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Reasons to use our Park Hill conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Conveyancer conveyancing firms have extremely good personal links with Park Hill estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 2 Over the years Park Hill property lawyer have established very good working relationships with Park Hill local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of dealing with your house sale or purchase in Park Hill.
  • 3 Park Hill solicitor are the key to a successful Park Hill home move, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your move
  • 4 Excellent communication together with a wealth of expertise are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Park Hill home moves can become significantly more protracted as a result of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with endeavour to make sure that the lines of communication are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 5 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Park Hill is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Park Hill since December 2024*

Disposal

of terraced residence, City Road, S2 5HF completing on 09/01/2025 at a price of £180,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: ordering official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

Acquisition

of flat St Pauls Square S1 2LL, acquired for £150,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion

Disposal

of flat St Aidans Road S2 2NG, at sale price of £215,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Sale

of apartment Mowbray Street S3 8EL, at sale amount of £145,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, obtaining official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Park Hill

Is it the case that all Park Hill conveyancing solicitors on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel are overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?

As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Yorkshire BS approved list of solicitors they would need to be overseen by the SRA. The majority of mortgage companies do permit licenced conveyancers on their panel and in such a situation the organisation would be governed by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

We have agreed to purchase a house in Park Hill. One unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Nationwide be concerned?

Given that your lender is Nationwide your lawyer must comply with the conveyancing instructions outlined in Part two of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Nationwide. The CML Handbook stipulates minimum specifications for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancers are required to report to Nationwide where a lease fails to satisfy these requirements. The specifications relate to the installation of panels on properties countrywide and is not restricted to Park Hill.

I am due to exchange contracts on my house. I had a double glazing fitted in February 2010, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My purchaser’s mortgage company, Skipton are being problematic. The Park Hill solicitor who is on the Skipton conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but Skipton are requiring a building regulation certificate. Why do Skipton have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?

It is probably the case that Skipton have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Skipton may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.

Is it necessary to take out insurance to protect me from financial exposure to chancel repairs when purchasing a house in Park Hill?

Unless a prior purchase of the property completed after 12 October 2013 you can take it that solicitors carrying out conveyancing in Park Hill to continue to advocate a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Park Hill. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Park Hill

    Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Please supply a car parking plan. Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants.

As co-executor for the will of my father I am selling a residence in Newport but live in Park Hill. My lawyer (approximately 200 miles from mehas requested that I sign a stat dec before completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Park Hill who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?

strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Park Hill based

There are only Seventy years remaining on my lease in Park Hill. I now wish to get lease extension but my landlord is absent. What options are available to me?

If you qualify, 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 Court. However, you will be required to prove that you or your lawyers have made all reasonable attempts to track down the freeholder. For most situations a specialist should be helpful to carry out a search and prepare an expert document to be accepted by the court as evidence that the freeholder can not be located. It is wise to seek advice from a conveyancer in relation to investigating the landlord’s absence and the application to the County Court overseeing Park Hill.

Park Hill Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - A selection of Questions you should ask before buying

    Most Park Hill leasehold flats will incur a service bill for the upkeep of the block set by the management company. If you buy the property you will have to meet this amount, normally quarterly during the year. This can be anything from a few hundred pounds to thousands of pounds for blocks with lifts and large common areas. In all probability there will be a rentcharge for you to pay annual, normally this is not a large figure, say approximately £25-£75 but you need to enquire as on occasion it could be surprisingly expensive. It would be prudent to discover as much as you can regarding the managing agents as they will affect your use and enjoyment of the property. As the proprietor of a leasehold property you are frequently in the clutches of the managing agents both financially and when it comes to practical matters such as the tidiness of the communal areas. Ask other people whether they are happy with them. Finally, find out the dates that the service charges are due to the relevant party and specifically what it includes. For most Park Hill leaseholds the outlay for major works are not wrapped into the maintenance charges, although a few managing agents in Park Hill ask leaseholders to contribute towards a sinking fund created for the specific purpose of establishing a fund for major works.

I am buying a flat with all finances in place. My conveyancer has been given with 2 distinct forms of photographic identification, bank statement, multiple utility bills. Now he needs a copy from a probate lawyer advising that the funds are legitimate and that it has come from inheritance and not via illegitimate means.

For some years now requires conveyancing solicitors as well as banks, building societies and other financial institutes to obtain satisfactory evidence of the identity of the client. This is because solicitors who deal with money and property on behalf of their clients can be used by criminals wishing to launder money. In order to comply with the law of money laundering, your Park Hill conveyancing lawyer will need to obtain evidence of your identity as as well as make sure that your funds are legitimate.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Park Hill regulated by the SRA

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

  • Hlw Keeble Hawson Llp, Commercial House, 14 Commercial Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 2AT
  • Irwin Mitchell Llp, Riverside East, 2 Millsands, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 8DT
  • Ascent Performance Group Limited, Riverside East, 2 Millsands, Sheffield, Yorkshire, S3 8DT
  • Taylor & Emmet Limited Liability Partnership, 20 Arundel Gate, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 2PP
  • Howells Llp, 15-17 Bridge Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 8NL

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Park Hill

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Park Hill with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Hlw Keeble Hawson Llp, Commercial House, 14 Commercial Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 2AT
  • Irwin Mitchell Trustees Limited, Riverside East, 2 Millsands, Sheffield, Yorkshire, S3 8DT
  • Ascent Performance Group Limited, Riverside East, 2 Millsands, Sheffield, Yorkshire, S3 8DT
  • Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation Limited, Riverside East, 2 Millsands, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 8DT
  • Irwin Mitchell Llp, Riverside East, 2 Millsands, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 8DT

Planning law solicitors in Park Hill regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Park Hill practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including development on contaminated land
  • Irwin Mitchell Llp, Riverside East, 2 Millsands, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 8DT
  • Lewis Francis Blackburn Bray, 14-16 Paradise Square, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 2DE
  • Wake Smith Solicitors Limited, No 1 Velocity, 2 Tenter Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 4BY
  • Katharine Redford, John Gaunt & Partners, Omega Court, 372 Cemetery Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 8FT
  • John Gaunt, Omega Court, 372-374 Cemetery Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 8FT

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

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