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Main reasons to use our service to help you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Lichfield

  • 1 Lichfield conveyancers have a significant edge when it comes to Lichfield conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that will impact your sale or purchase
  • 2 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Lichfield is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you will expect.
  • 3 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor in the main means that you will receive a more bespoke service. Online forums bear testimony to the idea that in selecting a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by reading from their computer screens.
  • 4 Our site is the only site offering you the facility to check that your property ownership legalities in Lichfield will be carried out by a law firm on your bank member panel.
  • 5 The practices shown on our directory have a mix of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Lichfield since July 2026*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Lichfield

When does exchange of contracts occur in sale conveyancing in Lichfield and am I required to attend the lawyers branch?

Where you are near to our conveyancing solicitors in Lichfield you are welcome to come in to sign contracts. However, the lender approved solicitors we work with provide a countrywide conveyancing service and provide just as comprehensive and professional a job for you when dealing with you digitally. The executing of the contract is not when everything is set in stone. A signed contract is necessary for the conveyancer to exchange contracts when the time is right, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The procedure is is usually a five minute process, although where a lengthy "chain" is involved, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Lichfield)to be in the office available at the end of the phone to exchange contracts.

I am helping my step-mother sell her property in Lichfield. Does the solicitor arrange the energy assessment or it is for me to see to?

Following the abolition of HIPs, energy assessments was maintained a mandatory element of selling a house. An EPC must be commissioned prior to the property being marketed. This is not a task that conveyancers ordinarily organise. If you are instructing a Lichfield conveyancing solicitor they may be able to arrange energy performance certificates due to their contacts with long established Lichfield energy assessors

This question may be naive but I am wet behind the ears as FTB of a garden flat in Lichfield. Do I receive the keys to the premises on completion from my lawyer? If so, I will find a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Lichfield?

There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Conveyancing lawyers for you will electronically transfer the completion advance to the owner’s conveyancers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you should be able to receive the keys from the Estate Agents and move into your new home. Usually this happens early afternoon.

We have agreed to purchase a house in Lichfield. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Barclays be concerned?

As your lender is Barclays your lawyer must follow the formal requirements set out in Section two of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Barclays. The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook contains minimum provisions for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancing practitioners are required to report to Barclays where a lease fails to satisfy these conditions. The specifications relate to the installation of panels on properties in England and Wales and is not isolated to Lichfield.

What will a local search inform me about the property I am buying in Lichfield?

Lichfield conveyancing often starts with the applying for local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search company for instance Searches UK The local search plays an important part in most Lichfield conveyancing purchase; as long as you wish to avoid any nasty once you have moved into your property. The search should reveal data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen topic sections.

I'm buying a new build house in Lichfield with the aid of help to buy. The sellers would not reduce the price so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The estate agent suggested that I not reveal to my lawyer about the deal as it would adversely affect my loan with Accord Mortgages Ltd. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

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 UK Finance website. UK Finance 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.

What tools are available to locate a Lichfield solicitor on the Santander conveyancing panel? I drive a motor bike and am prepared to travel upto 10kilometers to meet the solicitor.

Feel free to make use of the search on this website. Please pick a mortgage company and your location and you will see a number of Lichfield conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have detailed some Lichfield conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can ring them to check whether they are on the Santander approved list

I am looking for a conveyancing practitioner in Lichfield for my house move. Is it possible to review a firm’s complaints history with the profession’s regulator?

One may see presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations arising from investigations from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. To find records about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's history, telephone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. International callers, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator may monitor telephone calls for training requirements.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Lichfield regulated by the SRA

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

  • Moseleys, Compton House, 18 Bore Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6LL
  • Keelys Llp, 28 Dam Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6AA
  • Southwell Mott, 25 Lombard Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6DP
  • Adcocks Solicitors Limited, Chancery House, 27 Lombard Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6DP
  • Nicholas Gee, 1 Loxton Close, Little Aston, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B74 4HY

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Lichfield regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Lichfield with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Lichfield. This should include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Moseleys, Compton House, 18 Bore Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6LL
  • Keelys Llp, 28 Dam Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6AA
  • Southwell Mott, 25 Lombard Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6DP
  • Adcocks Solicitors Limited, Chancery House, 27 Lombard Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6DP
  • Nicholas Gee, 1 Loxton Close, Little Aston, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B74 4HY

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

Licensed Conveyancers support the transfer of the legal title of a property from one person to another and cover conveyancing throughout England and Wales as well as Lichfield. If instructing a Licensed Conveyancer governed by the CLC, you are entitled to:
  • Receive an honest and lawful conveyancing.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high standard of legal services.
  • Receive your matters dealt with using care, skill and diligence.
  • Have a high quality of service due to your conveyancer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Have 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 level you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Have your specific needs taken into account should a complaint be made.
  • Be supplied with a speedy, independent and comprehensive service where if a complaint is made about your conveyancing in Lichfield.

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

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