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Reasons to use our Lees conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Conveyancer conveyancing solicitors have excellent personal links with Lees selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 2 Using a local Solicitor generally means that you will receive a more personal touch. Sometimes when dealing with a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who progress matters by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 3 Notwithstanding what other companies advise it could be necessary to attend your conveyancer to sign documents. Too many 3rd parties are already involved in a conveyancing transaction without having to add Royal Mail into the mix.
  • 4 The practices shown on our directory have a variation of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 5 Peace of mind comes when you choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Lees has a number to pick from, but for a truly professional and reliable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Lees since October 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Lees

What guidance do you have for searching for auction conveyancing in Lees?

First ask relatives who they experienced using in the past and if they were happy with the service.

Second, search the web for conveyancing in Lees. Ring two or three from the list and ask them to send you their conveyancing charges and have a conversation with the lawyer who will conduct the legal process ahead ofmaking your choice.

Third is to use this site to assist you in finding the right solicitors for you based on your individual factors including location,timings, complexity and who the proposed mortgage company is. Don't take the bait of ninety nine pound conveyancing in Lees

It is is a decade since I acquired my house in Lees. Conveyancing lawyers have recently been appointed on the sale but I am unable to track down my title deeds. Is this a problem?

Don’t worry too much. Firstly the deeds may be retained by the mortgage company or they may stored with the lawyers who handled your purchase. Secondly the chances are that the property will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to prove you own the property by your conveyancing solicitors acquiring up to date copy of the land registers. The vast majority of conveyancing in Lees relates to registered property but in the unlikely event that your home is not registered it adds to the complexity but is resolvable.

I got the keys to my home on 12 July and the transaction details is yet to be on the land registry website. Should I be concerned? My conveyancing solicitor in Lees said it would be concluded in a couple of weeks. Are titles in Lees uniquely lengthy to register?

As far as conveyancing in Lees is concerned, registration is no faster or slower than the rest of the country. Rather than based on location, timeframes can adjust subject to who lodges the application, whether it is in order and whether the Land registry communicate with any other persons or bodies. Currently approximately 80% of submission are completed within 12 days but occasionally there can be longer delays. Registration occurs once the new owner is living at the premises thus post completion formalities is not typically primary concern yet where there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your solicitor must communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for an expedited registration.

What does commercial conveyancing in Lees cover?

Lees conveyancing for business premises incorporates a wide range of guidance, provided by regulated solicitors, relating to business premises. For example, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more commonly, the assignment of existing business tenancies or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial mortgages and the termination of tenancies.

Is it best to instruct a Lees conveyancing solicitor based in the vicinity that I am hoping to buy? An old friend can handle the legal formalities however her office is approximately 350kilometers drive away.

The benefit of a local Lees conveyancing practice is that you can pop in to execute documents, hand in your ID and pester them where appropriate. They will also have local knowledge which is a bonus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If other friends have instructed your friend and the majority were impressed that must trump using an unfamiliar Lees conveyancing lawyer just because they are round the corner.

At last I have had an offer on an flat in Lees agreed to, the owner does however have a tied purchase. The sellers have put an offer on on an apartment, although it’s not yet tied up, and are looking at other properties in the pipeline. I have instructed a local conveyancing solicitor in Lees. What do I do now? When do I get the mortgage application with Bank of Ireland started with Bank of Ireland?

It is understandable to have apprehensions where there is an associated chain as you are unlikely to want to incur expenses prematurely (mortgage application is approx £1k, then valuation, Lees conveyancing search fees, etc). The first thing to do is ensure that your property lawyer is on the Bank of Ireland approved list. Regarding the subsequent steps this very much depends on the circumstances of your transaction, desire for this property and on the state of the market. In a hot market some purchasers would apply for a home loan with Bank of Ireland and pay for the survey and only if it was satisfactory would they pay their solicitor to press on with the conveyancing in Lees.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Lees regulated by the SRA

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

  • John Birkby & Co, 150 Huddersfield Road, Oldham, Lancashire, OL4 2RD
  • Maya Solicitors, 42a Horsedge Street, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 3SH
  • Norcross Lees & Riches, 19 Queen Street, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 1RD
  • Pearson Solicitors And Financial Advisers Llp, Albion House, 31 Queen Street, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 1RD
  • Lewis & Co, 21 Queen Street, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 1RD

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Lees

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Lees practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • John Birkby & Co, 150 Huddersfield Road, Oldham, Lancashire, OL4 2RD
  • Maya Solicitors, 42a Horsedge Street, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 3SH
  • Norcross Lees & Riches, 19 Queen Street, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 1RD
  • Pearson Solicitors And Financial Advisers Llp, Albion House, 31 Queen Street, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 1RD
  • North Ainley, 34-36 Clegg Street, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL1 1PS

Sale conveyancing in Lees normally includes the following:

  • Lawyer instructed by the owners once the offer has been accepted
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Drawing up the contract and related papers
  • Forwarding draft papers to the lawyer acting for the purchaser
  • Negotiating contracts and answering further queries from the purchaser’s lawyer
  • Negotiating the transfer document
  • Replying to requisitions raised by the purchaser’s lawyer
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion of the sale
  • Accepting the sale proceeds and wiring funds to the seller, the estate agent and redeeming the mortgage (where appropriate)

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

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