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Top reasons to let us assist you find a high street conveyancing solicitor in Lifton

  • 1 The firms shown on our directory have a variation of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 2 Lifton lawyers have a significant edge when it comes to Lifton conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that will affect your conveyancing
  • 3 This site is the first site offering you the ability to ensure that your conveyancing in Lifton will be carried out by a conveyancer on your bank approved panel.
  • 4 No matter what any alternative solicitors tell you it just might be necessary to visit your solicitor to sign documents. Too many 3rd parties are already with an interest in a conveyancing transaction without needing to include Royal Mail into the mix.
  • 5 Lawyer conveyancing lawyers have very good personal links with Lifton selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Lifton since December 2024*

Sale

of house premises, Roydon Lane, PL15 8NG completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £195,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in preparation for completion, agreeing completion date with parties

Transfer

of house premises, Highfield Park Road, PL15 7DX completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £242,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, ordering official copies of the title

Disposal

of detached residence premises, Dorset Park, PL15 9RF completing on 21/01/2025 at a price of £516,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in preparation for completion, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

Sale

of semi property, , PL19 8QY completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £735,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Lifton

My lawyer has uncovered a a legal deficiency with the lease for the flat we are buying in Lifton. The seller’s lawyers have put forward defective title insurance as a solution. We are content with insurance and will cover the costs. Our property lawyer has advised that he must check that the bank is happy with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the lender?

The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the risk of a conflict of interest, you and the bank are the client. Your property lawyer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects with the lease so that the bank can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

It is a dozen years since I purchased my property in Lifton. Conveyancing lawyers have just been instructed on the sale but I can't track down the title deeds. Is this a problem?

Don’t worry too much. First there is a chance that the deeds will be kept by your lender or they may be archived with the solicitor who oversaw the purchase. Secondly in most cases the title will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to prove you own the property by your conveyancing lawyers obtaining current official copies of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Lifton involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is not registered it adds to the complexity but is resolvable.

Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Lifton. My lender is Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 26/3/2025, the requirements read as follows :

I'm purchasing my first flat in Lifton with a loan from Barnsley Building Society. The builders would not move on the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent told me not inform my lawyer about the side-deal as it would adversely affect my mortgage with the lender. Is this normal?.

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.

My father-in-law has recommend that I use his conveyancers in Lifton. Should I use them?

There are no two ways about it it’s preferable to find a conveyancing lawyer is to have referrals from friends or family who have actually experience in using the firm that you are are thinking of instructing.

Are you able to clarify what my options are where my Lifton conveyancing searches reveals negative entries?

Ordinarily, almost all adverse entries that arise in Lifton conveyancing search results can be handled in advance of completion or title insurance can be put on cover. It is important to note that even though you may be buying the property and might be willing to live with the search results, your building society or bank may not, and ultimately have the final decision.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Lifton regulated by the SRA

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

  • Kyldenna Limited, 15-19 Westgate Street, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 7AB
  • John Whiting & Co, 27 Westgate Street, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 7AD
  • Peters Langsford Davies Llp, Westgate, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 9AD

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Lifton

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Lifton specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Kyldenna Limited, 15-19 Westgate Street, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 7AB
  • Peters Langsford Davies Llp, Westgate, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 9AD

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

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 Lifton. If appointed a Licensed Conveyancer governed by the CLC, you should:
  • Have an honest and lawful conveyancing.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high standard of legal services.
  • Enjoy the benefit of your transaction dealt with using care, skill and legal competence.
  • Have a high quality of service due to your lawyer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Be provided with a service which is accessible and responsive to your specific requirements.
  • Not feel 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.
  • Ensure your individual needs taken into account should a complaint be necessary.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a timeous, objective and comprehensive service when if a complaint is registered about your conveyancing in Lifton.

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

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