

If you are acquiring a property with the assistance of a mortgage, your lender will insist on some (many) of the searches so you'll have no choice. If not, then Kemp Town conveyancing searches are for you to decide upon. No doubt your conveyancer, will ’encourage’, perhaps in the strongest possible terms, that you should not go ahead without searches, but he or she is duty bound in this regard. One thing to bear in mind; if you are likely to sell the house one day, it may be of interest to your future buyer what the searches contain. Sometimes houses with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. But if you choose to instruct your lawyer to proceed without searches then your lawyer will have to follow your instructions or it may be necessary to instruct a new lawyer for your conveyancing in Kemp Town.

Can I use your services to find a Conveyancing solicitor in Kemp Town even if I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for example where I intend to buy an office in Kemp Town with a loan from Norwich and Peterborough Building Society?

The service is primarily utilised to get a quote from residential conveyancing solicitors in Kemp Town but we have set out at the end of this page a few Kemp Town commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to speak with the company directly to establish if they can also act for Norwich and Peterborough Building Society

Will commercial conveyancing searches reveal planned roadworks that could impact a commercial premises in Kemp Town?

Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Kemp Town will order a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers invest in sourcing accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Kemp Town. The search result provides definitive data 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 Kemp Town.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Kemp Town it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately can cause delays to Kemp Town commercial conveyancing transactions as well as present a risk to future plans for the site. These searches are not ordered for residential conveyancing in Kemp Town.

Should I be concerned by 3rd parties that I am dealing with are recommending a web based conveyancing firm as opposed to a High Street Kemp Town conveyancing firm?

As with many service providers, often suggestions from family and friends can be worth their weight in gold. But there are many parties with a vested interest in a conveyancing matter; estate agents, mortgage brokers and lenders might all recommend conveyancers to retain. On occasion the solicitors might be known to one of the organisations as experts in their field, but sometimes there behind the scenes financial incentive behind the recommendation. You have the right to appoint your preferred lawyer. You need to be aware that most lenders specify a panel list of conveyancers you must use for the lender related work in your home move.

Finally, a mortgage offer from a lender for the refinancing of my 4 bedroom maisonette is coming any day now. Can you suggest a low cost remortgage conveyancing lawyer in Kemp Town ?

You are on the wrong site if you are in need of a cheap conveyancing in Kemp Town. Our aim is to provide value for money conveyancing but we do not aim to advertise as being the cheapest. Do not be fooled by companies offering low cost conveyancing in Kemp Town.At best, in opting for cheap conveyancing, you will get what you pay for and at worst you will end up invoiced for extras and still not receive the service required.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Kemp Town

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Kemp Town practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • 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

Planning law solicitors in Kemp Town regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Kemp Town with expertise in planning law. This may include advice on compulsory purchases in Kemp Town
  • Mayo Wynne Baxter Llp, Century House, 15-19 Dyke Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 3FE
  • M S Page, 3 The Rise, Portslade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN41 2PY

Residential conveyancing in Kemp Town usually consists of the following:

  • Lawyer instructed by the buyer on acceptance of the offer
  • Checking the title to the premises
  • Conducting Kemp Town searches with respect to the title
  • Reviewing draft contract pack and other papers supplied by the owner’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Submitting queries with the vendor’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Agreeing the wording of the sale agreement
  • Reviewing replies given by the owner to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for a Transfer document
  • Advising the buyer in respect of the loan offer: (where applicable)
  • Drafting and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; reporting to the buyer on the contents of the contract pack, pre-contract enquiries and the result of the searches)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Completing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the appropriate stamp duty forms and payment
  • Registering the buyer and the home loan (where appropriate) at the Land Registry.

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

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