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If you have reached us by Googling ‘Conveyancing in Paddock Wood’ follow your intuition — you will have a better house move where you instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Paddock Wood.

Reasons to use our Paddock Wood conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 No matter what any other companies advise it may be important to attend your conveyancer to sign documents. There are enough parties involved in a conveyancing transaction without having to add the postman into the pot.
  • 2 Experience means that Paddock Wood property lawyer have developed excellent working relationships with Paddock Wood 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 home move in Paddock Wood.
  • 3 Solicitor conveyancing firms have valuable personal connections with Paddock Wood estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 The organisations listed on our directory have a variation of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 5 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these organisations are often based hundreds of miles away with little appreciation of the factors that affect property transactions in Paddock Wood

Examples of recent conveyancing in Paddock Wood since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Paddock Wood

Why would one appoint a Paddock Wood conveyancing solicitors firm when web based conveyancers are easier on the wallet?

To take your time to find compare conveyancing costs in Paddock Wood and you should seek a reasonable quote but don’t expend your energy searching for the cheapest Paddock Wood conveyancer. Appointing the right conveyancer can mark the distinction between a smooth and a frustrating home move. You need to ensure that you have expert advice from an experienced lawyer. Emails can't be as helpful as a phone discussion and can never replicate a face to face appointment. The firms that we work with will allocate you a qualified and experienced conveyancing solicitor that will handle your conveyancing from from the outset to completion, giving the sort of continuity that you will never get with an online conveyancer. Our lawyers will contact you regularly to update you on progress and keep you informed. Should it ever be necessary to phone the firm you will be sure who you need to speak to and they will ensure you are in the know.

We are only a couple days away from an exchange on a house in Paddock Wood and my mum and dad have transferred the exchange deposit to my property lawyer. I am now informed that as the deposit has been sent from someone other than me my conveyancing practitioner needs to make a notification to my bank. Apparently, in also acting for the mortgage company he must advise them that the balance of the purchase price is not just from me. I informed the bank about my parents' contribution when I applied for the home loan, so is it really appropriate for him to raise this?

The conveyancer is duty bound to check with mortgage company to ensure that they are aware that the balance of the purchase price is not from your own resources. The solicitor can only reveal this to your bank if you agree, failing which, your lawyer must cease to continue acting.

We are selling our home in Paddock Wood and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a possibility that the property was built land that was not decontaminated. A high street Paddock Wood conveyancer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers instructed an internet conveyancing outfit rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Paddock Wood. We have lived in Paddock Wood for 5 years we know of no issue. Is it a good idea to get in touch with our local Authority to obtain confirmation that the buyers are looking for.

It would appear that you have a conveyancing solicitor already. What do they say? You should enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same illness)

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in last month in what was supposed to be a simple, chain free conveyancing. Paddock Wood is where the house is located. Can you offer any assistance?

Flying freeholds in Paddock Wood are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Paddock Wood you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Paddock Wood may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.

In what way can the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my commercial premises in Paddock Wood and how can your lawyers assist?

The particular law that you refer to gives protection to commercial leaseholders, granting the right to apply to court for a new tenancy and remain in occupation when the lease comes to an end. There are limited grounds where a landlord can refrain from granting a lease renewal and the rules are involved. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. Paddock Wood is one of our numerous areas of the UK in which the firms we work with have offices

Having had my offer accepted I require leasehold conveyancing in Paddock Wood. Before diving in I require certainty as to the remaining lease term.

If the lease is recorded at the land registry - and almost all are in Paddock Wood - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Paddock Wood - A selection of Questions you should consider Prior to buying

    How many of the leaseholders are in arrears for their maintenance charge payments? What is the length of the lease? This question is useful as a) areas can result in problems for the block as the communal areas may begin to deteriorate if repairs remain unpaid b) if the tenants have a dispute with the running of the building you will wish to have all the details

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Paddock Wood regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Paddock Wood with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Paddock Wood. This should include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • Burtons Solicitors Limited, Tyled House, 23a High Street, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PH
  • Bailey & Cogger, 139 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1DG
  • Warners Law Llp, Bank House, Bank Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BL
  • Cripps Llp, Wallside House, 12 Mount Ephraim Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1EG
  • Cripps Trust Corporation Limited, Wallside House, 12 Mount Ephraim Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1EG

Planning law solicitors in Paddock Wood regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The solicitors listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Paddock Wood specialising in planning law. This may include advice on compulsory purchases in Paddock Wood
  • Warners Law Llp, Bank House, Bank Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BL
  • Cripps Llp, Wallside House, 12 Mount Ephraim Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1EG

Transfer of Equity conveyancing in Paddock Wood usually comprises the following:

  • Obtaining instructions from parties involved
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Acting on behalf of the bank (if applicable)
  • Negotiating the terms of the transaction
  • Drawing up Transfer or approving the Transfer deed
  • Negotiating adjustments to the the Transfer deed
  • Corresponding with parties with regards to the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and transferring monies to the appropriate parties
  • Preparing and submitting to HMRC the appropriate stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the new ownership and the home loan (if applicable) at the HMLR.

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

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