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Logical reasons to let us assist you select a local conveyancing solicitor in Lindfield

  • 1 Conveyancer conveyancing solicitors have valuable personal connections with Lindfield selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 2 Personal touch together with a wealth of experience are key benefits that you should look for when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Lindfield property deals can be made significantly more stressful due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 3 Experience means that Lindfield solicitor have established valuable connections with Lindfield local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your conveyancing in Lindfield.
  • 4 No matter what any other on-line conveyancers say it could be important to pop into your solicitor to execute documents. Too many 3rd parties are already with an interest in a house sale without needing to add Royal Mail into the pot.
  • 5 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor in the main results in a more personalised service. 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 reading from their computer screens.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Lindfield since December 2024*

Transfer

of flat Pelham Road RH16 2EP, at sale consideration of £304,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending the transfer to the seller for execution in readiness for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, securing official copies of the title

Transfer

of semi-detached premises, The Hollow, RH16 2SX completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £565,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in readiness for completion

Transfer

of semi property, Sunte Close, RH16 1QT completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £863,575. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, ordering official copies of the title, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s lawyers

Transfer

of detached residence residence, Larch Way, RH16 3TY completing on 08/01/2025 at a price of £415,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Lindfield

It is a dozen years since I purchased my property in Lindfield. Conveyancing solicitors have just been instructed on the sale but I can't find my title documents. Is this a problem?

You need not be too concerned. Firstly there is a possibility that the deeds will be kept by your lender or they may be in the possession of the lawyers who acted in your purchase. Secondly in most cases the land will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to prove you own the property by your conveyancing lawyers acquiring up to date copy of the land registers. Most conveyancing in Lindfield relates to registered property but in the rare situation where your property is unregistered it is more problematic but is not insurmountable.

Are the BSA intent on creating a searchable register to to identify solicitors on the Loughborough BS conveyancing panel for instance in Lindfield?

We have not been informed any plans on the part of the BSA to develop such a register.

Will my solicitor be raising enquiries about flooding as part of the conveyancing in Lindfield.

The risk of flooding is if increasing concern for lawyers carrying out conveyancing in Lindfield. There are those who buy a house in Lindfield, completely expectant that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, aside from the physical destruction, if a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, adequate insurance cover, or sell the premises. There are steps that can be taken as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the purchaser.

Lawyers are not best placed to give advice on flood risk, but there are a numerous searches that may be carried out by the purchaser or by their lawyers which will give them a better appreciation of the risks in Lindfield. The standard property information forms supplied to a purchaser’s solicitor (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) contains a usual question of the owner to find out if the premises has suffered from flooding. If the property has been flooded in past and is not notified by the vendor, then a buyer may bring a compensation claim as a result of such an inaccurate answer. A buyer’s conveyancers will also commission an enviro search. This will disclose whether there is a recorded flood risk. If so, more detailed inquiries should be initiated.

I used Stirling Law several years ago for my conveyancing in Lindfield. Now, I need my documents however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Lindfield of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Due to the guidance of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Lindfield before instructing solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. My surveyor advised that some lenders tend refuse to issue a mortgage on a flying freehold house.

It varies from the lender to lender. Bank of Scotland has different requirements for example to Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can investigate further via the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Lindfield. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Lindfield to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

How do I use the search app to choose a conveyancing lawyer in Lindfield on the panel for my bank?

First choose a mortgage company such as National Westminster Bank, Bank of Scotland or Britannia then choose your preferred area e.g. Lindfield. Conveyancing practices in Lindfield and nationally will then be identified.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Lindfield regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Lindfield specialising in commercial conveyancing in Lindfield. This may include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Waugh & Co, 3 Heath Square, Boltro Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 1BD
  • Parfitt Cresswell 'trading As Colemans', Paddockhall Chambers, Paddockhall Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 1HF
  • Mulcare Jenkins Solicitors, 5a Muster Green, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 4AP
  • Rohan Solicitors Llp, Aviation House, 1-7 Sussex Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 4DZ
  • Whetham & Green, 54 Crescent Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 8EQ

Planning law solicitors in Lindfield regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Lindfield practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including compulsory purchases in Lindfield
  • Parfitt Cresswell 'trading As Colemans', Paddockhall Chambers, Paddockhall Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 1HF
  • Rohan Solicitors Llp, Aviation House, 1-7 Sussex Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 4DZ

Typically, Lindfield conveyancing for a purchase has some of the following tasks

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Investigating the title unregistered or registered
  • Undertaking Lindfield property searches for the property
  • Reviewing draft sale agreement and other papers forwarded by the vendor’s property lawyer
  • Submitting questions with the vendor’s property lawyer
  • Agreeing the wording of the sale agreement
  • Considering the replies provided by the vendor to pre-contract enquiries
  • Negotiating a Transfer Deed for completion
  • Advising the buyer in respect of the mortgage offer: (if appropriate)
  • Drawing up and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion formalities
  • Completion of and submitting to HMRC the correct SDLT forms and payment
  • Registering the change in ownership and the mortgage (if relevant) at the HM Land Registry.

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

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