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Reasons to use our Pagham conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Our site is the first site that enables you the facility to check that your property ownership legalities in Pagham will be conducted by a law firm on your mortgage lender’s authorised panel.
  • 2 Regardless alternative companies tell you it may be important to visit your conveyancer to sign documents. Too many 3rd parties are already involved in a homemove without needing to add the postman into the equation.
  • 3 Over the years Pagham solicitor have established valuable links with Pagham local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of undertaking your home move in Pagham.
  • 4 The companies identified on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases each year.
  • 5 Pagham property lawyers are likely to have connections at the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents

Examples of recent conveyancing in Pagham since February 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Pagham

AssumingI were to buy a straightforward propertyin Pagham mortgage fee and have no survey and no local authority searches how much could I expect to to save on my conveyancing in Pagham?

Any savings you would make would be limited to the Pagham conveyancing searches. The lawyer still got to do everything else - money laundering, correspond with your vendors conveyancer, stamp duty submission, register the ownership etc. A slight saving might be made by not needing to register a charge however it will not be meaningful.

I am the only beneficiary of my late grandmother’s will with all property in now in my sole name, including the house in Pagham. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in April. I want to move. I do know about the Mortgage Lenders six month 'rule', which means that my property ownership could be regarded the same way as though I had purchased the property in April. Will no one buy the property for half a year?

The CML handbook instructs solicitors to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." Technically you might be affected by that. Most lenders would take a pragmatic view as this clause primarily exists to capture subsales or the flipping of properties.

The formalities of my purchase has taken place for my property in Pagham. Conveyancing was a necessary evil but I would like to complain about the lender. How do I make a complaint?

All banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first point of contact should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Care Department at head office. In most cases complaints to a lender are resolved effectively and efficiently. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service who will take matters further.

Planning on purchasing a apartment in Pagham. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Aldermore conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Pagham lawyer is on the Aldermore conveyancing panel.

I'm buying a new build house in Pagham with the aid of help to buy. The sellers would not budge the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of extras instead. The property agent advised me not inform my solicitor about this side-deal as it will impact my mortgage with the bank. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I have offered on a fortnight ago in what should have been a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Pagham is the location of the property. What do you suggest?

Flying freeholds in Pagham are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Pagham you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Pagham may determine 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.

Completion is due on the disposal of our £275,000 flat in Pagham in 8 days. The freeholder has quoted £360 for Landlord’s certificate, building insurance schedule and 3 years service charge statements. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge an administration fee for a flat conveyance in Pagham?

Pagham conveyancing on leasehold flats normally results in fees being raised by landlords agents :

    Completing pre-exchange questions Where consent is required before sale in Pagham Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Pagham leasehold premises is £350. For Pagham conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are required to provide answers.

I invested in buying a 2 bed flat in Pagham, conveyancing was carried out in 2006. Can you shed any light on how much the price could be for a 90 year extension to my lease? Equivalent flats in Pagham with over 90 years remaining are worth £222,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £50 charged once a year. The lease comes to an end on 21st October 2095

With only 70 years unexpired the likely cost is going to range between £9,500 and £11,000 as well as plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.

The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs in the absence of comprehensive investigations. Do not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be other issues that need to be considered and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. You should not move forward placing reliance on this information without first getting professional advice.

What are the distinct benefits to instructing a local solicitor in Pagham

Many buyers and sellers in Pagham decide on using a local solicitor so that they can visit in the event that they have concerns, and to sign documents without using the post.

One could suggest that there is a slight advantage when using a lawyer nearby to a property you are buying, due to the knowledge of the region and possible local concerns - yet this is debatable. Most conveyancers undertaking their communications via email and could be anywhere in the world.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Pagham regulated by the SRA

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

  • Helen And Ian Saul Solicitors, 6 Priory Close, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 4HH
  • Rita Sen Solicitors, 4 Nyetimber Lane, Rose Green, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 3HG
  • Chamberlain Martin Solicitors, 40 Sudley Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 1ES
  • Charles Hill Hubbard, 27-28 Southgate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1ES
  • Wannops Llp, South Pallant House, 8 South Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1TH

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Pagham

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Pagham with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Helen And Ian Saul Solicitors, 6 Priory Close, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 4HH
  • Chamberlain Martin Solicitors, 40 Sudley Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 1ES
  • Charles Hill Hubbard, 27-28 Southgate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1ES
  • Wannops Llp, South Pallant House, 8 South Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1TH
  • The Owen Kenny Partnership Limited, 38 South Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1EL

Purchase conveyancing in Pagham usually involves the following:

  • Solicitor instructed by the buyer once the offer has been accepted
  • Investigating the title unregistered or registered
  • Undertaking Pagham property searches with respect to the property
  • Assessing draft contract pack and other papers prepared the seller’s solicitor
  • Raising enquiries with the owner’s solicitor
  • Negotiating the sale agreement
  • Examining replies provided by the seller to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Negotiating the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the purchasing in respect of the mortgage offer: (if relevant)
  • Preparing and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion formalities
  • Completing and submitting to HMRC the appropriate SDLT forms and payment
  • Registering the purchase and the mortgage (where applicable) 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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