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5 reasons to let us help you choose a high street conveyancing solicitor in Long Stratton

  • 1 Experience means that Long Stratton lawyer have established very good links with Long Stratton local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of handling your conveyancing in Long Stratton.
  • 2 Long Stratton property lawyers will have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and estate agents
  • 3 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often located many miles away with little understanding of the factors that affect property transactions in Long Stratton
  • 4 Long Stratton conveyancers have a significant advantage when it comes to Long Stratton conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can affect your home move
  • 5 The practices shown on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Long Stratton since May 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Long Stratton

I have just been advised by my IFA that my Long Stratton property lawyer is not on the mortgage company Conveyancing panel. What can I do to be sure whether this is correct?

The sensible course of action for you to take is to call your Long Stratton conveyancer. You lawyer should notify you what has happened. If they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the conveyancing panel for your mortgage company.

We are a couple about to exchange contracts for a property in Long Stratton. We have hit a stumbling block. Our loan offer with Aldermore expires on 1/10/2025 but the sellers are suggesting a completion date of 3/10/2025. Is it possible to extend the mortgage expiry date?

The person best placed to address this concern is your solicitors who will hopefully determine whether they should be discussing with the mortgage company, owner’s conveyancers, estate agents or conceivably all three given the circumstances your house move as of today.

Our mortgage company has recommended solicitors on their panel based in Long Stratton but I would rather instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Long Stratton round the corner to me. Can you help?

The minority of Long Stratton conveyancing practices are approved and listed on all lender’s conveyancing panel. Use our search tool to locate a Long Stratton conveyancing conveyancer on the on the lender panel.

My relative recommended that where I am buying in Long Stratton I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is usually quoted for as part of the standard Long Stratton conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and setting out significant information about Long Stratton around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Long Stratton Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information concerning Long Stratton.

I am looking at a two flats in Long Stratton which have in the region of fifty years unexpired on the lease term. should I be concerned?

There is no doubt about it. A leasehold flat in Long Stratton is a wasting asset as a result of the shortening lease. The nearer the lease gets to zero years unexpired, the more it reduces the marketability of the premises. The majority of buyers and mortgage companies, leases with less than 75 years become less and less attractive. On a more upbeat note, leaseholders can extend their leases by serving a Section 42 Notice. One stipulation is that they must have owned the property for two years (unlike a Section 13 notice for purchasing the freehold, when leaseholders can participate from day one of ownership). When successful, they will have the right to an extension of 90 years to the current term and ground rent is effectively reduced to zero. Before moving forward with a purchase of a property with a short lease term remaining you should talk to a solicitor specialising in lease extensions and leasehold enfranchisement. We are are happy to put you in touch with Long Stratton conveyancing experts who will explain the options available to you during an initial telephone conversation free of charge. More often than not it is possible to negotiate informally with the freeholder to extend the lease. They may agree to a smaller lump sum and an increase in the ground rent, but to shorter extension terms in return. You need to ensure that the agreed terms represent good long-term value compared with the standard benefits of the Section 42 Notice and that onerous clauses are not inserted into any redrafting of the lease.

I acquired a garden flat in Long Stratton, conveyancing was carried out December 1998. Can you shed any light on how much the price could be for a 90 year extension to my lease? Equivalent flats in Long Stratton with a long lease are worth £202,000. The ground rent is £60 levied per year. The lease ceases on 21st October 2082

With just 57 years unexpired the likely cost is going to span between £28,500 and £33,000 as well as plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.

The suggested premium range above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you a more accurate figure in the absence of comprehensive due diligence. Do not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt other concerns that need to be considered and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward based on this information before getting professional advice.

Myself and my partner have just had an offer accepted on a apartment and had meeting on Friday with HSBC for the mortgage. They warned us that when it comes to appointing a solicitor that if they are not on their approved list of property lawyers then we will be subject to an an additional fee of £250+. This is because they would then have to appoint a property lawyer to act on their behalf as well as the one we select on our behalf and we will be on the hook for their costs. I have requested HSBC to furnish me with a list so I can obtain estimates only from their approved conveyancers but was told they dont have such a list to hand over. Is there a simple way of finding out who is on a lender panel?

You should ask HSBC what their criteria for joining their panel is for a conveyancer.Thereafter ask the conveyancing practitioner of your choice whether they fit that criteria and have they acted on loans for HSBC historically. If the answer to those is yes, then just clarify this with HSBC. Another option is to utilise our search tool and we should be able to find you a conveyancer in Long Stratton on the approved list for HSBC.

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What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Long Stratton?

Licensed Conveyancers support the transfer of the legal title of a property from one person to another and cover conveyancing countrywide not just Long Stratton. When appointed a Licensed Conveyancer governed by the CLC, you can expect:
  • Be supplied with an honest and lawful service.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high standard of legal services.
  • Receive your matters dealt with using care, skill and legal know-how.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high quality of service due to your conveyancer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a service which is accessible and responsive to your specific requirements.
  • Not feel discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • To receive 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 made.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a speedy, independent and comprehensive service where making a complaint about your conveyancing in Long Stratton about your conveyancing in Long Stratton.

Whether you are going through a divorce or separation or simply wish to transfer your property to someone else, transfer of equity conveyancing in Long Stratton has some of the following tasks:

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Representing mortgage company (where applicable)
  • Negotiating the terms of the transaction
  • Drawing up Transfer or approving draft Transfer
  • Negotiating amendments to the the Transfer deed
  • Communicating with parties concerning the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and releasing funds to the appropriate parties
  • Preparing and submitting to HMRC the correct SDLT forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the transfer of ownership and the home loan (where appropriate) at the HMLR.

Long Stratton commercial property solicitors provide expert offering advice on numerous issues across all aspects of commercial property law

    Subletting, licences and sharing occupation General advice on title or other property issues Offices, retail or industrial units Advising landlords and tenants in respect of ancillary documentation e.g. licences to alter, assign underlet etc Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 procedures, including serving section 25 and 26 notices Property finance transactions, including sale and leaseback

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

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