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Conveyancing in Peterborough : Keep it Local

Top reasons to use our service to help you select a high street conveyancing solicitor in Peterborough

  • 1 Personal touch and a wealth of expertise are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Peterborough conveyancing can become significantly more stressful as a result of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments instantly.
  • 2 Peterborough solicitors have a significant edge when it comes to Peterborough conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can impact your home move
  • 3 Using a local Solicitor usually results in a more personalised service. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who progress matters by reading from their computer screens.
  • 4 The Peterborough conveyancing firms that we work with are committed to supplying the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and investors in Peterborough
  • 5 This site is the first site that enables you the ability to check that your conveyancing in Peterborough will be conducted by a property lawyer on your mortgage lender’s approved panel.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Peterborough since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Peterborough

Please help. My Peterborough conveyancer is assuring me that he is legally obliged toconduct Peterborough conveyancing searches resulting from the fact thatthe firm are on the HSBCconveyancing panel. Do I not have a choice here?

You have limited options available to you. As you are taking a mortgage with a bank your lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your conveyancing practitioner would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your lender’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook provisions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Peterborough conveyancing searches.

We're in Peterborough, First time buyers purchasing with a mortgage (lender is TSB , and our lawyer is on the TSB conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?

The fact that your lawyer is on the TSB conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancing practitioner should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.

My wife and I are purchasing a flat in Peterborough. I might seem paranoid but how we can trust a solicitor? At some point we have to send funds into their account. What is the protection we have from them run away with our money?

Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.

My aunt pointed out to me me that in purchasing a property in Peterborough there may be a number of restrictions preventing external changes to a property. Is this right?

We are aware of anumerous of properties in Peterborough which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to external alterations. Part of the conveyancing in Peterborough should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

I have decided to exercise my right to buy my property in Peterborough off the council. I have a mortgage offer with TSB. Conveyancing is not something I have any knowledge of. Can I proceed without a solicitor easily? I think we can but we keep being told I should use one. Any advice?

It is not advisable to proceed with a house purchase without a solicitor. The council's solicitor are not acting for you. You need a solicitor for a number reasons. One of which is to verify what plans the Council have for repairs and refurbishment for the next five years. Many leaseholders have been stung for contributions of thousands of pounds. In any event, if you are getting a mortgage with TSB, you will need to appoint a solicitor on the TSB conveyancing panel.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a ground for flat up to £195,000 and identified one near me in Peterborough I like with a park and railway links in the vicinity, however it's only got 49 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Peterborough for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a lease with such few years left?

Should you need a home loan the shortness of the lease will be problematic. Reduce the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you could request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer about this.

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor for remortgage conveyancing in Peterborough. I've chance upon a site which looks to be the ideal answer If it is possible to get all formalities completed via web that would be ideal. Do I need to be concerned? What should out be looking out for?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?

How do I search for a Peterborough conveyancing solicitor on the mortgage company conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel up to 15miles to attend the solicitor.

Feel free to make use of the find a conveyancing panel tool on this page. Please choose the lender and your location, in this case Peterborough and you will see a number of lawyer located nearest Peterborough. Alternatively you can type in the name of your proposed law firm and see if they are listed as being on the bank solicitor panel.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Peterborough regulated by the SRA

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

  • Buckles Solicitors Llp, Grant House, 101 Bourges Boulevard, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 1NG
  • Greenwoods Solicitors Llp, Monkstone House, City Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 1JE
  • Taylor Rose Ttkw Limited, Northminster House, Northminster, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 1YN
  • Hegarty Llp, 48 Broadway, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 1YW
  • Hegarty (peterborough) Limited, 48 Broadway, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 1YW

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Peterborough regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Peterborough specialising in commercial conveyancing in Peterborough. This will likely include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Buckles Solicitors Llp, Grant House, 101 Bourges Boulevard, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 1NG
  • Greenwoods Solicitors Llp, Monkstone House, City Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 1JE
  • Taylor Rose Ttkw Limited, Northminster House, Northminster, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 1YN
  • Hegarty Llp, 48 Broadway, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 1YW
  • Hegarty (peterborough) Limited, 48 Broadway, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 1YW

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Peterborough regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Peterborough but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Pirie Palmann Ltd, Priestgate House, PE1 1JN
  • Pdr Property Lawyers Ltd, 5 Market Street, PE7 1BA

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

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