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5 reasons to use our service to assist you find a local conveyancing solicitor in Mersea Island

  • 1 Regardless alternative sites inform you it could be necessary to attend your conveyancer to execute documents. There are enough parties with an interest in a homemove without needing to add the postman into the pot.
  • 2 Firms accustomed to conveyancing in Mersea Island are familiar with the local concerns peculiar to Mersea Island and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 3 Solicitor conveyancing firms have extremely good personal links with Mersea Island estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 Mersea Island solicitors are likely to have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 5 The accumulation of transactions means that Mersea Island property lawyer have developed very good links with Mersea Island local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of undertaking your house sale or purchase in Mersea Island.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Mersea Island since December 2024*

Transfer

of terraced premises, Brickhouse Close, CO5 8LA completing on 27/01/2025 at a price of £435,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, ordering official copies of the title, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

Transfer

of detached residence premises, Yorick Road, CO5 8AJ completing on 28/01/2025 at a price of £610,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Sale

of semi-detached property, Colne Way, CO16 8LW completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £300,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, obtaining official copies of the title

Transfer

of semi residence, Wellington Street, CO7 0DB completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £190,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, obtaining official copies of the title, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Mersea Island

Recently been in touch with my conveyancing solicitor in Mersea Island who completed the legal work two years ago asking for a conveyancing estimate based on an identical type of house move (a leasehold residence and a freehold property) of similar values with a loan from National Westminster Bank. I am now being quoted double. Should I look for a cheaper internet conveyancer?

The costs illustration is slightly on the steep side. If you are prepared to invest time scrutinising charges you could reduce the fees slightly by as much as £125. That being said, if you were happy with the assistance the firm provided you maycome to regret choosing an an untested conveyancer. Remember to check the solicitor can act for National Westminster Bank. Do utilise our search tool to locate a Mersea Island conveyancing firm on the National Westminster Bank conveyancing panel, which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Mersea Island.

Can the conveyancing lawyers identified via your search tool execute conveyancing in Mersea Island by way of an attended exchange?

There are a few conveyancing experts carrying out one day exchanges. Do call us to receive a fee calculation and details as to dates.

I decided to have a survey carried out on a house in Mersea Island in advance of appointing conveyancers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. Our surveyor has said that some mortgage companies will refuse to give a loan on such a home.

It depends who your proposed lender is. HSBC has different requirements from Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further via the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Mersea Island. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Mersea Island to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

I have been advised by numerous estate agents in Mersea Island to choose a property lawyer using your seach tool. What’s the financial incentive for Estate Agents to recommend your services ahead of another?

We don’t offer any financial incentive for directing people our way. We found it would be just too difficult a fee as a client could think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

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

Much as we are happy to recommend a Mersea Island conveyancing lawyer it’s preferable to find a conveyancing practitioner is to have feedback from friends or relatives who have actually previously instructed the firm you're contemplating using.

Having checked my lease I have discovered that there are only 72 years remaining on my lease in Mersea Island. I now want to get lease extension but my landlord is absent. What should I do?

If you meet the appropriate requirements, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can submit an application to the County Court for for permission to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will mean that your lease can be granted an extra 90 years by the magistrate. However, you will be required to prove that you have used your best endeavours to track down the landlord. For most situations a specialist should be useful to conduct investigations and to produce a report to be used as proof that the freeholder is indeed missing. It is wise to seek advice from a conveyancer both on investigating the landlord’s absence and the application to the County Court covering Mersea Island.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Mersea Island regulated by the SRA

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

  • Martin Elliott & Co, Audley House, Berechurch Hall Road, Colchester, Essex, CO2 9NW

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Mersea Island regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Mersea Island practicing in commercial conveyancing in Mersea Island. This could include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • Martin Elliott & Co, Audley House, Berechurch Hall Road, Colchester, Essex, CO2 9NW

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Mersea Island regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Mersea Island but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Lorna Kean & Co Ltd, Vine House, Malting Road, CO5 7PU

Neighboring Locations

Colchester
Manningtree
Mersea Island
Burnham On Crouch

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

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