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Reasons to use our Kimbolton conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Kimbolton lawyer are the key to a successful Kimbolton home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing
  • 2 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these companies are often based hundreds of miles away with little appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Kimbolton
  • 3 Using a high street Solicitor in the main results in a more personalised service. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, your matter is dealt with by a team of people who who progress matters by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 4 Our site is the first site offering you the ability to ensure that your conveyancing in Kimbolton will be carried out by a property lawyer on your bank conveyancing panel.
  • 5 Kimbolton conveyancers have a crucial advantage when it comes to Kimbolton conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that can impact your sale or purchase

Examples of recent conveyancing in Kimbolton since July 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Kimbolton

I am progressing with the sale of my apartment in Kimbolton and the EA has just e-mailed to advise that the purchasers are appointing a new solicitor. The excuse is that the mortgage company will only deal with property lawyers on their approved list. Why would a big named lender only deal with specific law firms rather the firm that they want to select to handle their conveyancing in Kimbolton ?

Lenders have always had an approved set of law firms that can represent them, but in the past few years big names such as Lloyds Banking Group, have reviewed and reduced their conveyancing panel– in some cases removing conveyancing firms who have acted for them for decades.

Lenders attribute this action to a rise in fraud by way of justification for the cull – criteria have been stiffened as a smaller panel is easier to maintain. No lender will say how many solicitors have been dropped, claiming the information is commercially sensitive, but the Law Society says it is being contacted daily by practices that have been removed from panels. Some are unaware that they have been dropped until contacted by a borrower who has instructed them as might be the situation in your buyers' case. Your purchasers are not going to have any impact on this.

Some advice if I may. My Kimbolton conveyancer is assuring me that he is legally obliged toconduct Kimbolton conveyancing searches due to the fact thatthe firm are on the Virgin Moneyconveyancing panel. Is this really necessary?

Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. As you are obtaining a home loan with a bank your lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your solicitor would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your lender’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to comply with the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook requirements . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Kimbolton conveyancing searches.

Our lender has recommended solicitors on their panel based in Kimbolton but I would rather choose a conveyancing lawyer in Kimbolton or nearer to where I live. Can you help?

Far from all Kimbolton conveyancing firms are listed all lender’s conveyancing panel. Please make the most of the above search tool to identify a Kimbolton conveyancing firm on the on the mortgage company panel.

A colleague suggested that where I am purchasing in Kimbolton I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

A search of this type is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Kimbolton conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out important information about Kimbolton around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Kimbolton Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Kimbolton.

I'm buying my first flat in Kimbolton benefiting from help to buy. The developers refused to reduce the amount so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The property agent advised me not inform my solicitor about this side-deal as it could put at risk my mortgage with the lender. Should I keep quiet?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a leasehold apartment up to £245,000 and identified one round the corner in Kimbolton I like with a park and station nearby, however it only has 49 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Kimbolton suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a lease with such few years left?

If you require a home loan that many years may be a potential deal breaker. Discount the price by the expected lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current owner has owned the premises for a minimum of twenty four months you can request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor regarding this matter.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Kimbolton regulated by the SRA

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

  • Simon Merchant Property Solicitors, The Old Stables, Highfield Farm, Perry, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 0BN

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

Licensed Conveyancers support the transfer of ownership of a property from one person to another and cover conveyancing countrywide as well as Kimbolton. If instructing a Licensed Conveyancer regulated by the CLC, you should:
  • Enjoy the benefit of an honest and lawful service.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high standard of legal services.
  • Be supplied with your matters dealt with using care, skill and diligence.
  • Have a high standard of service due to your conveyancer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Receive 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 standard you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Ensure your individual needs taken into account should you make a complaint.
  • Have a timeous, objective and comprehensive service where making a complaint about your conveyancing in Kimbolton about your conveyancing in Kimbolton.

Residential conveyancing in Kimbolton almost always includes the following:

  • Conveyancing practitioner instructed by the owners once the offer has been accepted
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and associated papers
  • Sending draft papers to the solicitor representing the buyer
  • Negotiating contracts and responding to additional enquires from the purchaser’s solicitor
  • Finalising the transfer document
  • Answering requisitions prepared by the buyer’s solicitor
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Receiving sale proceeds and sending funds to the owner, the estate agent and other relevant parties (where relevant)

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

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